How ready is laser material processing for serial e-mobility production?
6 October 2021
Christian Geiger and Tony Weiss evaluate laser technology readiness for the mass-production of electric vehicles
Green lasers
Battery Systems in Car Body Engineering
What are the best OEM and supplier solutions for building EV battery systems, and how are these battery systems best integrated into the car body structure?
IAA Mobility 2021
The mobility and technology sectors will meet for the first IAA in Munich from September 7 to 12, 2021.
IAA 2021 will become an exhibition, a forward-looking mobility platform and a dialogue forum all at the same time.
The new IAA is a triad:
Photonics Industries announces newly updated water-cooled DX Series Q-switched UV and Green Lasers
19 April 2021
Offering among the highest output power (15W to 50W), this laser has a wide repetition rate for <20kHz to >500kHz and better beam pointing stability at <25μrad
MKS Instruments announces new industrial power meter for blue, green and infrared lasers up to 12kW
20 January 2021
The Helios Plus has all the features of the Helios for measuring a wide range of high power lasers in production operations, as well as the ability to measure additional wavelengths, such as blue and green lasers used in copper welding in the automotive industry
Green light for green mobility
25 September 2020
Trumpf’s David Harvilla, Stefanie Bisch and Sebastian Zaske discuss why green lasers represent the perfect tool for welding e-mobility components made of copper
The benefits of AI and machine learning in laser processing were discussed by a panel of experts at the show
Powering up in San Fran
21 February 2020
Power increases across multiple laser technologies are set to bring further benefit to materials processing, Matthew Dale learnt at Photonics West
LEF 2020
LEF is the industry meeting point for representatives from business and science. For the 23rd time in 2020, the latest trends and developments related to the topic of laser micromachining will be presented in Fürth and discussed with regard to their application for various fields of application.
LEF 2020 will focus on the following topics:
Scanlab releases Precsys optimised for green lasers
4 September 2019
A version of Scanlab’s five-axis Precsys scan solution is now available that is optimised for green lasers operating at 515nm
Advanced pulse synchronisation improves picosecond laser micromachining
8 July 2019
The Coherent HyperRapid NXT is a high-power picosecond laser that employs advanced pulsing technology to enable micromachining with precision and a minimal heat affected zone (HAZ)
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Bernabé Cárcel, Samuel López, and Rocío Ruiz share how the Rectorans project is addressing ongoing challenges in the transport sector
Gwenn Pallier, Jannik Lind and Jorge Luis Arias Otero provide an update on the results of the Custodian project
Handheld laser welding systems promise flexibility in processing, but present numerous hazards that must be dealt with before they can be used safely. (Shutterstock/Dizfoto)
Matthew Dale asks experts whether this emerging application poses any risks to the user
The new method recorded 6GB of data in a one-inch silica glass sample, with each square measuring just 8.8 x 8.8mm.
Fast and energy-efficient laser writing could help solve ongoing data storage challenges
Hydrogen fuel cells could provide a suitable alternative to plug-in electric HGVs, where the weight of the battery could prove to be an issue. (Image: Shutterstock/Audeo und werbung)
New laser technology could help make hydrogen-powered vehicles commercially viable, David Stuart finds
Laser depaneling systems such as this achieve higher output by higher effective cutting speed and cutting quality. (Image: LPKF)
Productronica exhibitors shared some of the latest trends in electronics manufacturing with Abigail Williams
AI is now being used to improve the design of computer chips. (Image: Shutterstock/Connect world)
At ICALEO 2021 Matthew Dale learned of the numerous ways that AI can optimise laser-based manufacturing
Mikhail Sokolov, Pasquale Franciosa, and Dariusz Ceglarek of the University of Warwick, describe how new laser technologies can overcome dissimilar material welding challenges
Lea Sauerwein, Christian Ebenhöh and René Geiger, of Evosys Laser, describe the development of a new optimised polymer welding process
