Blue laser light is suited to processing reflective metals such as copper and aluminium. (Image: Nuburu)
The new printer will enable manufacturers to create production-grade parts using reflective metals
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
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
A finished copper quadrupole quarter segment with material-saving hollow structures and cooling channels enabled by the flexibility of additive manufacturing. (Image: Fraunhofer IWS)
The accelerators are being developed to improve cancer therapy, drug detection and material analysis
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
BLM Group USA has added more processing power to its LS5 and LC5 flat sheet laser cutters with the new option of a 12kW fiber laser source
Christian Geiger and Tony Weiss evaluate laser technology readiness for the mass-production of electric vehicles
At Blechexpo, Trumpf will present the new generation of the TruLaser Series 1000
Copper-silver alloy TPMS structures for future studies investigating EV thermal management and impact protection crashworthiness. (Image: Robinson et al.)
The alloys could help meet increasing industry demand for high-efficiency, 3D printable heat transfer materials and devices
Dynamic beam shaping can be applied to offer defect-free welding, cutting, drilling and additive manufacturing. (Image: Civan Lasers)
Dynamic beam shaping enables controllable beam shape, frequency, and focus steering to provide defect-free processing outcomes
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
