It seems Canada is always trailing the U.S.like a little brother,and the joining of thermoplastics using laser welding proves to be no exception."The Canadian market is about two to three years behind the U.S.technology-wise," said Paul Subject,president of Stanmech Technologies Inc.,in Burlington,Ont.The culprit,Subject said,is economics.As a result,processors tend to use laser welding only for high-volume applications."These [laser welding] machines cost US100,000 plus.You'd need to process many hundreds of thousands of parts,because you'd want to get the cost [of welding] down to 1 a part.That adds up to about half a million parts per year," he said.
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