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
Information technologies like cloud computing and Internet of Things are bringing about big changes in manufacturing. Gemma Church looks at where laser systems will fit into these smart factories
Matthew Dale asks what measures are needed to bring metal 3D printing into mainstream production
Greg Blackman on the safety equipment for protecting against higher power and ultrafast lasers