Archive for the ‘Laser technology’ Category
Monday, February 21st, 2011
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LPKF LaserWelding's new cleanroom in Erlangen, Germany started operations at the end of 2010. The company uses it for welding-process evaluations, especially for particularly sensitive plastic products. The new cleanroom complies with cleanness class ...
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
Dilas Industrial Laser Systems (Mainz, Germany) has announced the release of a new integrated diode laser system based on fibre-coupled modules. Despite the small dimensions of 336 x 144 mm, this high-power diode laser system delivers optical output powers of up to 50 W CW at 980 nm out of ...
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
LPKF Laser & Electronics AG expects a growth for 2010 with turnover most likely up 56%. The success of the German-based laser specialist can be attributed to its booming export business. Dr. Ingo Bretthauer, LPKF Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, just opened two new sales and service branches in Asia ...
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
The Technology Review has reported that researchers at Harvard University have developed a noninvasive imaging technique that captures images at the molecular level so quickly that they can "watch" red blood cells move through capillaries. The system uses two laser beams set at different frequencies to excite ...
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Friday, November 26th, 2010
Handheld lasers are much used in the production of medical devices because of their flexibility in use. The process validation as required by the FDA authorities makes specific demands to manual and semi-automated welding processes. This is why manufacturer of laser sources Rofin has integrated significant functions to support the process ...
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
At this year's Compamed taking place in Düsseldorf next week, Rofin is going to present an overview of current applications enabled by the latest femtosecond laser technology. With its new StarFemto source and the tube processing system StarCut Tube Femto, the company has launched ultra-fast laser systems for industrial production ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_16870" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Infrared-laser pulses are transmitted to a quail embryo's heart via fibre-optics. Photo courtesy Michael Jenkins, Case Western Reserve University."][/caption]
For the first time, researchers have controlled the pace of an embryonic heart using pulses of light, reports Lauren Gravitz in Technology Review published by MIT. The scientists ...
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has allowed one of Resonetics' patent applications directed to laser micromachining of a conical surface.
This patent enables the laser-based microdrilling of holes as small as 1 µm in diameter and ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
A die cutting system that combines laser and rotary technologies may be advantageous to medical device designers and manufacturers, according to equipment builder Spartanics. The Finecut-Plus-Rotary system provides users with the speed and capabilities of rotary die cutters but does not saddle them with the considerable lifetime costs of dies, ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) has developed a new welding process based on gas metal-arc welding (GMAW) to make conventional welding faster. The association says that by adding a laser beam to guide and stabilise the process, welding speeds can be doubled. This welding process can be used for conventional steels ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
[caption id="attachment_16016" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="LPKF can measure higher reflection values in the case of incomplete welding."][/caption]
Although laser plastic welding generally produces fewer errors, full reliability requires dependable verification. LPKF LaserWelding division has now added reflection diagnosis to its existing range of quality assurance methods. Reflection diagnosis makes use of the ...
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Femto is the new nano, in the laser world at least. We recently profiled Rofin’s incorporation of a femtosecond laser source from Raydiance in its StarCut Tube Femto system. Now, High Q Laser enters the fray with its compact and affordable femtoTRAIN Ti:Sapphire.
The 53-x-20-cm laser measures 7.5 cm high and produces ...
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