Bipolar plate


 

Laser beam welding of steel foils

Metallic bipolar plates for fuel cells require several meters of gas-tight weld seams with highest quality and process requirements


Challenge:

 defect free weld seams at highest feed rates (v >> 1 m/s) for stainless steel foils (overlap-configuration, t < 150 µm)

 

Approach

adapted intensity distribution to overcome the most severe welding defect in foil welding at highest welding speeds: the humping effect 

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