Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have welded glass and metal together using an ultrafast laser system, in a breakthrough for the manufacturing industry. Various optical materials such as ...

Traditionally, welding has been limited ... which can now be welded to metals like aluminum, stainless steel and titanium. The key to the process was an infrared laser that fires pulses on the ...

Most notably, FSW works with dissimilar ­metals. Not only can it weld different aluminum alloys, but it can also weld steel to aluminum ... forms during its FSW process, and that the bond ...

New research will optimize the welding, additive and manufacturing process. Arc welding and additive manufacturing are hugely important for creating large metal ... and TATA Steel Research UK ...

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have developed a revolutionary new technique to weld glass to metal. They are using an ultrafast laser system ... and stainless steel. Prof Duncan Hand ...