in june 2016, the following materials could be welded: commercially pure copper (c101) /commercially pure aluminium (aa1050) /aerospace grade aluminium alloy (aa6082) /microalloyed steel (proprietary) /nickel alloy (inconel 718) to conform a single part with all five materials joined as a demonstrator using lfw. previously, a world-record weld interface area of 13,000 mm2 was successfully welded using similar materials welding: aluminium, steel and aerospace-grade titanium.