Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institut für Fertigungstechnik / Schweißtechnik

• arc welding
• numeral simulation
• beam technology
• mechanical joining technology
• coating technology
• design and calculation
• automation
• resistance welding
• test engineering / failure analysis
• arc physics
• special joining processes
  
  

• technological development for laser welding
• welding of application-oriented materials and composites
• high speed laser welding and cutting
• laser application for micro joining
• surface modificationof light weight materials
• laser beam disperging
• beam diagnostics
• development of system composites for fillers and additive supplies, as well as clamping technology
• investigation of interactions between arc plasma and laser radiation
  
  

Research results

• laser disperging of Titan materials by borides  
  (pdf 190 kb, in german)
• laser disperging of aluminum by silicium carbides  
  (pdf 170 kb, in german)
• laser welding in fine mechanics and micro technology in processing chambers
• use of fillers for the laser welding of CrNi-steels
• development of a foil cutting nozzle with integrated vaccum voltage
  
  

Industrial services

• welding of various metallic materials with and without fillers
• cutting and drilling of metallic and non-metallic materials
• shaping laser cladding of worn tools
• labeling and marking
• hardening, melting, coating and dispersing of work piece surfaces
• laser parameter optimization according to customer’s requirements
• beam diagnostics ( beam performance, beam shape)
• design of continuous CAD-CAM solutions for laser cutting
• choice and development of technologies for laser applications and the determination of  the characteristics