1200-1300

Registration

1300-1400

Lunch

1400-1410

Opening                 Einar Halmøy

Session I. Hybrid and fiber laser welding. 

Chairman: Einar Halmøy

1410

New laser projects to strengthen the manufacturing industry in Northern Scandinavia
H. Engström, A.F.H. Kaplan (Sweden)

1430

Laser-MAG hybrid welding of low alloy steel in thicknesses between 8 and 15 mm
E. Lappalainen, S. Grünenwald, T. Purtonen, A. Salminen (Finland/Germany)

1450

Comparison of 22MnB5-steel with and withoutAlSi-coating during laser hybrid welding
P Norman, G. Wicklund, P. Janiak, N. Malmberg, A. Kaplan (Sweden)

1510

Laser GMA hybrid welding of ferritic-austenitic weld joints with a fibre laser
R. Brandt, A. Sumpf, U. Jasnau (Germany)

1530

Laser- GMA hybrid welding of 960 MPa steels
S. Tihinen, R. Laitinen, J. Siltanen, A. Sumpf, J. Kömi (Finland/Germany)

1550-1610

Coffee break

Session II.Hybrid laser-arc welding cont.
Chairman: Jens Klæstrup Kristensen

1610

Scanner analysis of the topology of laser hybrid welds depending on the joint edge tolerances
A.F.H. Kaplan, J. Lamas, J. Karlsson, P. Norman, A. Yañez (Sweden/Spain)

1630

Transformation hardening of medium-carbon steel with a fiber laser: the influence of laser power density
F. Qiu, V. Kujanpää (Finland)

1650-1700

Short break

1700

Welding aluminium alloys EN Al-5083 and EN Al-5754 with high power fibre laser
V. Lampinen, T. Purtonen, A. Salminen (Finland)

1720

Laser cladding with 15 kW fiber laser
J. Tuominen, J. Näkki, H. Pajukoski, T. Peltola, P. Vuoristo, M. Kuznetsov, G. Turichin (Finland/Russia)

1740

Close for the day. Private activities.

Session II. Non-metal and industrial applications.
Chairman: Alexander F.H. Kaplan

0830

Laser welding of plastics – Weld compatibility investigations
S. E. Nielsen, J. K. Kristensen, M. Strange (Denmark)

0850

Argon solutions for YAG and CO2 laser welding: focus on tailored blanks and overlap zinc coated plates configurations
G. Ballerini, K. Chouf, P. Lefebvre, F. Briand (France)

0910

Picosecond laser micro processing of polycarbonate and polyactide layers
R. Peters, U. Jasnau, V. Weissmann, S. Ofe, H. Hansmann (Germany)

0930-0950

Coffee break

Session II. Continued

Chairman: Alexander F.H. Kaplan

0950

Pyrometer control for quasi-simultaneous laser welding of polymers
P. Laakso, S. Ruotsalainen, V. Kujanpää (Finland)

1010

Evaluation of different monitoring methods of laser assisted additive manufacturing of ceramic materials
L. Taimisto, A. Lehti, H. Piili, A. Salmi, V. Kujanpää (Finland)

1030

Characterization of coloration phenomena of laser cut paper material
A. Stepanov, H. Piili, A. Salminen (Finland)

1050-1100

Short break

Session III. Industrial applications

Chairman: Veli Kujanpää

1100

Laser welding at Volvo Aero Corporation
J. Lundgren (Sweden)

1120

A practical application of out-door laser welding
O. Skovholt (Norway)

1140

Development of a solid state laser technology for manufacturing of proper coatable edges in shipbuilding
U. Jasnau, F. Roland, M. Krause, S. Buchbach (Germany)

1200-1220

Two industrial welding applications of Permanova seamtracking technology
H. Lekander, E. Vännmann, T. Salmi (Sweden)

1220-1320

Lunch

Session IV. Simulation and keyhole studies

Chairman: Veli Kujanpää

1320

Numerical simulation of hybrid laser-arc welding for X70 pipeline steels
X.B. Ren, O. M. Akselsen, S. K. Ås, B. Nyhus (Norway)

1340

Simulation of welding temperature field in laser beam welding by inverse techniques
V.A. Karkhin, A. Pittner, C. Schwenk, M. Rethmeier (Russia/Germany)

1400-1420

Coffee break

1420

Residual stress reduction by beam defocusing in beam welding processes
F. Tölle, A. Gumenyuk, M. Rethmeier (Germany)

1440

Melt flow measurement inside the keyhole during laser welding
I. Eriksson, J. Powell, A.F.H. Kaplan (Sweden/UK)

1500

Close of day’s session

1900-

Conference dinner

Session V. Quality

Chairman: Hans Fostervoll

0830

Advanced process gases for welding with CO2 and fibre lasers
B. Williamsson, J. Herrman, J. Fieret (Sweden/Germany)

0850

How to qualify new steel grades for laser welding in the automobile industry
J. K. Larsson (Sweden)

0910

Quality aspects in remote laser cutting
A. Pihlava, T. Purtonen, A. Salminen, V. Kujanpää T. Savinainen (Finland)

0930

The manufacture and processing of ceramic membranes using fiber laser for mems system
A. Rosowski, M. C. Sharp, P. Laakso, V. Kujanpää, R. Pawlak (Poland/UK/Finland)

0950-1010

Coffee break

Session VI. Miscelaneous

Chairman: Bjarne Bjørnbakk

1010

Laser safety in non-confined areas
M. Honoré, F. Boekhoff, J. K. Kristensen (Denmark/Germany)

1030

Laser safety of commercially available laser pointers
M. Honoré (Denmark)

1050

Reliable laser micro-welding of highly reflective metals
W. Hemmer-Girod, C. Rüttimann, U. Dürr, A. Moalem (Switzerland/Germany)

1110-1120

Short break

Session VI. Continued

1120

Comparison of laser scribing of stainless steel between pulsed lasers and CW lasers
M. Hirvimäki, M. Manninen, H. Piili, A. Unt, A. Salminen (Finland)

1140

Process diagnostics at laser welding of polymers
F. Brunnecker, H. Aldebert, J. Schwan (Germany)

1200

Surface texturing with NS pulsed fiber laser
J. Gabzdyl, E. B. Hansen (UK/Denmark)

1220

A life with melting, welding and lasers
J. K. Kristensen (Denmark)

1240

Closing remarks     Einar Halmøy

1250-1350

Lunch

End of conference. Departure.