METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR JOINING COMPONENTS BY MEANS OF LASER WELDING

摘要

The invention relates to a laser welding method and to an arrangement for joining a first component (14), arranged on a support (20), to a second component (12), wherein pressure is applied by means of an element that is transparent to the laser radiation (16) to the components (12, 14) in the region thereof that is to be welded. In order to apply pressure to the joining region in a defined manner, it is proposed that the components (12, 14) are arranged in a space (25) that is bounded by the support (20) and the element (22) in the form of a flexible element and that subatmospheric pressure is applied to the space (25) in such a way that the flexible element (22) comes to lie at least in certain regions against the outer contour of at least the component (12) that is facing the element.