A German project has revealed 400W infra-red laser diode bars for welding metals. “About 10 years ago, the best laser bars achieved a power of 200W with an efficiency of about 63%,” according to Osram. “Five years later, an output of 250W at an efficiency of no less than 60% was expected to be the ...

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