At a TWI event in July, Dr Paul Hilton, technology fellow for laser materials processing at the welding institute, gave his personal highlights of 50 years of TWI laser processing. Greg Blackman was there to listen to the presentation
Edmund Optics has traditionally served the scientific markets, but now the optics provider is expanding into materials processing. Tom Eddershaw spoke to the company at Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany in June
Tim Gillett discovers how French laser company Quantel has survived and thrived since its formation in 1970
By Dave MacLellan, Executive Director, AILU
Gemma Church finds that additive manufacturing is being used to transform lives through advanced implants and guides for surgeons
Matthew Dale looks at what can be achieved by combining robots with lasers, including a novel tool for repairing jet engines being developed by Rolls-Royce
High-power blue diode lasers are becoming available that have significant advantages over traditional infrared lasers for machining metals. Greg Blackman investigates