Abstract: A method for laser-based deep welding of at least two parts to be joined, in which a laser beam device generates a laser beam with a deep welding laser beam component, which is moved at a feed rate along a joint. The deep welding laser beam component generates a vapor capillary in the material of the parts to be joined, which capillary is surrounded by a melt pool and which moves with the laser beam in the welding direction through the material of the parts to be joined, forming a capillary flow, in which a metal melt located at the capillary front flows via melt pool channels formed on both sides of the vapor capillary in the direction of the capillary rear side and solidifies there.

Abstract: Method, techniques, and apparatus of providing obscured feature detection. The disclosed embodiments provide an obscured feature detector to be placed on a surface to detect an obscured feature obscured by the surface, the obscured feature detector having a plurality of sensor plates arranged in an array. Measurements, via a sensing circuit, of capacitance readings sensed by the sensor plates in a plurality of regions are taken, each region corresponding to an area surrounding one or more of the at least three sensor plates. A comparison is made of the sensed capacitance readings in different regions using a controller coupled to the sensing circuit. The controller identifies an edge of the obscured feature and a centerline of the obscured feature, based on the comparison of the sensed capacitance readings. The controller activates an edge indicator to indicate proximity to the edge of the obscured feature and a centerline indicator to indicate the centerline of the obscured feature.

Abstract: A method for producing a bipolar plate strand comprises: providing of the unipolar plate strands; moving of the unipolar plate strands in the direction of a roll gap of a roll pair provided with roll structures of a rolling device; sending of a laser beam of a laser device onto a rotating mirrored polygon wheel, so that the laser beam is directed at a plurality of individual positions of a surface of one or both of the unipolar plate strands and the individual positions are thus heated to a joining temperature immediately before or upon entry of the unipolar plate strands in the roll gap; and joining of the unipolar plate strands at least at one of the individual positions of the surface to form a bipolar plate strand upon transporting of the unipolar plate strands through the roll gap under the action of pressure. A method for production of a bipolar plate as well as a device to implement the method are also provided.

Abstract: A method for joining at least two components of a fuel cell, especially for joining two single plates of a fuel cell to make a bipolar plate, comprises: providing a first component of the fuel cell and providing at least one second component of the fuel cell; and directing a pulsed laser beam of a laser apparatus onto a rotating mirrored polygon wheel, by which the laser beam forms a joint line consisting of a plurality of overlapping pointlike and/or line-shaped joining locations on the components. A device for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive for an excavator with a number of individual drives, such as a slewing gear drive, a hoist drive, a bucket drive and an arm drive, wherein for the slewing gear drive two reversible adjusting units are provided, which are at least coupled with an energy accumulator.