A high-power fibre laser has been successfully tested in field trials for weakening hard rock in order to improve the efficiency and cost of geothermal drilling
Editor's picks
At this year's Laser World of Photonics, exhibiting companies and start-ups will be recognised for their innovative designs and technologies
Gemma Church investigates the explosion of cross-industry plastic welding techniques
News
20 February 2019
A high-power fibre laser has been successfully tested in field trials for weakening hard rock in order to improve the efficiency and cost of geothermal drilling
13 February 2019
NLight, a manufacturer of semiconductor and industrial fibre lasers, has won the 2019 Prism Award for Industrial Lasers with its Corona fibre laser
13 February 2019
At this year's Laser World of Photonics, exhibiting companies and start-ups will be recognised for their innovative designs and technologies
25 January 2019
Stefan Hell, Gérard Mourou and Theodor W Hansch, Nobel prize winning scientists behind major photonics breakthroughs, have warned that the sector could be seriously compromised if it is not included in the Horizon Europe draft funding priority list
25 January 2019
A collaborative Horizon 2020 project has begun this month that will develop a new method of laser surface texturing using ultrashort pulse lasers in order to produce super hydrophobic polymer and metal materials
Analysis & opinion
08 January 2019
In celebration of LIA’s 50th anniversary, the organisation asked its president, Milan Brandt, to give his thoughts on laser materials processing
07 January 2019
Dr Ronald Schaeffer reports on the opening plenary session of LIA’s 2018 International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO)
07 January 2019
Dave MacLellan, executive director of AILU, reports on the results of a business confidence survey taken by the organisations' members
07 January 2019
Professor Michalis Zervas, from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, charts the rise of high-power fibre lasers and asks what next for the technology?
07 January 2019
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
07 January 2019
David Bruneel, process and modelling unit manager for R&D at Lasea, discusses the benefits of simulation in micromachining
12 December 2018
Stephen Dyson, special operations manager at Protolabs, on how direct metal laser sintering is evolving to become an important additive manufacturing tool
Features
07 January 2019
Keely Portway discovers some of the different ways advances in laser processing have been used to help improve aircraft efficiency
07 January 2019
Gemma Church investigates the explosion of cross-industry plastic welding techniques
10 September 2018
Moving to very high power lasers for welding metals, like aluminium in car production, has some big benefits, as Greg Blackman finds out
10 September 2018
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
Application focus
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
Press Releases
Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) has received an order for its recently-released CapStone laser drilling solution for processing flexible printed circuits
Pannier Corporation, a supplier of marking systems and metal tags for the metals and automotive industries, has partnered with Laserax, who develops, markets and installs inline laser marking and laser cleaning solutions for the primary metals and the automotive industries
Foster Corporation, a provider of polymer solutions for medical device and pharmaceutical applications, introduces LazerMed laser marking technology which offers high resolution, durable printing capability for plastic materials used in medical devices
With the ‘TiltPrevention’ assistant function, Bystronic is increasing process reliability in the field of laser cutting
Based on the fixturing systems for optical and tactile measuring technology, Dk now offers innovative solutions for laser technology
The new Jenoptik Light & Optics division, whose primary focus is supplying photonics solutions, showcased its new strategy at Photonics West, USA
Bofa International’s export focused sales team is being strengthened with the appointment of fume and dust extraction technical expert Tom Bullock.
