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Welding

The newly designed Passat presented a challenge to manufacturing engineers: Find an effective way to cut the ultrahigh-strength steel with which the vehicle is produced. This new material improves static and dynamic torsion stiffness, as well as dynamic bending stiffness. From the manufacturer’s perspective, laser technology proved to offer the most economical method to cut the material. From the customer’s perspective, laser technology produces a car with better handling as a result of the stiffer body and with reduced fuel consumption as a result of the vehicle’s lower weight.

Source: http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=23953
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Vehicle Mounted Laser Weapon

The high-powered laser weapon modules will be used as the heart of a 60-kilowatt system designed to be fitted to a US Army vehicle.

​Source: http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-athena-laser-weapon-manufacture/39753/
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Laser Senors

Industrial Parts Scanning. Creates 2D profiles and 3D point cloud data using laser triangulation measurement principles. 

Source: http://www.acuitylaser.com/products/item/accuprofile-820-laser-scanner

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