Application Focus: Polishing
Florent Husson, of Alphanov, describes how large parts can be polished using robotics and high-power lasers
Scanlab
Laser polishing for large 3D surfaces
12 March 2020
Florent Husson, of Alphanov, describes how large parts can be polished using robotics and high-power lasers
Scanlab’s XL Scan synchronously controls a 2D scan head and a positioning stage. It can also process 3D workpieces with integrated Z-axis control.
Micromachining over five axes
12 March 2020
Greg Blackman on the latest scanning solutions and software for micromachining
6-D Laser emerges from stealth mode to offer 'radical new approach to laser micro processing'
20 January 2020
6-D Laser was formed in 2018 as an affiliate of leading nanometer-level motion control specialist ALIO Industries
Scanlab
Scanlab will be exhibiting its FiberSYS scan head for metal additive manufacturing at booth 1849. The all-in-one scan solution can be used by both new and experienced system manufacturers to create high-efficiency laser systems and scalable machine designs with ease. The compact scan system optimises machine assembly times for integrators and fabrication times for users.
Scanlab to present new control solution for AM at Formnext 2019
14 November 2019
At Formnext 2019, laser scan solution manufacturer Scanlab will unveil a scan system control extension using a smart data-acquisition interface that reads diverse sensors
New control solution to simplify development of laser machines
12 November 2019
A new integrated control solution jointly produced by Siemens and Scanlab is set to decrease the engineering effort required when developing laser-based manufacturing systems
Scanlab's new scan head to optimise both AM integration and operation
23 October 2019
Scanlab is set to introduce a new compact scan system for additive manufacturing that will optimise multi-laser machine assembly times for integrators and fabrication process times for users
This Lasea system uses two processing heads to direct two halves of a more powerful, single ultrafast pulse to the workpiece in order to increase processing throughput.
Wielding the increasing average power of ultrafast lasers
6 September 2019
Matthew Dale explores the advantages of increasing the average power of ultrafast lasers, and discovers how this higher power can be delivered to the workpiece
Scanlab releases Precsys optimised for green lasers
4 September 2019
A version of Scanlab’s five-axis Precsys scan solution is now available that is optimised for green lasers operating at 515nm
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