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Keeping It Together with Laser Welding
Laser welding is faster and cheaper than conventional joining technology, and it may even lead to lower greenhouse-gas emissions. Although laser welding is by no means easy to do, technological advances are making it an increasingly viable option within various industries, including transportation, electronics and sensing.
Automotive taillights are just one of thousands of applications of laser welding.
The field of optics is contributing to the development of a sustainable future in all kinds of ways—some of which are less obvious than others. Laser welding, for example, will surely be a critical tool for improving automobile fuel efficiency and reducing exhaust pollution, primarily by reducing the weight of cars.
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