Laser-assisted metal flux-cored welding will increase underwater joining efficiency and quality. (Image: LZH)
Two LZH projects are tackling the challenges of underwater welding and brass welding for industry
LINOS F-Theta Ronar 251mm Telecentric Lenses can be used in drilling, welding, cutting, structuring and additive manufacturing
The filter features million of laser-drilled holes that remove microplastics from municipal wastewater. (Image Fraunhofer ILT)
The filter was drilled with a kilowatt-level ultrafast laser using multibeam technology
Optotune has developed a new generation of focus-tunable lenses for 3D laser applications.
With a new product generation of focus-tunable lenses for NIR and green wavelengths with integrated optical feedback, Optotune is enabling new industrial applications
The new AGV-XPO machines parts not only more precisely, but also faster
The company supplements its ultrashort pulse laser beam shaping offer with two new wavelengths: 515nm and 532nm.
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
The Light Tunnel Generator improves cutting efficiency and effectiveness
The 'Light Tunnel Generator' saves costs by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of high power laser cutting
Scanlab's Polygon scan system
The move is a result of Scanlab and Next Scan Technology's parent company realigning its organisation in the polygon scanner segment
BrightLine Speed offers benefits for the 3D laser-cutting of hot-formed parts, such as those used to produce B-pillars and door frames in auto manufacturing
BrightLine Speed enables cutting speed to be increased by up to 60 percent for sheets up to four millimeters thick
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
