Yamazaki Mazak is set to open its brand-new European Technology Center. (Image: Mazak)
Mazak to open new laser technology centre in Milan
12 April 2022
The grand opening of the new centre will take place from 26th to 28th May 2022
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Optotune has developed a new generation of focus-tunable lenses for 3D laser applications.
Liquid lenses to enhance fast, compact 3D focus control
11 April 2022
With a new product generation of focus-tunable lenses for NIR and green wavelengths with integrated optical feedback, Optotune is enabling new industrial applications
Trumpf Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH won the Lasers and Laser Systems for Production Engineering category of the first Innovation Award
Deadline approaches for 2022 Laser World of Photonics Innovation Award
23 February 2022
After its launch in 2019, the Innovation Award will be returning to the Laser World of Photonics event programme this April
The new superalloy will be used in Velo3D's Sapphire family of printers
Velo3D qualifies new superalloy for use in its Sapphire printers
25 January 2022
The powder is designed for high creep strength, thermal stability, weldability, and fabricability not commonly found in other alloys
Scanlab's Polygon scan system
Next Scan Technology to become Scanlab BV
25 January 2022
The move is a result of Scanlab and Next Scan Technology's parent company realigning its organisation in the polygon scanner segment
Oerlikon facility at Huntersville, NC (Photo: Business Wire)
Oerlikon’s new laser cladding centre now operational
7 January 2022
Laser cladding services are now fully operational at this facility with the ability to offer O.D. and I.D. coatings, as well as laser hardening, pre- and post-machining and inspection services
Sigma Labs expands in-process monitoring product capabilities into the polymer 3D printing market
7 January 2022
Sigma Labs' PrintRite3D in-process quality assurance system provides a consistent way to monitor production real-time across 3D printers from different manufacturers, supporting different processes, and now multiple types of materials
Velo3D ships first large AM system to aerospace customer
5 January 2022
The production scale-up version of Velo3D’s end-to-end solution was shipped to a key aerospace customer to improve its AM capabilities
The LAS 800 laser fume extractor (left) purifies air from laser fume and dust during laser cutting.
Occupational health and safety by fume extraction during laser processing
7 December 2021
Eurolaser has chosen the LAS 800 system from ULT as a compact and versatile cartridge filter unit dedicated to laser processing applications for small and mid-size laser systems
The micromachining station at the lab is comprised of positioning stages, galvoscanners, and various fixed and beam-shaping optics.
Fluence opens applications laboratory
3 December 2021
The laboratory is equipped with a top-class, high-precision automated micromachining station based on high-power femtosecond lasers
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Sanin Zulic and Sunil Pathak share how laser shock peening can be used to improve residual stresses in additively manufactured parts
Sanin Zulic and Sunil Pathak share how laser shock peening can be used to improve residual stresses in additively manufactured parts
Mark Zediker, Jean-Michel Pelaprat and Andrew Dodd share how early results are already demonstrating the advantages of blue lasers in additive manufacturing
Mark Zediker, Jean-Michel Pelaprat and Andrew Dodd share how early results are already demonstrating the advantages of blue lasers in additive manufacturing
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
(Image: Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock)
An brief look at laser cutting and some of the technology developments made in recent years
Richard Stähr and his colleagues are using laser drilling to produce perforated acoustic liners for insulating aircraft noise
Richard Stähr and his colleagues are using laser drilling to produce perforated acoustic liners for insulating aircraft noise
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
Hot-fire testing of a GRCop-42 L-PBF chamber and NASA HR-1 LP-DED nozzle with integral channels at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. (Image: NASA)
Matthew Dale learns how additive manufacturing is optimising the production of rocket components
Frederic Schell and Christoph Zwahr describe how direct laser interference patterning can augment additively manufactured medical implants
