Abstract: A joint body includes first and second metal members and a joint portion including a welded portion where the first and second metal members are joined together, the welded portion having a line shape. The joint portion includes first and second longitudinal portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The first longitudinal portion has first intersecting portions arranged in a first direction and extends in the first direction. The second longitudinal portion has second intersecting portions arranged in the first direction and extends in the first direction. The welded portion intersects itself at the first and second intersecting portions. The connecting portions are arranged in the first direction. The connecting portions extend in a first direction and connect the first and second longitudinal portions.

Abstract: Laser ablation processing method for debris-free and efficient removal of materials comprises the step of using a refrigeration device to condense the water vapor and form a thin frost layer on the materials at temperatures below the freezing point. The residual debris produced during the ablation process deposits on the frost layer that covers the material, which is easily removed when the frost layer melts. At the same time, the frost layer in the laser irradiation area melts to a liquid layer, which can effectively reduce the deposition of debris on the inner wall of the groove and thus improve the efficiency and quality of laser ablation. The method is applicable to debris-free laser processing on an arbitrary curved surface.

Abstract: A method of fiber laser processing of thin film deposited on a substrate includes providing a laser beam from at least one fiber laser which is guided through a beam-shaping unit onto the thin film. The beam-shaping optics is configured to shape the laser beam into a line beam which irradiates a first irradiated thin film area Ab on a surface of the thin film, with the irradiated thin film area Ab being a fraction of the thin film area Af. By continuously displacing the beam shaping optics and the film relative to one another in a first direction at a distance dy between sequential irradiations, a sequence of uniform irradiated thin film areas Ab are formed on the film surface defining thus a first elongated column. Thereafter the beam shaped optics and film are displaced relative to one another at a distance dx in a second direction transverse to the first direction with the distance dx being smaller than a length of the irradiated film area Ab.

Abstract: A system for use with a block heater connected to an engine for pre-start heating of the engine. The system includes a power source, a relay assembly coupled to the power source, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The relay assembly, when closed, electrically connects the power source to the block heater, to thereby energize the block heater to heat the engine. The temperature sensor senses an ambient temperature indicative of a temperature of the engine. The controller is programmed to selectively activate the relay assembly to energize the block heater such that the engine coupled to the block heater is heated from the sensed ambient temperature to a target temperature at approximately a target time.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cutting member include cutting a first metal material to form a first portion of the cutting member; cutting second metal material to form a second portion of the cutting member, wherein a first edge of the second portion has at least two line segments, a curve formed by the at least two line segments being mathematically continuously differentiable; welding the first portion and the second portion together; raising the cutting member blank to a first temperature at a first rate and holding raising the cutting member blank from the first temperature to a second temperature at a second rate lower than the first rate and holding, and raising the cutting member blank from the second temperature to a third temperature at a third rate not higher than the second rate and holding.

Abstract: A laser processing device and a laser processing method are provided. The laser processing device includes: at least two lasers each configured to generate a laser beam; focusing members corresponding to the at least two lasers respectively and configured to adjust focus positions of at least two laser beams generated by the at least two lasers; and a beam combination member configured to receive the at least two laser beams whose focus positions have been adjusted, and output the at least two laser beams coaxially.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing container extended in a vertical direction; and a heater provided to surround the processing container. The heater includes: a first insulator of a cylindrical shape that has a ceiling surface and an opening at a lower end; a heat generator provided along a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential side of the first insulating member; and a second insulator arranged along the circumferential direction of the first insulating member at a position adjacent to the heat generating elements.

Abstract: A stage for cutting a substrate includes: a body member; a plurality of first discharging members, each including a first suction portion in the body member and a first partition wall portion connected to the first suction portion and protruding from a top surface of the body member, each of the first discharging members defining a first space connected to an outside; a plurality of second discharging members, each including a second suction portion in the body member and a second partition wall portion connected to the second suction portion and protruding from the top surface of the body member, each of the second discharging members defining a second space connected to the outside; a plurality of connecting pipes each connected to the first partition wall portion and the second partition wall portion; and a plurality of supply pipes connected to the connecting pipes.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems for joining at least two workpieces, including forming a weld joint by moving a machining beam, e.g., a laser beam, and the at least two workpieces relative to one another along a feed direction, wherein the movement of the machining beam and the two workpieces relative to one another is superimposed with a periodic movement in a movement path, e.g., a two-dimensional movement path, which extends in a transverse direction perpendicularly to the feed direction and, e.g., additionally in the feed direction. The movement path has, between two reversal points in the transverse direction, at least one stop point at which a speed component of the periodic movement in the transverse direction is zero. The invention also relates to computer program products and systems for carrying out the methods.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of thin-walled, radially closed hollow profiles which are composed of nonferrous metals and have a small cross section comprises supply of a flat strip of the nonferrous metal to a forming apparatus (212) at a first supply speed, where the thickness of the strip corresponds to the wall thickness of the hollow profile. The forming apparatus (212) is configured for continuous forming of the flat strip supplied into a shape corresponding to the hollow profile. After forming, two opposite edges of the flat strip rest flush against one another in a contact region. A welding apparatus (216) continuously welds the edges which rest flush against one another by means of a laser which emits light having a wavelength of less than 600 nm. The laser heats a point in a welding region which has a diameter which is less than 20% of the cross-sectional dimension of the hollow profile.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage having a placing surface on which a workpiece is accommodated; a heater provided in the stage and configured to adjust a temperature of the placing surface of the stage; and a controller. The controller is configured to control a supply power to the heater; measure the supply power in a transient state where the supply power to the heater increases and in a second steady state where the supply power to the heater is stable in an extinguished state of plasma; calculate a heat input amount and a heat resistance by performing a fitting on a calculation model that calculates the supply power in the transient state using the heat input amount from the plasma and the heat resistance between the workpiece and the heater as parameters; and calculate a temperature of the workpiece in the first steady state.

