Abstract: A web processing system for laser welding at least two continuous webs includes a supply station for supplying the webs and a lamination station for laser welding the webs together in a pre-determined pattern. The lamination station includes a platen having a platen surface between leading and trailing ends thereof across which the webs are conveyed and a laser welding apparatus offset from the platen surface and configured to direct a laser beam to said platen surface to laser weld the webs in the pre-determined pattern. In one aspect, the platen surface is arcuate so that the webs are maintained in intimate contact across the platen surface.

Abstract: A web processing system for laser welding at least two continuous webs includes a supply station for supplying the webs and a lamination station for laser welding the webs together in a pre-determined pattern. The lamination station includes a platen having a platen surface between leading and trailing ends thereof across which the webs are conveyed and a laser welding apparatus offset from the platen surface and configured to direct a laser beam to said platen surface to laser weld the webs in the pre-determined pattern. In one aspect, the platen surface is arcuate so that the webs are maintained in intimate contact across the platen surface.