Powering to stable welds
10 September 2018
Moving to very high power lasers for welding metals, like aluminium in car production, has some big benefits, as Greg Blackman finds out
Diode lasers
Blue revolution
29 March 2018
High-power blue diode lasers are becoming available that have significant advantages over traditional infrared lasers for machining metals. Greg Blackman investigates
The direct approach
1 December 2016
Greg Blackman investigates the advances being made in direct diode lasers and asks whether these systems can compete with fibre lasers
The direct diode approach
4 July 2014
Tom Eddershaw finds that high-power diode lasers are now available for industrial applications, while their lower-power equivalents are used to great effect in outdoor light shows
