Labels can be laser marked on a reel-to-reel spooling workstation. (Image: Trotec)
CO2 lasers: The workhorse of laser processing
23 September 2021
Greg Blackman on where CO2 lasers excel in materials processing
Trotec Laser
Laser Research Optics releases new economy CO2 lenses
14 January 2021
The new lenses are suited to applications requiring a strong coating to handle dirtier environments such as acrylic cutting
Trotec's Speedy laser machines receive performance boost
29 November 2020
Trotec Laser's Speedy 100 and Speedy 300 feature a newly developed Ceramicore laser source, enabling users to engrave fine structures, lines and characters
The new design is both lighter and easier to wear than a previous design made using acrylic.
New face shield design can be cut from a single sheet of PET plastic
7 April 2020
Laser system manufacturer Trotec has successfully developed a face shield that can be laser cut from a single sheet of PET plastic
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Sanin Zulic and Sunil Pathak share how laser shock peening can be used to improve residual stresses in additively manufactured parts
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
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
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
(Image: Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock)
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
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
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
Hot-fire testing of a GRCop-42 L-PBF chamber and NASA HR-1 LP-DED nozzle with integral channels at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. (Image: NASA)
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
