NLight has reported an almost 60 per cent year-over-year increase in Q2 industrial and microfabrication sales in China.
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News
10 August 2018
Mitsubishi Electric has announced the acquisition of ASTES4 SA, a Swiss developer of automated sorting solutions for sheet metal laser processing machines
09 August 2018
Fraunhofer ILT is developing two new optical modules that will increase the speed of laser polishing, coating and surface structuring applications by a factor of 10 while reducing their cost by half
09 August 2018
The company’s laser solutions business unit achieved revenue of $428.0 million for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2018
01 August 2018
Trumpf has acquired a full stake in Teufel Solutions, effective 1 August
31 July 2018
Fibre laser manufacturer IPG Photonics’ second quarterly revenue has increased 12 per cent year-over-year to $413.6 million
White papers
24 June 2016
Analysis & opinion
09 July 2018
Following his presentations at AKL and LASYS, Thibault Bautze, sales manager at Blackbird Robotersysteme, describes the benefits of using optical coherence tomography to assist remote welding applications
29 June 2018
The Lasers in Action forum during Lasys covered topics such as micromachining, cladding and welding, additive manufacturing, laser safety, beam shaping and ultrafast lasers.
19 June 2018
Matthew Dale reports from Lasys, the international trade fair for laser material processing
14 June 2018
Matthew Dale reports from the European Photonic Industry Consortium’s Executive Meeting on Industrial Lasers, where it was explained how CO2 lasers could be used to produce the next generation of computer processor
Features
19 July 2018
Driven by sheet metal processing, system and fibre vendors are combining beams with high reliability, finds Andy Extance
30 May 2018
Keely Portway looks at how digitally networked laser machines, along with additive systems, will help improve production efficiency in the factories of the future
30 May 2018
Greg Blackman finds that new EU PPE regulations mean that laser safety eyewear must have an operational lifespan, a change that will impact manufacturers and users alike
29 May 2018
After the international laser technology congress AKL, in Aachen in May, Matthew Dale learned that dramatic increases in power are on the horizon for ultrafast lasers
Application focus
Applied technology for laser material processing, with a focus on what was shown at Lasys from 5 to 7 June in Stuttgart, Germany
Press releases
The LAS 1200 enables high-degree purification of laser fumes and laser dusts by leading the airflow through five different filtration stages
NLight has introduced a new compact 3kW fibre laser that leverages ongoing advances in pump diode technology to add 20 per cent more output power
Recol Engineering, a subcontract supplier of complete metal-based manufacturing solutions, will become Europe’s first user of the AMADA ACIES-2515TAJ 4kW CNC fibre-laser profiling centre
MKS Instruments has announced the new Ophir SP920G GigE silicon CCD high resolution camera designed for industrial laser beam profiling applications
Jenoptik has boosted its capabilities for producing high-power laser diodes at its site in Berlin, Germany, in response to continuing high demand for semiconductor lasers
CENIT will be on location at this year’s IMTS to present the latest version of FASTSUITE Edition 2 – the next-generation 3D simulation software for the digital factory
Laser micromachining firm 3D-Micromac has introduced the microPREP 2.0 laser ablation system for high-volume sample preparation of metals, semiconductors, ceramics and compound materials
Laser manufacturer Trumpf has launched a programme under which employees can spend half their time at work putting their own business ideas into action
Events
Fürth, Germany
03 September 2018 to 06 September 2018
Bremen, Germany
18 September 2018 to 21 September 2018