ES Precision will soon provide a service for profiling, drilling and perforating thin gauge materials up to about 2mm thick.
The firm wants to provide a service for profiling, drilling and perforating thin gauge materials
Oxygen is a key component used in laser cutting. (Image: Bystronic)
Oxygen is a key component for laser cutting, however its production has been diverted towards medical use
The copper-silver-tungsten material achieves 100 per cent Covid-19 inactivation within five hours. (Image: University of Wolverhampton)
The novel material could be used in filtration systems and face mask filters
Amada Weld Tech uses fibre lasers and femtosecond lasers in the manufacture of stents. (Image: Amada Weld Tech)
Keely Portway explores the use of lasers in medical device manufacturing, including how they have played their part since the start of the pandemic
The coinciding conference, World of Photonics Congress, will be held in a digital format on the original dates of 20–24 June
The virtual format will include two exhibitions in addition to conference presentations and networking opportunities. (Image: SPIE)
The virtual event will include two digital exhibitions in addition to the conferences Lase, Bios, Opto and Quantum West
Mack Brooks Exhibitions has announced the postponement of EuroBLECH, which was scheduled to take place at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany from 9 to 12 March
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The demand for laser systems in the microelectronics segment is expected to grow in 2020, however
The new smart factory demonstrates how different machine types can be interconnected in a network. (Image: Trumpf)
Sales revenue fell from €3.8 billion to €3.5 billion in the fiscal year 2019/20
Welding, cutting and 3D printing are counted among the industrial applications intended for the upcoming laser diodes. (Image: BluGlass)
Three different standard laser designs have been demonstrated after being fabricated into test devices: 405nm, 420nm and 450nm
Eliana Fu, of Trumpf and formerly SpaceX, shares how additive manufacturing can aid humanity’s cosmological journey
Manuel Henn and Matthias Buser are research associates and Volkher Onuseit is the head of the system engineering department at the University of Stuttgart’s Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW)
Manuel Henn, Matthias Buser and Volkher Onuseit combine additive and subtractive laser processes to unlock new manufacturing possibilities
Andrew May is director of ES Precision
Andrew May describes ES Precision’s recent investment in new laser technology to unlock exciting application sectors
Laser Zentrum Hannover’s Rabi Lahdo and Stefan Kaierle describe a process that promises big benefits for heavy industry
Christian Geiger and Tony Weiss evaluate laser technology readiness for the mass-production of electric vehicles
Joerg Volpp is an associate professor and Adrien da Silva is a PhD student at the Luleå University of Technology.
Joerg Volpp and Adrien da Silva, at the Luleå University of Technology, investigate beam shaping possibilities for high-power processing
Daniel Holder, of the IFSW at the University of Stuttgart, shares how new USP laser technologies could facilitate the rapid micromachining of silicon wafers
Ship under construction in a shipyard. (Image: Shutterstock.com)
Keely Portway looks at how new laser technologies are optimising welding and cutting for shipbuilding
Labels can be laser marked on a reel-to-reel spooling workstation. (Image: Trotec)
Greg Blackman on where CO₂ lasers excel in materials processing
Jennifer Heßmann, Kai Hilgenberg and Marcel Bachmann, of BAM, explain a new joining process that could help reduce the weight of vehicles
