Partners of a German research project are exploring how the beams of ultrashort pulse lasers can be shaped using refractive and diffractive optical elements
Gemma Church investigates the explosion of cross-industry plastic welding techniques
The results of a three-year and approximately $3.4 million collaborative research project have concluded that it is now possible to integrate additive manufacturing (AM) into automotive mass production
A consortium of European researchers and companies has developed an integrated software solution as part of a Horizon 2020 project that it says will optimise additive manufacturing
Fraunhofer ILT will hold its 5th UKP-Workshop: Ultrafast Laser Technology in Aachen from April 10 to 11, 2019
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
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT will present five developments in sheet metal processing at this year’s show
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
Experts in laser polishing now have the opportunity to exchange research results in a wider and international context at the Conference on Laser Polishing – LaP, which is held every two years
The developers of Extreme High-Speed Laser Material Deposition (EHLA), a process that can be used to coat, repair or additively manufacture components in an economical and environmentally friendly way, have been awarded first prize of the tenth Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis
Gemma Church investigates the explosion of cross-industry plastic welding techniques