Kira van der Straeten

Member, Department of Micro Joining at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology

kira.van.der.straeten@ilt.fraunhofer.de

https://ilt.fraunhofer.de

Kira van der Straeten, M. Sc., is in the Department of Micro Joining at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT; Aachen, Germany).

Joining composites and metal: A laser process

Through several demonstrations, the laser-based joining process has been shown to create highly reliable connections between sheet metal and plastics.