Professor Michalis Zervas, from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, charts the rise of high-power fibre lasers and asks what next for the technology?
SPIE Photonics West promises to deliver a swathe of information on industrial lasers and material processing in San Francisco from 2 to 7 February
Partners of a joint research project are looking to establish fast, high-quality laser welding processes for shipbuilding and other maritime applications
Partners of a German research project are exploring how the beams of ultrashort pulse lasers can be shaped using refractive and diffractive optical elements
A Horizon 2020 project has achieved a breakthrough using ultrafast high-power lasers that will enable the production of self-cleaning sheet metal on an industrial scale for the first time
Trumpf is acquiring 100 per cent of Photonics GmbH from Philips. The move represents Trumpf's largest acquisition since buying JFY in China in 2013
Scientists have published the results of a research project which found that a laser technique enables the printing of 3D metal structures made from pure gold
Two Horizon 2020 projects are set to begin at the start of 2019 that will see the development of two new ultrafast laser systems
In celebration of LIA’s 50th anniversary, the organisation asked its president, Milan Brandt, to give his thoughts on laser materials processing
Dr Ronald Schaeffer reports on the opening plenary session of LIA’s 2018 International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO)
Dave MacLellan, executive director of AILU, reports on the results of a business confidence survey taken by the organisations' members
Professor Michalis Zervas, from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, charts the rise of high-power fibre lasers and asks what next for the technology?
A laser process head with real-time weld control has been demonstrated, after a four-year EU project. Daniel Lloyd, development engineer at Laser Optical Engineering, reports on the work
David Bruneel, process and modelling unit manager for R&D at Lasea, discusses the benefits of simulation in micromachining
Keely Portway discovers some of the different ways advances in laser processing have been used to help improve aircraft efficiency
Gemma Church investigates the explosion of cross-industry plastic welding techniques
Moving to very high power lasers for welding metals, like aluminium in car production, has some big benefits, as Greg Blackman finds out
Matthew Dale explores some of the latest technology for manipulating and measuring the beam, including a multi-spot optical module for laser brazing and a contactless beam analysis device
A look at some of the industrial laser technology on display at Photonics West
A selection of laser technology for micromachining applications, including drilling, cutting, structuring and scribing.
Applied technology for laser material processing, with a focus on what was shown at Lasys from 5 to 7 June in Stuttgart, Germany
Optomec, a developer of production-grade additive manufacturing solutions, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Phillips Federal
NASA’s InSight lander, currently exploring the deep interior of Mars, was manufactured using UV laser wire marking technology pioneered by Bridgend-based Spectrum Technologies
Industrial fume and dust extraction firm BOFA International has appointed Geoff Hamilton as its International Sales Manager to support the company’s growth in overseas markets
Laser Lines, has announced that it has become a certified UK Stratasys training provider with its new 3D Printing Academy
Global standards organisation ASTM International and three United Kingdom-based entities are partnering to fast-track the creation of technical standards needed by the additive manufacturing industry
FAC lenses for laser systems are a key component in many innovative technologies. Batch sizes are expected to see another major increase thanks to the use of the lenses in additive manufacturing (3D printing).
Amada Miyachi Europe announces the availability of the LMWS Pulsed Fiber Laser Welding System, which when paired with the ML-7370D 70W pulsed fibre laser, offers an advanced processing system ideal for welding dissimilar metals
By Dr Florian Kanal, product manager of micro and marking lasers, Trumpf
