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 […]

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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 […]

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Wettability Characteristics Variation of PMMA by Means of CO2 Laser Generated Surface Patterns

Research to use laser patterning to modify the surface of polymers to improve wettability and adhesion

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