自動車産業におけるレーザー加工技術の動向

摘要

In the automobile industry, diligent efforts are promoting automobile development that is in harmony with the environment by offering environmental load-reducing, including better performance and functionality of car bodies and parts and greater fuel efficiency through lightweight solutions. Laser processing technology has contributed to such environmentally friendly efforts. Such new generation vehicles as electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) are being developed and their popularity is growing; the extension of the range of applications of laser processing technology is expected. We review the application situation and the future outlook of laser processing technology in the automobile industry.