Volume 34, Issue 3

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Industrial Laser Solutions

Worse than the seven-year itch

May 1, 2019
Back in 2012, I managed to finalize the November/December issue of this publication while lying in a hospital bed with wires and tubes running all over and around me.
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Status of additive manufacturing for gas turbine components

May 1, 2019
Laser additive manufacturing methods generate massive lead time reductions.
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Laser replaces conventional industrial cleaning methods

May 1, 2019
LASER Technology is capable of cleaning or stripping of all types of metals and sensitive surfacesJULIEN DECLOUXLaser cleaning operations play a key role in the industrial world...
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Precision laser microfabrication creates novel 3D timepieces

May 1, 2019
Technology produces 3D components in glassGIULIA BOTTARINIGlass has unique properties and advantages compared to materials such as metals and polymers, as it is optically transparent...
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Laser welding investment pays back with production of less expensive parts

May 1, 2019
Laser process yields fewer defects, does not require part preparation AND POST-PROCESSINGMASOUD HAROONIThere have been discussions about the use of laser welding in production...

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FIGURE 1. Demonstration of 3D on-the-fly welding with omnidirectional seam tracking.
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Digitalization enables gains in laser remote welding

Optical technologies improve existing laser remote welding applications.
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E-mobility offers opportunities for fiber lasers

May 1, 2019
Fiber laser technology lowers costs and improves quality for electric vehicle manufacturers.
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Ultrashort-pulse laser drills 12,000 holes per second with 1 µm diameter

May 1, 2019
AACHEN, GERMANY – For materials processing, pulsed laser systems with high repetition rates require scanners with speeds up to 1000 m/s, and laser systems with high pulse energy...
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Metal additive manufacturing moves toward automotive series production

April 22, 2019
The project partners will transfer metal additive manufacturing into a series process in the automotive industry.
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Ultrashort-pulse laser method could improve industrial laser processing

April 9, 2019
Their findings show that UV picosecond pulses at fluences above 10 J/cm2 can remove more material with less energy.
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Laser marking machine marks tracking codes on automotive bevel gears

March 26, 2019
An automotive manufacturer needed the ability to check the quality of Data Matrix codes made using laser marking.