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Fundamentals and Details of Laser Welding

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  • Arranges the contents in each chapter from fundamentals to applications for clearer, more efficient learning

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This highly illustrated book presents the essential information and major constituents of laser welding, including laser brazing and laser-arc hybrid welding. Students, engineers, researchers, scientists, specialists, professors, consultants, designers, and executives worldwide will fully grasp the fundamentals, the present state, and the applications of laser welding. Welding phenomena, formation mechanisms and preventive procedures of welding defects, and process monitoring and adaptive control are especially emphasized, because understanding these aspects of laser welding greatly improves the performance of work and research and solves many problems in the field. Finally, the book shows how increasingly widespread use of a variety of materials is bringing major advances to laser welding. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Seiji Katayama

About the author

Seiji Katayama received his Ph.D. from Osaka University in 1981.


His research interests include laser materials processing.


He is Professor Emeritus (Osaka University, Japan) and Senior Executive Fellow, Technology (Nadex Co., Ltd.) & General Manager (Nadex Laser R&D Center; Nadex Products, Co. Ltd.; Tsuruga, Japan).


He is the Editor of the book Handbook of Laser Welding Technologies, and one of the authors of New Developments in Advanced Welding and Advances in Laser Materials Processing and has contributed to 30 other books. He has published more than 280 articles in internationally respected journals such as Journal of Laser Applications, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Materials & Design, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, and Welding in the World.


He has won 20 awards, including the Best Paper Award and the Best Presentation Award, from the Japan Welding Society, Japan Light Metal Welding Association, Laser Institute of America and International Institute of Welding, as well as three prominent awards from the Japanese government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency.


He has more than 30 years of teaching experience at Osaka University. 

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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