AM used to repair over 10 million turbine blades
28 September 2020
Additive manufacturing can be used to reduce the cost of routine turbine maintenance dramatically, typically replacing manual operations such as TIG welding
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The new machine was unveiled at the Bodor Laser Innovation and Research Center in Jinan. (Image: Bodor Laser)
Chinese laser manufacturer unveils 40kW cutting machine
27 September 2020
The machine has a maximum cutting thickness of 200mm, is able to cut 20mm carbon steel at a rate of 6m/min and 30mm carbon steel at 2.4m/min.
Green light for green mobility
25 September 2020
Trumpf’s David Harvilla, Stefanie Bisch and Sebastian Zaske discuss why green lasers represent the perfect tool for welding e-mobility components made of copper
The new Peregrine software being used to monitor and analyse a component during printing. (Image: Luke Scime/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy)
New AI software to offer real-time 3D printing quality assessment
26 August 2020
The new AI software identifies and controls surface-visible defects by using a convolutional neural network to perform high speed image analysis
Laser beam transmitting upwards through glass. (Image: John Whitehead/Columbia Engineering)
Inverted laser enables SLS with multiple materials and without powder bed
25 August 2020
The technique, published in Additive Manufacturing, has the potential to print embedded circuits, electromechanical components, and robot components
A multi-beam module was used to increase the processing speeds of ultrafast lasers for helical cutting. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT).
Researchers use ultrafast lasers to optimise plug connector production
13 August 2020
The new process can be used to cut metal strips as an alternative way to produce plug connectors for vehicles
The new panel pulls a thin layer of water out of the reservoir directly onto the solar absorber surface for heating and evaporation.
Femtosecond pulses etch hydrophilic surfaces for solar-based water purification
24 July 2020
The surfaces could be used to provide clean drinking water in developing countries
Relativity Space aims to 3D print a complete rocket in 60 days. (Image: Relativity Space)
Firms partner to 3D print rocket parts using sustainable materials
23 July 2020
The partnership is intended to create a closed loop supply chain where certified scrap materials are turned into powder, which can then be reprinted into new parts
The selective laser melting process (Image: SLM Solutions)
Material properties of 3D printed aircraft parts exceeds those of die cast parts
23 July 2020
The work aims to reduce the 3D printing time and costs of aircraft components by using larger layer thicknesses
A microfluidic chip made using the new welding process. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
New welding process improves microfluidic chip fabrication for life sciences
23 July 2020
The process could also be used to increase flexibility and efficiency in the industrial production of other medical technologies
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