Laser technology has established itself as one of the best processing tools for improving manufacturing flexibility and product reliability in the automotive industry. Laser cutting and welding reached a high level of maturity, and they are already implemented in production lines. Other laser processes, as texturing, structuring or ablation are also emerging with a high potential to improve the efficiency of the process and the quality of the final product. Moreover, the increasing demand for modern electric vehicles has led to the need for more efficient batteries with enhanced performances. The different innovative designs and constructions require new production concepts and laser processes has solved different drawbacks of other production alternatives in applications such as cutting of separators and electrodes or welding of dissimilar metals.
We will cover in this meeting the latest developments and the trends in this market and will discuss the upcoming needs and challenges from the end users regarding new tools and components.
Xavier Beudaert obtained his PhD in 2013 in the field of CNC machine tool control. He is currently the head of the Dynamics and Control team of IDEKO and the coordinator of the LaserWay European project.
Christian Dini currently holds the position as Commercial Manager for Luxinar GmbH. Prior, he served as Dir. Global Business Development at MKS Ophir and General Manager of Civan Lasers Europe and Ophir Spiricon Europe as well as Director Business Development for Laser brands like Synrad and JK Laser.
Dr Pasquale Franciosa has a current focus on laser beam shaping for laser welding applications in e-mobility and beyond. He is head of the laser beam welding group at WMG, The University of Warwick, and the coordinator of the Lasers4MaaS EU project, starting December 2024.
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Heider is a laser expert for e-mobility applications and copper welding at Bosch. He works at the corporate research center of Robert Bosch GmbH in the area of advance development of laser materials processing. Since 2018 he is project manager for laser beam welding for e-mobility components.
Alex Griffiths received a PhD in physics in 2018. As Lead Engineer in Product Development at PowerPhotonic, he works on the design, optimisation and application of beam shaping optics for laser welding, micro-machining, and biomedical systems.