Global Advanced Metals and LPW Technology have partnered to demonstrate the benefits of using spheroidised tantalum in laser additive manufacturing

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has developed an inline system for testing, qualifying and adjusting the focused powder jet of the nozzles of laser metal deposition (LMD) machines

Welding research and technology specialist TWI has been working alongside laser giant Coherent and automotive manufacturer Sodecia to produce a real-time fibre-optic cable-based monitoring system for laser welding

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 Fraunhofer focus project, FutureAM, which over the next three years aims to establish the prerequisites for advances in metal additive manufacturing (AM), was launched in November by Fraunhofer ILT

Researchers at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Central Laser Facility (CLF) have developed a new laser tool for treating metals using a concept similar to that of traditional blacksmith’s hammer

A novel curing process for 3D printing plastic components without support structures has been developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and Rapid Shape, which will be shown at Formnext

General Electric subsidiary GE Additive has announced the ongoing two-year development of a laser-powder additive manufacturing machine with a build envelope of one cubic metre capable of producing aircraft parts