HV Wooding has experienced a £600,000 increase in turnover since the UK emerged from lockdown. (Image: H V Wooding)
The new Trumpf TruLaser 3030 will immediately be put to work in producing thin gauge laminations and busbars for use in electric vehicles
The Rayspector monitoring makes it easier to offer the market profitable, user-friendly solutions for smart manufacturing/Industry 4.0 that serve to promote development of the electromobility sector across the globe
Christian Geiger and Tony Weiss evaluate laser technology readiness for the mass-production of electric vehicles
What are the best OEM and supplier solutions for building EV battery systems, and how are these battery systems best integrated into the car body structure?
The mobility and technology sectors will meet for the first IAA in Munich from September 7 to 12, 2021.
IAA 2021 will become an exhibition, a forward-looking mobility platform and a dialogue forum all at the same time.
The new IAA is a triad:
Bosch supplies automated assembly lines for welding and gluing battery cells. (Image: Bosch)
The firm aims to generate annual sales of €250 million by 2025 with equipment for battery production
The Battery Cleaning Machine can be powered by up to 500W of laser power to minimize cycle time when preparing surfaces for welding
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
SLD Laser has introduced its ultra-compact, high power, high brightness, fiber coupled blue laser modules for materials processing applications
The manufacturing line will be used to accelerate the conversion of maritime transport towards using electric propulsion. (Image: Leclanché)
Leclanché, a Swiss provider of energy storage solutions, has commissioned Italian industrial automation firm Comau to build an automated manufacturing line for lithium-ion battery modules intended for electric vehicles
Bernabé Cárcel, Samuel López, and Rocío Ruiz share how the Rectorans project is addressing ongoing challenges in the transport sector
Gwenn Pallier, Jannik Lind and Jorge Luis Arias Otero provide an update on the results of the Custodian project
Handheld laser welding systems promise flexibility in processing, but present numerous hazards that must be dealt with before they can be used safely. (Shutterstock/Dizfoto)
Matthew Dale asks experts whether this emerging application poses any risks to the user
The new method recorded 6GB of data in a one-inch silica glass sample, with each square measuring just 8.8 x 8.8mm.
Fast and energy-efficient laser writing could help solve ongoing data storage challenges
Hydrogen fuel cells could provide a suitable alternative to plug-in electric HGVs, where the weight of the battery could prove to be an issue. (Image: Shutterstock/Audeo und werbung)
New laser technology could help make hydrogen-powered vehicles commercially viable, David Stuart finds
Laser depaneling systems such as this achieve higher output by higher effective cutting speed and cutting quality. (Image: LPKF)
Productronica exhibitors shared some of the latest trends in electronics manufacturing with Abigail Williams
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
Mikhail Sokolov, Pasquale Franciosa, and Dariusz Ceglarek of the University of Warwick, describe how new laser technologies can overcome dissimilar material welding challenges
Lea Sauerwein, Christian Ebenhöh and René Geiger, of Evosys Laser, describe the development of a new optimised polymer welding process
