Coherent and II‐VI Incorporated will collaborate on a supply agreement meant to enable faster process development and streamlined production services for automotive laser welding applications. Specifically, the combination of II-VI’s advanced laser processing heads and Coherent’s Adjustable Ring Mode (ARM) fiber laser technology delivers power adjustment and beam positioning on the fly to optimize welds at high speeds and qualities over large working areas, increasing process efficiency and decreasing ownership costs. The companies recommend this turnkey solution for high-strength alloy welding in automotive body-in-white applications and mass-production copper welding in electrification applications.
Coherent will provide customers with a single point of contact throughout the development and deployment of welding sub-systems combining the Coherent ARM fiber lasers and the II-VI RLSK and Highmotion 2D remote laser processing heads.
Coherent and II-VI join forces on remote laser welding
22 Dec 2020
Two of the worldâs largest providers of lasers and photonics equipment agree a collaborative supply deal.
II-VI and Coherent have agreed a new supply arrangement that they believe will support faster process development and streamlined production services for automotive laser welding applications.
With a focus on high-strength alloy welding for automotive âbody-in-whiteâ applications and mass production copper welding for electric vehicle batteries, the agreement specifically involves a combination of II-VIâs laser processing heads and Coherentâs adjustable ring mode (ARM) fiber lasers.
Together, they are said to deliver power adjustment and beam positioning on the fly to optimize high-quality welds at high speed and over large working areas - thus decreasing overall cost of ownership.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Coherent (NASDAQ:COHR), and II–VI Incorporated (NASDAQ:IIVI) today announced that they have entered into a supply agreement creating a collaboration to enable faster process development and streamlined production services for automotive laser welding applications. These include high-strength alloy welding for automotive body-in-white applications and mass production copper welding for electrification applications. Specifically, the combination of II-VI s advanced laser processing heads and the Coherent Adjustable Ring Mode (ARM) fiber laser technology delivers power adjustment and beam positioning on the fly to produce optimal welds with the highest quality at a very high speed and over large working areas, increasing the efficiency and decreasing the cost of ownership.
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