Winter 2020

Multi-material 3D printing based on modified LPBF
Chao Wei and Lin Li discuss how different material properties could be integrated into single parts using additive manufacturing
How inefficient is my laser system and why is it important?
Nicholas Goffin investigates where energy savings can be made in laser processing
Towards in-situ flaw detection in LPBF through layerwise imagery and machine learning
Brett Diehl, of the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, puts neural networks to work in identifying voids in additive manufacturing
Laser technology trends in automotive production
LSE speaks with Martin Kuhnhen, head of Jenoptik’s Light & Production division, about the usage of laser technology on automotive production lines
Modern challenges in laser safety
Lasermet’s David Lawton opens Matthew Dale’s eyes on the latest issues faced in ensuring laser safety for materials processing
EUV technology to become more accessible for SMEs
Keely Portway discovers how lasers are being used to advance Moore’s law, and how this technology is being made more affordable for smaller businesses
Ultrafast lasers facilitate leaner CFRP production
Dr Stefan Janssen discusses the scanner-based laser processing technique developed within the Carbolase project
Foiling falsification with micromarks
Simone Mazzucato discusses how lasers can be used to create hidden microfeatures in materials for anti-counterfeit purposes

Latest issue
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
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
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
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
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