NLIGHT Introduces Two Laser Welding Technologies For Advanced Battery Manufacturing

nLIGHT, a leader in fiber and semiconductor lasers, recently announced the launch of two new laser technologies at The Battery Show North America: WELDForm and Automatic Parameter Adjustment (APT), which are designed to meet the dynamic needs of advanced battery manufacturing customers.
In order to provide premium laser welding technology to the fast-growing electric vehicle market, Enermax has developed a range of products to support the enhancement of weld quality and quality assurance, which is critical to the successful manufacturing of batteries and battery systems:
WELDForm provides molten pool stabilization to reduce spatter and defects in laser welding and enables consistent weld depth and seam profile control for high performance welding.
APT is an artificial intelligence-based solution that utilizes nLIGHT Plasmo's process observation technology to automatically develop first-time-right system settings for detecting weld defects, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
nLIGHT will be demonstrating these products in booth #3438 at the North American Battery Show, October 7-10 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan.
According to Ennai's financial results released in August of this year, the company realized revenues of $50.5 million in the second quarter of 2024, down 5.2% year-over-year. Among them, the precision machining segment realized revenue of $10.2 million, accounting for 20% of the total revenue, down 16% year-on-year.
Realized revenue for the first half of 2024 was US$95.04 million, down 11% year-on-year; GAAP net loss for the first half of the year was US$25.5 million (RMB182 million), up 54% year-on-year, with an increase in the loss.
In the laser welding segment, which accounts for a relatively small portion of the business, Ennai focused on the electric vehicle and battery markets, launching three new products consecutively in the first half of the year:
APT, an automatic parameter adjustment software for the process monitoring market. This product reduces the time required to implement a process monitoring solution into the welding line;
WELDform, which combines spatial and temporal control to optimize the molten pool, reducing harmful defects such as spatter and porosity;
ProcessGuard, which integrates process monitoring functionality into the laser itself, further simplifying integration into the factory line, increasing reliability and reducing costs. It is worth noting that ProcessGuard is the first product to fully integrate Enermax laser technology with Plasmo's process monitoring technology.