FEATURE
Reaping rewards with robotics
29 March 2018
Matthew Dale looks at what can be achieved by combining robots with lasers, including a novel tool for repairing jet engines being developed by Rolls-Royce
Fraunhofer ILT
FEATURE
Medical miracles
29 March 2018
Gemma Church finds that additive manufacturing is being used to transform lives through advanced implants and guides for surgeons
NEWS
Monitoring system optimises powder jet in laser material deposition
27 March 2018
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has developed an inline system for testing, qualifying and adjusting the focused powder jet of the nozzles of laser metal deposition (LMD) machines
Fraunhofer ILT to host ‘Laser Technology Live’ at AKL’18
26 March 2018
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is set to host ‘Laser Technology Live’ at its user centre on the second day of the upcoming 12th International Laser Technology Congress ‘AKL’18
AM Stakeholder Workshop seeks 3D printing enablers
26 February 2018
The AMable project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT was set up to help companies carry out additive manufacturing ideas
FEATURE
Driving deposition
12 January 2018
New high-speed laser cladding technologies are being developed that rival more traditional techniques, as Matthew Dale discovers
Fraunhofer ILT
Fraunhofer ILT will show new laser optics with diamond lenses
NEWS
FutureAM project to accelerate metal additive manufacturing
13 December 2017
The Fraunhofer focus project, FutureAM, which over the next three years aims to establish the prerequisites for advances in metal additive manufacturing (AM), was launched in November by Fraunhofer ILT
NEWS
Hybrid polymer 3D printing process removes need for support structures
9 November 2017
A novel curing process for 3D printing plastic components without support structures has been developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and Rapid Shape, which will be shown at Formnext
NEWS
Director of Fraunhofer ILT awarded LIA leadership award
26 October 2017
Professor Reinhart Poprawe, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, has been awarded the Laser Institute of America’s ‘Peter M Baker Leadership Award’
Pages
Feature
By Dave MacLellan, Executive Director, AILU
Feature
Gemma Church finds that additive manufacturing is being used to transform lives through advanced implants and guides for surgeons
Feature
Matthew Dale looks at what can be achieved by combining robots with lasers, including a novel tool for repairing jet engines being developed by Rolls-Royce
Feature
High-power blue diode lasers are becoming available that have significant advantages over traditional infrared lasers for machining metals. Greg Blackman investigates