The automated cell has capacity to repair 85,000 aviation titanium compressor blades per year (Image: Optomec)
The automated cell has capacity to repair 85,000 titanium compressor blades per year
As the leading industry platform for Additive Manufacturing and industrial 3D Printing, Formnext is the international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production. In Frankfurt am Main as well as digitally
Matthew Dale reports on this year's LASYS: the international trade fair on laser materials processing. (Image: Messe Stuttgart)
Matthew Dale reports on this year's LASYS: the international trade fair on laser materials processing
Cyan Tec Systems relies on Trumpf fibre and disk laser technology to maximise the quality and reliability of its machines.
Cyan Tec Systems, a designer and manufacturer of bespoke automation systems, relies on Trumpf solid-state fibre and disk laser technology to help maximise the quality and reliability of its machines
The laser is especially designed for welding, cladding and additive manufacturing of copper components
POWDERscreen measures exactly which metals flow in what quantity into the focus of the laser beam. (Image: Fraunhofer IWS)
The powder meter will improve the quality of the components produced and make the entire production process precisely repeatable
Oerlikon facility at Huntersville, NC (Photo: Business Wire)
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
Rails repairs must be performed in remote areas, rather than in the controlled environment of a factory. (Image: Denis Belitsky/Shutterstock)
The technology could increase the service life of rails and reduce maintenance time and costs
The laser technology will be used to produce tubular products for the oil and gas industry. (Image: Shutterstock/bht2000)
Laser welding, cladding and hardening will be used in the manufacture and repair of pipe manufacturing parts, tools and accessories
In addition to the entire spectrum of different additive manufacturing processes, Formnext presents an overview of all upstream and downstream processes
Lasers offer a non-contact, fast, flexible and cost-effective tool for cutting sheets across a range of industries. (Shutterstock/Parilov)
Specialist laser integrator Cyan Tec shares some of the latest developments taking place in the field of sheet metal cutting
Integrators such as GFH Micromachining, 3D Micromac, and LLT Applikation develop complete laser micromachining systems featuring all the laser, motion control, software, and safety components required to realise high-quality applications (Image: GFH Micromachining)
Looking at the market trends integrators are having to respond to when developing new systems
Jan Keuntje and Peter Jäschke have developed a macroscopic finite element model to help establish laser cutting in serial CFRP component production
Jan Keuntje and Peter Jäschke, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, have developed a macroscopic finite element model to help establish laser cutting in serial CFRP component production
Laser technologies will have to continue to evolve to keep up with the need of the electronics industry. (Image: Shutterstock/raigvi)
Electronics manufacturing presents both significant opportunities and formidable challenges for developers of laser materials processing technologies
Handheld laser cleaning devices are a popular choice in industry for delivering the beam to the workpiece. (Image: Shutterstock/Surasak_Photo)
The basics of laser cleaning, the systems involved, and the benifts it offers over conventional cleaning techniques
Paul Butler-Smith and Tian Long See demonstrate how the surface friction of stainless-steel medical tools can be reduced using pulsed and ultrashort-pulsed laser processing
Paul Butler-Smith and Tian Long See, of the MTC, demonstrate how the surface friction of stainless-steel medical tools can be reduced using pulsed and ultrashort-pulsed laser processing
Dr Michael Jarwitz, of the University of Stuttgart’s IFSW, highlights the need for a single tool capable of highly versatile and adaptable manufacturing
Dr Michael Jarwitz, of the University of Stuttgart’s IFSW, highlights the need for a single tool capable of highly versatile and adaptable manufacturing
