Troubleshooting Laser Welds

 November 6 - 7, 2025

$1695 per person

Team discount: $1525 per person

In Person in Chicago, IL

13 hours

Gain a solid understanding of industrial laser welding and learn how to apply proven methods to solve real-world problems. This practical course will help you improve your laser welding operations, increase your process efficiency, and achieve high-quality, consistent laser welded assemblies and parts.

Continuing from Laser Welding: Mastering the Technology, you will learn about laser weld defects, how to identify them, their root causes, and suggest proven troubleshooting techniques and methods for overcoming them.

During this course, you will:   

• Identify laser weld defects
• Discover the root causes for laser weld defects
• Examine troubleshooting techniques
• Suggest and implement techniques to reduce/eliminate defects
• Investigate cosmetic enhancements
• Perform micrograph cross-section measurements with a digital microscope
• Implement Statistical Process Control for your laser welding process

Instructor: Marc Hernandez

The course will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn O'Hare, conveniently located in western Chicago (Illinois) by O'Hare Airport, at 2930 S River Road, Des Plaines, IL.  An extended continental breakfast and morning and afternoon breaks will be provided daily.  Lunch will be provided each day.  These are offered as part of your enrollment fee along with a printed course notebook that contains copies of the course materials.  Hotel accommodation is not covered with the enrollment fee.  

The reserved hotel block is now closed, but there are many other hotels in the area.  If you are staying elsewhere besides the Hilton Garden Inn, parking will still be complimentary.