Based upon a fibre-coupled, maintenance free solid-state near infrared laser at 1,064nm, this compact system delivers 100W of laser power while weighing less than 5kg
The laser system specialist 4JET Technologies offers a new solution to system integrators and end customers for programming and recipe creation of scanner-based surface processing on complex 3D workpieces
Tim Gillett investigates the process of laser machining composite materials for the aerospace industry
UK firm TLM Laser continues to expand its portfolio of laser-based technologies and systems, by announcing a new partnership agreement with German laser surface processing specialist 4Jet
4JET Technologies' solution to individually and durably mark tires with a machine-readable QR code has arrived in mass production of automotive OEMs
Partners of a German research project are exploring how the beams of ultrashort pulse lasers can be shaped using refractive and diffractive optical elements
The flexible laser system is available in two power levels of 200W and 500W and is optimised for manual use or for integration with a robot
4JET Technologies GmbH (Alsdorf, Germany) has appointed Robert Hillmann as CTO.
4JET Technologies extends its product offering for laser surface processing systems by a new range of handheld laser cleaning systems
Greg Blackman assesses the health of the laser job shop market and finds that new service offerings are springing up for micromachining
Eliana Fu, of Trumpf and formerly SpaceX, shares how additive manufacturing can aid humanity’s cosmological journey
Manuel Henn and Matthias Buser are research associates and Volkher Onuseit is the head of the system engineering department at the University of Stuttgart’s Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW)
Manuel Henn, Matthias Buser and Volkher Onuseit combine additive and subtractive laser processes to unlock new manufacturing possibilities
Andrew May is director of ES Precision
Andrew May describes ES Precision’s recent investment in new laser technology to unlock exciting application sectors
Laser Zentrum Hannover’s Rabi Lahdo and Stefan Kaierle describe a process that promises big benefits for heavy industry
Christian Geiger and Tony Weiss evaluate laser technology readiness for the mass-production of electric vehicles
Joerg Volpp is an associate professor and Adrien da Silva is a PhD student at the Luleå University of Technology.
Joerg Volpp and Adrien da Silva, at the Luleå University of Technology, investigate beam shaping possibilities for high-power processing
Daniel Holder, of the IFSW at the University of Stuttgart, shares how new USP laser technologies could facilitate the rapid micromachining of silicon wafers
Ship under construction in a shipyard. (Image: Shutterstock.com)
Keely Portway looks at how new laser technologies are optimising welding and cutting for shipbuilding
Labels can be laser marked on a reel-to-reel spooling workstation. (Image: Trotec)
Greg Blackman on where CO₂ lasers excel in materials processing
Jennifer Heßmann, Kai Hilgenberg and Marcel Bachmann, of BAM, explain a new joining process that could help reduce the weight of vehicles
