Application Focus: Cleaning
Researchers are developing laser systems capable of cleaning ship hulls underwater
Laserline
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
The benefits of AI and machine learning in laser processing were discussed by a panel of experts at the show
Powering up in San Fran
21 February 2020
Power increases across multiple laser technologies are set to bring further benefit to materials processing, Matthew Dale learnt at Photonics West
TWI's section manager for laser additive manufacturing, Carl Hauser, meeting with Hornet Laser Cladding at the firm's site in Alblasserdam, Netherlands. (Image: TWI)
TWI acquires UK's first EHLA system
27 January 2020
EHLA is capable of speeds 10 times faster than traditional laser metal deposition in terms of surface coverage rate
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