IPG Photonics Launches LightWELD™, Revolutionary Handheld Laser Welding System
November 05 2020 - 8:00AM
IPG Photonics Corporation, the leader in high-power fiber lasers
and amplifiers, today announced the launch of
Light
WELD, a new handheld laser welding system.
The Light
WELD product line enables fabricators to
benefit from the greater flexibility, precision and ease of use
enabled by laser-based solutions over traditional welding products.
Designed and built with patented and patent pending IPG fiber
laser technologies, LightWELD represents a
paradigm shift from all other handheld laser welders available due
to its extremely small size and weight, and unique air-cooling.
This groundbreaking portability is realized from the same
continuous innovations by IPG that increased laser output powers
and decreased form factors year-over-year. Compared with
traditional MIG and TIG welders, LightWELD enables
dramatically faster welding, is easier to learn and operate, and
provides consistent, high-quality results across a wide range of
materials and thicknesses with low heat input and aesthetic
finishes with minimal or no filler wire.
“The LightWELD handheld laser welding system is
another example of revolutionary fiber laser innovation for which
IPG is renowned,” said Trevor Ness, SVP Worldwide Sales. “This is
the first truly functional and portable laser welder that brings
superior laser technology to the hand welding market for the first
time in history.”
Simple controls, including 74 stored preset and user-defined
process parameters, allow novice welders to be trained and welding
in a matter of hours, reducing labor costs while increasing
quality, consistency and productivity. Experienced users of
traditional welding methods such as MIG and TIG will benefit from
the more rapid and flexible processing capabilities of
LightWELD, which welds thick, thin and reflective
metals with minimal distortion, deformation, undercut or
burn-through.
Unlike traditional methods, welding fixtures are simpler or not
needed, metals do not need to be pre-brushed or ground completely
clean, and even novices can reliably weld materials with dissimilar
thicknesses and high/low electrical conductivity. In addition, the
heat-affected zone is minimized, as is the need for traditional
post-processing grinding or polishing that increases productivity,
reduces scrap and the cost-per-part.
Laser power up to 1500 watts is easily adjusted with intuitive
controls that can quickly dial in optimum weld settings for various
materials and thicknesses. Select stored modes provide up to 2500
watts of high peak power for even greater welding capability.
LightWELD comes standard with wobble welding
that provides up to 5 millimeters of additional weld width,
increasing capability while providing highly aesthetic seams. Other
standard features include a 5-meter delivery cable enabling
increased part access, connections for gas and external
connectivity, multi-level sensors and interlocks for operator
safety, and a laser-welding gun with wobble/scan capabilities that
supports wire feeder and welding tip configurations that optimally
match joint types.
LightWELD further enhances IPG’s corporate
sustainability programs as it is designed to enable a more
environmentally friendly welding process offering low electric
consumption, low noise operation, and reduction of consumables,
clean up and scrap disposal.
For more information and to see the product in action visit:
HandheldLaserWelder.com
About IPG Photonics Corporation
IPG Photonics Corporation is the leader in high-power fiber
lasers and amplifiers used primarily in materials processing and
other diverse applications. The company’s mission is to make its
fiber laser technology the tool of choice in mass production. IPG
accomplishes this mission by delivering superior performance,
reliability and usability at a lower total cost of ownership
compared with other types of lasers and non-laser tools, allowing
end users to increase productivity and decrease costs. A member of
the S&P 500® Index, IPG is headquartered in Oxford,
Massachusetts and has more than 26 facilities worldwide. For more
information, visit www.IPGphotonics.com.
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Corporation508-373-1100LightWELD@IPGphotonics.com
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