Eyal Shekel

Founder and CEO, Civan Lasers

https://www.civanlasers.com

Eyal Shekel is the founder and CEO of Civan Advanced Technologies (Civan Lasers; Jerusalem, Israel). Prior to Civan, Shekel founded Al Cielo Ltd., which manufactured fiber-optic gyros and navigation systems; he served as CEO from its inception in 2005 until the company was sold in December 2007.

FIGURE 1. New laser technology could help make hydrogen-powered vehicles commercially viable by increasing welding speed and reducing the cost of bipolar plates, which account for 28% of the total fuel cell production cost.

Laser Processing

Laser beam shaping increases welding speed of thin foils

Eyal Shekel

Feb. 16, 2022

Dynamic beam shaping lasers may play a significant role in reducing fuel cell costs and improving production speed.