Archive for the ‘Laser technology’ Category
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Leoni, provider of cables and cable systems to the medical sector and other industries, has acquired the US-based company RoMack Inc. that specialises in optical fibre technology. In doing so, the Nuremberg, Germany cables group continues to pursue its strategy of strengthening its position in niche markets by means of ...
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
The use of femtosecond laser technology in medtech manufacturing applications may be headed for a Gladwellian tipping point thanks to a collaboration between Rofin, which manufactures laser-based systems for industrial materials processing, and Raydiance, a specialist in the development of ultrafast laser technology. Rofin has incorporated a femtosecond laser source ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
[caption id="attachment_14017" align="alignleft" width="334" caption="The same workpiece under different lighting conditions is shown here. A new code designed for industrial marking applications ensures readability regardless of the marking's appearance. "][/caption]
Laser marking specialist Rofin (Bergkirchen, Germany) and industrial image processing company VisionTools (Waghäusel, Germany) introduced a new system for laser marking and ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The laser will celebrate its 50th birthday in May 2010, and festivities are already well under way. As I mention in the forthcoming February issue of European Medical Device Technology, a group of photonics and scientific associations is marking the milestone with a series of LaserFest events at trade shows ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_11631" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Laser Zentrum Hannover engineers made this 6.8-mm-tall figurine, dubbed Mini Ronaldo, to showcase the capabilities of microstereolithography technology."][/caption]
Now we know how the engineers at Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) get their kicks, and, like the song says, it’s not from champagne or flying too high with ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Novel laser welding techniques open up new possibilities for process control and cost reduction within a 24/7 large-scale production environment. LIMO (Dortmund, Germany) now offers a product range of industrial laser systems with integrated process control. These devices are particularly suitable for the joining of medical thermoplastic components and allow ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_9009" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Purdue mechanical engineering doctoral student Shaoyi Wen (left) and technician Andrew Hecht review data using a laser deposition system. The system works by depositing layers of a powdered mixture of metal and ceramic materials, melting the powder with a laser and then immediately solidifying each layer ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
ALLTEC GmbH’s acquisition of FOBA Technology + Services GmbH brings together more than 65 years of combined experience in laser marking and engraving.
For 25 years, ALLTEC has been developing and manufacturing laser marking solutions for the world market. Since 2004, its Laser Business Unit has been the technology centre for ...
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Nightingale-EOS Ltd has received a substantial investment from Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Finance Wales to complete development of a laser-based technology that nondestructively measures coatings applied to medical implants. This investment leverages additional grant funding from the Welsh Assembly Government.
Beam Profile Reflectometry (BPR) is designed to characterise thin coatings ...
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The 32-page booklet produced by Laser Micromachining Ltd (LML) shows a wide selection of different materials machined with lasers to demonstrate the great potential of laser machining methods.It is available for free.
The company’s Managing Director, Dr Nadeem Rizvi, said the booklet is designed to “… highlight how micro and nanotechnologies ...
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