Applications

Amada Miyachi Europe has supplied laser welding technology for a student-led project to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days on an electric touring motorcycle

A titanium beak has been manufactured using 3D metal printing for the first time, and has been implanted onto a blue macaw in Brazil, allowing the bird to once again eat solid foods. 

German automotive development company, Edag Engineering, has created a bionically optimised sports car structure using hybrid manufacturing and laser technology

The Airbus subsidiary, Premium Aerotec, has started series production of 3D-printed titanium parts for Airbus aircraft at its Varel site, near Friesland, Germany

An adolescent girl has received novel, 3D printed tracheal splints to treat a congenital breathing condition called tracheobronchomalacia

Audi has implemented a remote laser welding process to join aluminium door panels on its A8 series that reduces the cost of processing by 90 per cent

Innomia has designed new tool insert with direct metal laser sintering for creating the central front armrest in a Skoda car

MediCom and Limo have developed a laser welding solution for a large German automotive supplier designed according to Industry 4.0

A factory in Birmingham, UK has increased productivity and reduced costs by installing a 3kW fibre laser cutting machine to take over from a CO2 laser system

Satellites being built by Thales Alenia Space will include the largest spacecraft parts ever made in Europe using additive manufacturing