Lasers help deactivate unexploded bombs
16 April 2018
Lasers are being used to help deactivate unexploded bombs more safely, in a project involving German organisations Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), Laser on Demand and the Hamburg fire brigade
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Reaping rewards with robotics
29 March 2018
Matthew Dale looks at what can be achieved by combining robots with lasers, including a novel tool for repairing jet engines being developed by Rolls-Royce
Bystronic acquires TTM Laser
23 March 2018
Bystronic, a Swiss developer of laser systems for cutting sheet metal, has acquired TTM Laser, an Italian producer of laser-based tube and profile processing solutions
3D simulating software to augment laser sheet metal cutting
27 February 2018
Researchers at the Visual Interaction and Communications Technologies Center Foundation have developed a 3D simulation software system that allows users to calculate how heat sources affect sheet metal during laser or plasma cutting processes
Fabulous fabrics
2 November 2017
Rachel Berkowitz explores the wealth of ways that textiles can be cut, engraved, perforated, and patterned with a laser
Making a clean break
2 November 2017
Greg Blackman looks at the state of adoption of ultrashort pulse lasers in consumer electronics production
UK laser job shop sector being squeezed by steel stockholder competition
19 May 2016
Dr John Powell, technical director at Laser Expertise, has said that the UK laser job shop industry is being squeezed by competition from steel stockholders
All part of the service
18 May 2016
Greg Blackman assesses the health of the laser job shop market and finds that new service offerings are springing up for micromachining
Cheap steel hurts UK laser job shops
8 February 2016
Greg Blackman assesses how UK laser sub-contractors are coping with rock-bottom steel prices
Underwater laser cutting and nuclear decommissioning at ILAS event
2 April 2015
Paul Hilton of TWI spoke at the AILU's Industrial Laser Applications Symposium, which took place 17-18 March in Kenilworth, UK, on the topic of laser cutting for nuclear decommissioning
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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
