Experts discuss industrialisation of AM at Photonics West
14 March 2019
Matthew Dale reports from an industry session on additive manufacturing, where a panel of experts discussed the technology’s potential for industrial production
Technology
Advancing next-generation weld monitoring
14 March 2019
Paul Webster and Chris Galbraith, of IPG Photonics, report on the development of a new inline weld monitoring system based on technology from Laser Depth Dynamics
Thinking lasers
14 March 2019
Dr Ben Mills, an EPSRC early career fellow and senior research fellow for the ORC in Southampton, UK, explains how deep learning could be used to enhance laser processing
E-mobility and autonomous driving hot topics at Laser World of Photonics
13 March 2019
This year’s Laser World of Photonics, taking place in Munich, Germany, on 24-27 June, will have a particular focus on electro-mobility
TWI orders bespoke Trumpf LMD system for manufacturing large aerospace parts
7 March 2019
Independent research organisation TWI has ordered a modified TruLaser Cell 7040 machine from Trumpf that has been developed especially for the manufacture of large aerospace parts
Horizon 2020 project to make ultrafast laser processing hundred-times faster
21 February 2019
A new €4.7 million Horizon 2020 project aims to make material processing with ultrafast lasers up to a hundred times faster over the next three years
High-power fibre laser used to weaken hard rock in geothermal drilling
20 February 2019
A high-power fibre laser has been successfully tested in field trials for weakening hard rock in order to improve the efficiency and cost of geothermal drilling
Project to develop 60kW CW laser diode sources for welding thick steel sheets in ship building
11 January 2019
Partners of a joint research project are looking to establish fast, high-quality laser welding processes for shipbuilding and other maritime applications
Bright future for fibre lasers?
7 January 2019
Professor Michalis Zervas, from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, charts the rise of high-power fibre lasers and asks what next for the technology?
Gaining control over laser welding
7 January 2019
A laser process head with real-time weld control has been demonstrated, after a four-year EU project. Daniel Lloyd, development engineer at Laser Optical Engineering, reports on the work
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