After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• to describe the advantages and disadvantages of laser beam and plasma welding
• to explain the machining of special materials with these methods
• to describe friction stir welding, electromagnetic pulse welding, explosion welding
• to be able to contruiren components according to the peculiarities of these procedures

• Introduction and overview special welding processes

• Laser beam welding
• Basics
• Tools and processes
• Applications
• Engineering and design in relation to laser beam welding
• Laser safety
• Electron beam welding
• Basics and design of electron beam welding machines
• Applications
• Engineering and design
• Friction stir welding (FSW)
• Basics
• Tools and welding parameters
• Applications
• Characteristics
• Plasma welding
• Basics of plasma welding
• Applications and characteristics
• Explosion welding
• Electromagnetic puls welding

• Characteristics of selected materials during (LB/EB)-welding
• Ti, Ni, selected steels,Al-alloys, etc.
• Cost-effectiveness and quality

Lecture with practical examples

If possible with an excursion

Correct description of the procedures, if necessary with sketch

Simple calculations

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