THE LASER USER
ISSUE 115 MARCH 2025 CONTENTS
HIGHLIGHTS...
Challenges in Battery Welding
Selective Laser Etching with USP
ASSOCIATION NEWS First Word
President’s Message
OBITUARY Richard Jessett
Laser Applications Specialist BUSINESS NEWS CASE STUDIES
ILAS 2025
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EARLY CAREERS GROUP 12
EDITORIAL Interview: Chris Peters, UKAEA 14 Job Shop Corner A Funny Thing...
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FEATURES 2025 Energy Predictions
R&D Tax Claims
PRODUCT NEWS EVENTS
Forthcoming AILU Events Events diary
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9, 35 36
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Battery Welding Pre- & Post Processes
Hybrid Manufacture of Stents
MAIN FEATURES
New challenges in laser welding technology: a case study Axel Luft & Pravin Sievi
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Pre- and post-processing of Cu- to-steel in EV battery joining Pratik Shukla
How USP lasers settings drive applications in EV production Jim Bovatsek
Selective laser etching: towards industrial application Calum Ross
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Laser-based hybrid manufacture of customised stents Peter Ibrahim & Moataz Attallah
Industrial beam shaping: single element vs multi element Natan Kaplan
Observations
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Optimising USP Parameters for EV
Beam Shaping Fundamentals
CONTENT BY SUBJECT Business News
Energy Predictions 2025 Job Shop News Product News Battery Welding
Challenges in battery welding
Optimising USP parameters for EV Selective laser etching with USP
Hybrid Manufacturing Hybrid manufacture of stents
Beam Shaping 26
Beam shaping fundamentals R&D Tax Claims Events
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Battery welding pre- and post-processes 20 USP Processing
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