Coherent’s Dr Jörg Neukum highlights how the ease of integration and maintenance of direct diode lasers has contributed towards their increased uptake in industry
OPI Photonics has just launched its new line of blue laser diodes, BrighteX Blue
Jean-Michel Pelaprat, co-founder of Nuburu, discusses the benefits of materials processing using emerging blue diode lasers with increased brightness
Building a rectangular block of 316L stainless steel with LPBF and then annealing it with a diode laser. (Image: LLNL)
The new technique resulted in the reduction of effective residual stress in metal 3D-printed test parts by 90 per cent
The manufacturing line will be used to accelerate the conversion of maritime transport towards using electric propulsion. (Image: Leclanché)
Leclanché, a Swiss provider of energy storage solutions, has commissioned Italian industrial automation firm Comau to build an automated manufacturing line for lithium-ion battery modules intended for electric vehicles
II‐VI Incorporated has introduced new high power laser light cables for blue laser beams.
II‐VI Incorporated has introduced high power laser bars and semi-framed stacks mounted with micro-optic collimator lenses, offering customers very cost-effective modular assemblies that have high performance and reliability and can be easily integrated into direct diode lasers and diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers
The ExactWeld 230 P from Coherent enables particle-free high throughput welding of small to medium sized polymer parts
Matthew Dale explores the range of laser solutions available for copper processing applications in e-mobility
