WE Colloquium: Kevin Arnold, Fiber Laser Technology in Industrial Welding

Abstract

Fiber lasers have become a common tool in the industrial world, serving applications as diverse as marking a wide variety of parts and materials to cutting common and exotic metals and polymers, to welding metals of every type. This overview will include an overview of the Fiber laser technology and some application examples ranging from autogenous alloy joining to cladding.

Bio

Kevin Arnold graduated from the College of Welding Engineering at The Ohio State University in 1986. He started his career at General Electric's Aircraft Engine facility in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Manufacturing Engineer. He later worked as a Process Development Engineer for brazing and welding repair development. While at GE he earned a Masters of Business Administration from Xavier University and earned his Ohio Professional Engineers license.

To expand his career experiences he moved into sales as a Regional Sales Manager for Rofin-Sinar, Inc., a manufacturer of high-powered industrial lasers. For 13 years he grew the Midwest territory into a viable market looking to take advantage of laser welding and cutting technologies. Kevin expanded the laser applications into new areas such as coating removal and deep engraving.

In 2012 Kevin joined IPG Photonics as a regional sales manager for the Midwest. In this role he has expanded the IPG footprint in the aerospace, automotive, and consumer products industries with innovative welding and cutting applications using the leading edge IPG fiber laser technology.