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Rapid Shape

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

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Autumn 2018

Analysis and opinion

Driving Moore’s law with CO2 lasers

Feature

Special delivery

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

Feature

Powering to stable welds

Moving to very high power lasers for welding metals, like aluminium in car production, has some big benefits, as Greg Blackman finds out

Analysis and opinion

Using lasers to produce graphene on an industrial scale

Analysis and opinion

Imaging simplifies laser marking