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 company’s 3D PrintPRO HT will be on display at Formnext 21
The AM400's filters, which remove potentially harmful gases and particulate from metal additive manufacturing, can be exchanged on site without risking a thermal event.
BOFA International will be showcasing its latest range of additive manufacturing filtration and atmosphere management systems at Formnext 2021
The Fraunhofer IWS researchers used a multi-adsorption system to investigate the adsorption behavior of competing gases to find suitable filter substances. (Image: Fraunhofer IWS)
The technology could also be used for additive manufacturing in the future
Laser Components has announced that Kentek now has CE marking for most of its products, which allows the firm to offer them to the UK and EU markets
BOFA International has developed an innovation in fume extraction to make the exchange of filters in metal additive manufacturing processes safer, faster and better for productivity
Annual meetings of the Laser Safety Forum are held every September. This year the event will be a hybrid meeting, allowing participants to attend online or join in person at Burleigh Court in Loughborough.
The Laser Safety Forum was founded in 1996 to provide a means of bringing former laser safety course participants back together so that they could share their experiences, receive an update on topical laser safety issues and to provide a further level of post-course support.
The platform features a host of functionality enhancements and innovations, including extended onboard data logs and real-time system condition visualisation
Orcatina offers a compact and neat curtain system that uses a pantograph structure in the folding mechanism
This is a Class 1 laser safety enclosure which is tested and certified to the internationally recognised laser safety standards
Sanin Zulic and Sunil Pathak share how laser shock peening can be used to improve residual stresses in additively manufactured parts
Sanin Zulic and Sunil Pathak share how laser shock peening can be used to improve residual stresses in additively manufactured parts
Mark Zediker, Jean-Michel Pelaprat and Andrew Dodd share how early results are already demonstrating the advantages of blue lasers in additive manufacturing
Mark Zediker, Jean-Michel Pelaprat and Andrew Dodd share how early results are already demonstrating the advantages of blue lasers in additive manufacturing
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
Alexandre Rondepierre and Olivier Casagrande demonstrate a new approach that overcomes existing laser shock peening challenges
(Image: Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock)
An brief look at laser cutting and some of the technology developments made in recent years
Richard Stähr and his colleagues are using laser drilling to produce perforated acoustic liners for insulating aircraft noise
Richard Stähr and his colleagues are using laser drilling to produce perforated acoustic liners for insulating aircraft noise
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
Oliver Haupt and Jan Brune describe how deep-UV excimer lasers can overcome microLED display manufacturing challenges
Hot-fire testing of a GRCop-42 L-PBF chamber and NASA HR-1 LP-DED nozzle with integral channels at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. (Image: NASA)
Matthew Dale learns how additive manufacturing is optimising the production of rocket components
Frederic Schell and Christoph Zwahr describe how direct laser interference patterning can augment additively manufactured medical implants