Abstract: Configurations are described that provide uniform heat distribution of resistive heaters. These configurations allow successful anti-icing and deicing with relatively low applied power. One aspect involves the use of a thin film heater applied just underneath the topcoat to efficiently direct all heat to the surface, allowing anti-icing and de-icing with minimal power. This can be accomplished by employing a hybrid electrode interface, using a metal foil or metal braid that is attached to the aircraft surface with a structural adhesive that has been smoothed along the edges with metal-filled adhesive. Another aspect uses an array of heater cells created as a single sheet and a heat spreading material, provided underneath or overtop of the heater cells.

Abstract: Devices for laser welding using welding wire have a welding head, a wire guide for the welding wire, and a wire feed drive. The welding wire can be moved by the wire feed drive during a welding process with a feed movement in a feed direction, guided by the wire guide. A positioning device has a positioning drive, by which the welding wire is moved in an oscillating manner in the longitudinal direction of the welding wire, when a wire end of the welding wire is arranged in a welding readiness position. Methods for laser welding using a welding wire as added material are carried out using the devices. A control program controls the devices. The devices for laser welding can be provided as a part of a welding robot.

Abstract: A method of operating a user engagement system, as provided herein, may include receiving a recipe selection signal of a predetermined recipe, and receiving a recipe information signal based on the predetermined recipe. The method may further include receiving an image signal from the camera assembly, and identifying a utensil based on the received image signal. The method may still further include initiating a recipe action at the user engagement system.

Abstract: A method for identifying joining positions of workpieces includes capturing images of a joint by a camera, determining measurement data for the joining positions associated with a course of the joint from the images of the joint, determining a mathematical model of the joint course from a part of the measurement data, providing a curve based on the mathematical model for positioning a welding laser during a laser welding process along the curve.

Abstract: A plurality of heating zones in a substrate support assembly in a chamber is independently controlled. Temperature feedback from a plurality of temperature detectors is provided as a first input to a process control algorithm, which may be a closed-loop algorithm. A second input to the process control algorithm is targeted values of heater temperature for one or more heating zones, as calculated using a model. Targeted values of heater power needed for achieving the targeted values of heater temperature for the one or more heating zones is calculated. Chamber hardware is controlled to match the targeted value of heater temperature that is correlated with the wafer characteristics corresponding to the current optimum values of the one or more process parameters.

Abstract: An electric resistance heating coil assembly includes a spiral wound sheathed heating element having a first coil section and a second coil section. A bimetallic thermostat is connected in series between the first and second coil sections of the spiral wound sheathed heating element. The bimetallic thermostat is spring loaded such that a distal end of the bimetallic thermostat is urged away from a top surface of the spiral wound sheathed heating element. The electric resistance heating coil assembly also includes a shroud cover and a heat transfer disk.

Abstract: A method for cutting workpieces of different thicknesses includes providing at least one unprocessed laser beam, selectively forming a processing laser beam from the at least one unprocessed laser beam in accordance with a thickness of the workpiece, and cutting the workpiece with the processing laser beam. Forming the processing laser beam includes selectively coupling one or more unprocessed laser beams into one or more of a plurality of parallel, non-concentric fibers of a compound fiber, the plurality of fibers of the compound fiber having different cross-sectional shapes. A laser beam characteristic of the processing laser beam exiting the compound fiber differs depending upon which fibers of the compound fiber receive the at least one unprocessed laser beam, the laser beam characteristic of the processing laser beam differing depending on the thickness.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck is formed by depositing a diffuser layer onto an electrostatic puck and removing areas of the diffuser layer to form discrete diffuser segments separated by gaps. The discrete diffuser segments may define continuous concentric rings, discontinuous concentric rings, or a combination of continuous concentric rings and discontinuous concentric rings. The discrete diffuser segments are separated from each other by forming at least one trench in the diffuser layer. The trench may extend partially through the diffuser layer, completely through the diffuser layer to the electrostatic puck, or have a first portion that extends partially through the diffuser layer and a second portion that extends completely through the diffuser layer. Also, the trench can have a constant width or have a variable width.

Abstract: In a ceramic heater, a central-zone heating resistor and an outer-peripheral-zone heating resistor are embedded in a disc-like ceramic base having a wafer-mounting surface on one side. The central-zone heating resistor is a wire extending in a single continuous line from one of a pair of terminals to the other. The pair of terminals as a whole form a circular shape in plan view.