Fraunhofer ILT is developing two new optical modules that will increase the speed of laser polishing, coating and surface structuring applications by a factor of 10 while reducing their cost by half
Fraunhofer has launched a new cluster of excellence across 12 of its institutes that over the next four years will develop a generation of ultrafast lasers with average powers ranging up to 20kW
The Lasers in Action forum during Lasys covered topics such as micromachining, cladding and welding, additive manufacturing, laser safety, beam shaping and ultrafast lasers.
A team of researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has used an ultrafast laser to increase the speed of industrial nanoparticle production for surface treatment applications
Matthew Dale reports from the European Photonic Industry Consortium’s Executive Meeting on Industrial Lasers, where it was explained how CO2 lasers could be used to produce the next generation of computer processor
Lasers are being used to help deactivate unexploded bombs more safely, in a project involving German organisations Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), Laser on Demand and the Hamburg fire brigade
The US Navy has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corporation a $2.6 million two-year contract for supplying laser metal additive manufacturing solutions
Researchers at the Visual Interaction and Communications Technologies Center Foundation have developed a 3D simulation software system that allows users to calculate how heat sources affect sheet metal during laser or plasma cutting processes
A new welding technique for advanced high-strength steel for automotive and aerospace applications has been developed by a researcher at the Brazilian Air Force Command’s Institute for Advanced Studies
The potential benefits of using optical coherence tomography in remote laser welding for automotive construction are being explored by a consortium of academic and industrial entities
After the international laser technology congress AKL, in Aachen in May, Matthew Dale learned that dramatic increases in power are on the horizon for ultrafast lasers
Greg Blackman finds that new EU PPE regulations mean that laser safety eyewear must have an operational lifespan, a change that will impact manufacturers and users alike
Keely Portway looks at how digitally networked laser machines, along with additive systems, will help improve production efficiency in the factories of the future