Ship under construction in a shipyard. (Image: Shutterstock.com)
Laser innovations for the maritime sector
24 September 2021
Keely Portway looks at how new laser technologies are optimising welding and cutting for shipbuilding
Laserline
Blue diode lasers can be used to weld copper hair pins in e-mobility production. (Image: Laserline)
Laserline increases beam quality of blue diode lasers
23 March 2021
The advances in beam quality are especially significant for joining applications related to electrical conductor technology
Developing laser systems for cleaning ship hulls underwater
Researchers are developing laser systems capable of cleaning ship hulls underwater
The recent emergence of blue laser processing shows promise for copper processing applications in e-mobility. (Image: Nuburu)
One wavelength, two approaches
25 September 2020
Over the summer laser users learned how two types of blue diode laser are dramatically improving copper welding for fabricating e-mobility components
Share of total exports of laser systems in Germany. (Source: VDMA)
Production and export of German laser systems drops 18 per cent in 2019
7 September 2020
The decline has been linked to the ailing global economy, structural transformation in the automotive industry, and politically motivated upheavals
A mechanically stable, optically parametric oscillator. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
Highly efficient laser bars developed for materials processing
24 July 2020
When operated at 300W, the bars achieve an efficiency of about 70 per cent in the wavelengths of 1,000 and 1,020nm
Lasers In Action 2
12 June 2020
Discussion topics including cladding with diode lasers, CO2 lasers in the automotive industry, nano-structured anti-reflective surfaces, and software for designing beam-splitting optics were covered in the second installment of the Lasers In Action Webinar series
Lasers In Action Webinar #2
Discussion topics include cladding with diode lasers, CO2 lasers in the automotive industry, nano-structured anti-reflective surfaces, and software for designing beam-splitting optics.
Lasers In Action 1
11 June 2020
The first webcast in the Lasers In Action series covered blue diode lasers, automated weld monitoring and thermal laser processing.
LASYS 'Lasers In Action' forum to take place virtually
1 June 2020
Together with the organisers of LASYS, Laser Systems Europe will be hosting a series of webcasts in June, each of which will discuss emerging applications and technologies across various aspects of laser materials processing
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Gwenn Pallier, Jannik Lind and Jorge Luis Arias Otero provide an update on the results of the Custodian project
Handheld laser welding systems promise flexibility in processing, but present numerous hazards that must be dealt with before they can be used safely. (Shutterstock/Dizfoto)
Matthew Dale asks experts whether this emerging application poses any risks to the user
The new method recorded 6GB of data in a one-inch silica glass sample, with each square measuring just 8.8 x 8.8mm.
Fast and energy-efficient laser writing could help solve ongoing data storage challenges
Hydrogen fuel cells could provide a suitable alternative to plug-in electric HGVs, where the weight of the battery could prove to be an issue. (Image: Shutterstock/Audeo und werbung)
New laser technology could help make hydrogen-powered vehicles commercially viable, David Stuart finds
Laser depaneling systems such as this achieve higher output by higher effective cutting speed and cutting quality. (Image: LPKF)
Productronica exhibitors shared some of the latest trends in electronics manufacturing with Abigail Williams
AI is now being used to improve the design of computer chips. (Image: Shutterstock/Connect world)
At ICALEO 2021 Matthew Dale learned of the numerous ways that AI can optimise laser-based manufacturing
Mikhail Sokolov, Pasquale Franciosa, and Dariusz Ceglarek of the University of Warwick, describe how new laser technologies can overcome dissimilar material welding challenges
Lea Sauerwein, Christian Ebenhöh and René Geiger, of Evosys Laser, describe the development of a new optimised polymer welding process
