Hybrid Laser Welding: The Real Hybrid on Manufacturers' Minds

Experts delve into the latest uses for this process
December 2023
By: KELLY WANAMAKER

Hybrid workplaces, hybrid vehicles, and even hybrid animals. The word hybrid is often used to describe something that is “two different things that are mixed into one.” The worlds of laser technology and manufacturing come together as a hybrid model, too — hybrid laser welding. Hybrid laser welding is the combination of laser welding and another welding process or method. Processes compatible with laser welding include gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), and..

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