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Custom lithium battery pack maker Alexander Battery Technologies has installed “the world’s most advanced laser welding machine”, it said, at its factory in Peterlee, UK. “The EV Flex laser welder uses machine vision and configurable optics to produce micrometer-accurate welds between the terminals on a battery cell and busbar,” according to the company. “Employing optical laser depth detection, the EV ...

Omron has a series of welding proximity sensors that can identify iron and aluminium at the same distance. “Previous full metal proximity sensors have struggled to differentiate efficiently between these metals because the sensing distance for aluminium is shorter than that for iron. This makes the design, start-up, and maintenance of production lines complicated,” according to RS Components, which is stocking ...

Vishay has introduced IGBT power modules specifically for TIG welding machines. The devices can work up to 1kHz, 600V and 100-400A. There are three half-bridges and on single IGBT, and losses are down on its previous offerings through using ‘Trench PT’ construction: collector-emitter voltages are 1.1-1.3V and turn-off switching energy is 11-45mJ – said to be 50% lower than the previous-generation. ...