The new equipment will enable the fabrication of everything from medical implants to lab-on-a-chip technology, (Image: Shutterstock/Denis Simonov)
The new equipment will allow inventors to design and test prototypes for everything from medical implants to lab-on-a-chip technology
The Ophir BeamWatch Integrated 500 industrial beam characterisation system is a fully automated, non-contact laser measurement system designed welding applications that works with single mode lasers using long focal lengths
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
The new line is capable of handling the entire battery manufacturing process. (Image: Comau)
The automated line combines industrial robots, vision systems, laser welding, and in-line joint validation via artificial intelligence
The thermoIMAGER TIM series of short-wave thermal imaging cameras is suited for almost all near infrared (NIR) and CO2-based laser processing applications
3D-printed sample component: The laser transmission of 3D printed plastic components depends on layer thickness and orientation. (Image: LZH)
The system will enable 3D-printed plastic components to be optimally welded together
(Lower left) A laser makes a hole in a material. (Upper left) The fluence of the laser is measured. (Lower right) Measurements of the fluence and the hole depth are superimposed. (Upper right) The relationship between these measurements is then determined so that hole depth can be calculated based solely on the fluence. (Image: Sakurai et al.)
The method was developed using a laser microscope and a Raspberry Pi Camera
Intuitive AI technology makes the GX-F ADVANCED Series easy to use for operators of all skill levels – especially valuable because of the ongoing shortage of skilled manufacturing workers
Semiconductors need to be inspected during every part of the manufacturing process for defects. Accurate and precise results are critical to prevent unnecessary product wastage and cost. Within industrial, in-line applications, there are numerous challenges faced by customers and this paper looks at solutions to these challenges.
Figure 1: Complex two-phase copper vapour chambers, for high-power space applications, built using laser-powder bed fusion.
Brett Diehl, of the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, puts neural networks to work in identifying voids in additive manufacturing
