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United Performance Metals installs new 8 kW fiber laser

The company now operates four laser cutting machines in its Ohio Laser Center of Excellence.

Timothy W. Simpson

Industrial Laser Solutions welcomes Timothy W. Simpson to Editorial Advisory Board

Timothy W. Simpson, who is one of the leading experts in additive manufacturing, will strengthen the publication's perspective on that technology.

University engineers laser-process certified face shields

The engineers designed a PPE face shield with CE Mark approval that they 3D-printed for healthcare workers to use in the fight against COVID-19.

The INFINITY Scan laser scanner.

InnoLas, Scanlab partner to develop large-scale laser scanner

The joint expertise lays the groundwork for realizing extremely complex customer projects in laser micromachining.

A 3D-printed AlbaPod 2.0 in Windform XT 2.0 is shown.

Partnership manufactures satellite deployer using additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing specialist CRP Technology has been working with Alba Orbital to build an updated deployer for PocketQube satellites.

Navigating uncertain times

What will the industrial laser materials processing sector look like post-pandemic?

FIGURE 1. Nineteen applications for Luxinar carbon-dioxide lasers on a car.

Automotive manufacturing chooses carbon dioxide lasers

Carbon dioxide laser-processed components find their way into almost all areas of a typical vehicle.

FIGURE 1. Less than 0.1 µm shift perpendicular to the device axis are achieved for the fiber coupling of a blue laser diode. Less critical penetration welds on the sleeve and ferrule are followed by the precision fillet welds between sleeve flange and housing. Three weld optics symmetrically oriented under 120° produce weld spots with 200 µm diameter and ensure balanced introduction of minimum energy.

Considerations for precision laser nanowelding

Forming weld joints for nanostructures requires parts design optimized for laser welding.

FIGURE 1. A car door with a GFRP reinforcing brace is shown.

Joining composites and metal: A laser process

Through several demonstrations, the laser-based joining process has been shown to create highly reliable connections between sheet metal and plastics.

FIGURE 1. The performance advantage of the blue laser stems from fundamental physics; copper absorbs blue light 13X better than it absorbs infrared (IR).

Blue lasers add power and brightness

Blue lasers' capabilities open up the possibility to weld greater thicknesses of copper and other challenging materials, and also improve the ability to weld dissimilar metals.

FIGURE 1. SmartWeld+ patterns move well beyond traditional beam wobble to encompass ellipses, spirals, and other complex shapes; these deliver a very high degree of control over how laser energy is spatially delivered.

Dissimilar metal welding with advanced laser beam control

This article presents work that has demonstrated the ability to produce laser welds at quality and throughput rates compatible with the requirements of automotive and electronics production.

FIGURE 1. A schematic diagram of the multiple material LPBF system structure.

Additive manufacturing of multiple metallic and hybrid components

The technique could expand application possibilities in additive manufacturing.

Micro-holes of less than 30 µm in Si3N4 material (left) and rectangular holes 25 x 25 µm in Si3N4 material (right) are shown.

Ultrashort-pulse laser microprocessing with unprecedented precision

The extremely short pulse times of the ultrashort-pulse laser prevent thermal effects on the material and reduce quality issues.

One of the key goals of the EU project ADIR is to recover valuable raw materials by disassembling electronic devices that are no longer in use.

Laser processing recovers valuable raw materials

The project revolves around automated, flexible laser processing designed to disassemble electronic devices to selectively extract valuable component parts at the end of their useful life.