CO2 lasers: The workhorse of laser processing
Greg Blackman on where CO2 lasers excel in materials processing
Greg Blackman on where CO2 lasers excel in materials processing
Rachel Berkowitz explores the wealth of ways that textiles can be cut, engraved, perforated, and patterned with a laser
Synrad, a provider of high performance CO2 lasers, will showcase its newly released vi40, a compact 40W laser for industrial coding, marking and engraving applications
Synrad, a provider of high performance CO2 lasers, has released the vi40, a compact 40W laser for industrial coding, marking and engraving applications
Sanin Zulic and Sunil Pathak share how laser shock peening can be used to improve residual stresses in additively manufactured parts
Mark Zediker, Jean-Michel Pelaprat and Andrew Dodd share how early results are already demonstrating the advantages of blue lasers in additive manufacturing
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
An brief look at laser cutting and some of the technology developments made in recent years
Richard Stähr and his colleagues are using laser drilling to produce perforated acoustic liners for insulating aircraft noise
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
Matthew Dale learns how additive manufacturing is optimising the production of rocket components
Frederic Schell and Christoph Zwahr describe how direct laser interference patterning can augment additively manufactured medical implants