Rock crusher teeth need to be regularly overhauled using LMD in the mining industry. (Image: Apollo Machine and Welding)
The partners of the AI-SLAM project are jointly developing software that can run LMD processes automatically
Laser-functionalised glass with decorative Fusion Bionic logo inspired by the morpho butterfly. (Image: Fusion Bionic)
The firm is a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS
AI is now being used to improve the design of computer chips. (Image: Shutterstock/Connect world)
At ICALEO 2021 Matthew Dale learned of the numerous ways that AI can optimise laser-based manufacturing
Volkswagen will use the start-up’s technology to verify the quality of its printed parts, ensuring consistency between builds
The new method optimises alloy properties and process parameters to create superior 3D-printed metal parts. Shown here is a colorised electron micrograph of a nickel powder alloy used in the study. (Image: Raiyan Seede)
The work will benefit the aerospace, automotive and defence industries looking for better ways to build custom metal parts
Coherent’s Florian Furger, Markus Danner and Roland Mayerhofer discuss how combining real-time readings from multiple sensors enables better control of high-precision welding
The SensiCut smart sensing platform distinguishes between visually similar materials for safe use. (Image: MIT CSAIL)
The platform could protect users from hazardous waste, provide material-specific knowledge and suggest subtle cutting adjustments
The new 250J pulsed laser. (Image: Hamamatsu Photonics)
Hamamatsu Photonics' new system produces 250J pulse energy, the world’s highest among laser-diode-pumped lasers
The new line is capable of handling the entire battery manufacturing process. (Image: Comau)
The automated line combines industrial robots, vision systems, laser welding, and in-line joint validation via artificial intelligence
Up to 100 laser systems can be controlled and configured using the new system. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
The control system enables the automatic and remote installation of software for new lasers in just a few minutes
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
