A fiber laser welding of plastics assisted by transparent solid heat sink to prevent the surface thermal damages

This paper deals with an innovative fiber laser welding method for engineering plastics assisted by a solid heat sink transparent to the laser beam for preventing any thermal damage on the surface. The features of this fiber laser welding procedure are (1) to place a solid heat sink transparent to the fiber laser beam in contact with an irradiated plastics to cool the surface during welding process, (2) to use no pigmentation or dye for radiation absorption enhancement, (3) to sustain thermal damage on the surface, and (4) to avoid the emission of harmful gas due to decomposition of plastics.