摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for simultaneously heating a plurality of kinds of materials, in particular for welding plastic components, having an arbitrary shape of a flat heating contour by laser radiation. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus has an appropriate optical arrangement (2 to 4) that is used to convert a laser beam into an annular laser beam and focus it onto the end wall of a light-guiding tube (5) and couple it in. At an exit end (14), the tube (5) is deformed in accordance with the desired heating contour (9) such that the emerging laser beam has this heating contour (9). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |