Dr. Dirk Dittrich

Group Manager Laser Welding · Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS

Dr. Dirk Dittrich studied material technology in Freiberg and received his PhD in 2011 for the damage tolerance of laser welded aircraft fuselage structures at Technical University Dresden. He is group leader for laser beam welding at Fraunhofer IWS Dresden. His areas of work include the development of new laser beam welding technologies for a wide range of materials, for example fiber laser welding with high frequent beam oscillation and multi pass narrow gap welding. The materials include aluminium; copper, steel and nickel based alloys for the application fields automotive, aircraft, space and battery applications and the energy sector.

welding-metalworkingmaterials-metalsindustrial-machinerytools-hardwareautomation-roboticsautomotiveindustrial-equipment

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Speaking history

EuroBLECH

20 October 2026 Hannover, Germany “Thick plate laser joining: Innovative welding conception for very thick metal components”

EuroBLECH — International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition

20 October 2026 Hannover, Germany “Thick plate laser joining: Innovative welding conception for very thick metal components”

EUROGUSS - International Trade Fair for Die Casting

18 January 2028 Nuremberg, Germany “Material-adapted laser welding technology for joining die-cast components made of secondary aluminum alloys”

EUROGUSS

13 January 2026 Nuremberg, Germany “Material-adapted laser welding technology for joining die-cast components made of secondary aluminum alloys”

Topics this speaker covers

welding-metalworkingmaterials-metalsindustrial-machinerytools-hardwareautomation-roboticsautomotiveindustrial-equipment

Sectors

manufacturing_industrial

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