By: Dr. Ingomar Kelbassa Laser Surface Treatment and Additive Manufacturing have a strong impact on classical manufacturing and repair tasks addressing markets such as turbo machinery, aeronautics, automotive, off-shore and mining as well as tool, die, and mold making and life science.
Fiber Laser Blanking of Coil Strips at Extreme-Speed Extreme-Power
By: Dr. Charles Caristan and Jay Finn Air Liquide Industrial US LP, Automatic Feed Company The blanking process consisting of cutting flat panels directly out of a metal coil is practiced in the automotive industry to the tune of 10 MM tons of steel coils processed each year for the North American market alone. Up […]
Leading Technology for the Customer’s Benefit – Laser Processing Heads for Welding and Cutting
By: Dr. Markus Kogel-Hollacher For decades Precitec has been the leading manufacturer of processing heads suitable for all laser sources including fiber lasers, disc lasers, CO2 lasers, diode lasers, Nd:YAG lasers from powers ranging from the typically used power spectrum up to 30 kW. These are directly applicable to industrial laser materials processing in order […]
High Power Direct Diode Laser Cladding of Stainless and Nickel Alloys
By: Dr. Gerald Bruck and Brandon Shinn Siemens Energy Inc. A four kilowatt high power direct diode laser is demonstrated to clad stainless (UNS S41000) and nickel based (UNS N06002) alloys. Trials are conducted using pre-placed as well as argon fed filler metal powders deposited on matching alloy substrates. Parametric tests are performed to define […]
Development of an Adaptive Control and Optimization System
By: Ehsan Fallahi Sichani A real-time, adaptive control and optimization system for laser flame cutting of thick plates of mild steel has been developed. The proposed system consists of two subsystems: a process monitoring system and a control and optimization system.