EuroBLECH 2022: Show Preview
Check out our show preview to see what's in store at this year's international sheet metal processing technology exhibition
Conferences & Exhibitions
parts2clean 2022
parts2clean enables users from all sectors of manufacturing to learn about the latest cutting-edge solutions from industrial cleaning technology
Laser World of Photonics India
India’s platform for laser and optical technologies – components, systems and applications
SPIE Photonex
The UK’s premier photonics techniques and processes exhibition and technical programme
CIOE (China International Optoelectronic Exposition)
CIOE 2022 will showcase up-to-date optoelectronic technologies and comprehensive solutions for optoelectronic applications, enabling industry players to source optoelectronic products
Formnext
As the leading industry platform for Additive Manufacturing and industrial 3D Printing, Formnext is the international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production. In Frankfurt am Main as well as digitally
Laser Application Forum
Every two years users and manufacturers, service providers, experts and decision-makers come together in Bremen in north Germany for the Laser Application Forum "LAF", hosted by BIAS.
IMTS 2022
IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, the largest and longest-running industry trade show in the Western Hemisphere, is held every other year at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS 2022, which will run September 12-17, 2022, is where the creators, the builders, the sellers, and the drivers of manufacturing technology come to connect and be inspired.
ICALEO 2022
ICALEO brings together the leaders and experts in the field of laser material interaction, providing the world’s premier platform for sharing new ideas and discovering solutions
MedtecLIVE
MedtecLIVE with T4M brings medical technology together
MedtecLIVE with T4M will connect the most important medical technology regions in Europe from May 3 to 5, 2022 in Stuttgart. The focus is on innovative products, solutions and services along the entire value chain of medical technology. Here, suppliers, manufacturers, users and developers come into dialog and discuss new developments.
In addition to numerous exhibitors, there will be a real production line and an extensive accompanying program, supported by leading associations and organizations.
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Mauritz Möller and Philipp Scheible, of Trumpf, share a multi-spot approach to achieve optimum welds in the manufacture of power electronics housings
Mauritz Möller and Philipp Scheible share a multi-spot approach to achieve optimum welds in the manufacture of power electronics housings
Michael Hustedt, Oliver Seffer and Alexander Hilck, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, on how to enclose a high-power joining process for steel plates up to 30mm thick
Michael Hustedt, Oliver Seffer and Alexander Hilck, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, on how to enclose a high-power joining process for steel plates up to 30mm thick
Lasers offer a non-contact, fast, flexible and cost-effective tool for cutting sheets across a range of industries. (Shutterstock/Parilov)
Specialist laser integrator Cyan Tec shares some of the latest developments taking place in the field of sheet metal cutting
Integrators such as GFH Micromachining, 3D Micromac, and LLT Applikation develop complete laser micromachining systems featuring all the laser, motion control, software, and safety components required to realise high-quality applications (Image: GFH Micromachining)
Looking at the market trends integrators are having to respond to when developing new systems
Jan Keuntje and Peter Jäschke have developed a macroscopic finite element model to help establish laser cutting in serial CFRP component production
Jan Keuntje and Peter Jäschke, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, have developed a macroscopic finite element model to help establish laser cutting in serial CFRP component production
Laser technologies will have to continue to evolve to keep up with the need of the electronics industry. (Image: Shutterstock/raigvi)
Electronics manufacturing presents both significant opportunities and formidable challenges for developers of laser materials processing technologies
Handheld laser cleaning devices are a popular choice in industry for delivering the beam to the workpiece. (Image: Shutterstock/Surasak_Photo)
The basics of laser cleaning, the systems involved, and the benifts it offers over conventional cleaning techniques
Paul Butler-Smith and Tian Long See demonstrate how the surface friction of stainless-steel medical tools can be reduced using pulsed and ultrashort-pulsed laser processing
Paul Butler-Smith and Tian Long See, of the MTC, demonstrate how the surface friction of stainless-steel medical tools can be reduced using pulsed and ultrashort-pulsed laser processing
Dr Michael Jarwitz, of the University of Stuttgart’s IFSW, highlights the need for a single tool capable of highly versatile and adaptable manufacturing
Dr Michael Jarwitz, of the University of Stuttgart’s IFSW, highlights the need for a single tool capable of highly versatile and adaptable manufacturing
