E-mobility requires new innovations for high-productivity laser welding
Two recent advances in laser welding, described in a PhotonicsViews special issue, have the ability to increase both productivity and part quality for e-mobility applications.
Contributions
Laser welding with green and infrared lasers
In a study by BLZ researchers, two laser sources – green and IR – were compared for laser welding at identical laser spot sizes. The results are presented in a the PhotonicsViews special issue.
Laser-based welding in lightweight construction
Projects Twin-Weld and MULTISPOT overcome the limitations of fixed bifocal optics and develop a welding head with a matrix of 3 × 3 laser diodes that can be individually controlled.
Laser welding: the game changer in battery production
Battery production in focus: today’s challenges – laser technology as the solution.
An innovative laser decoating for hybrid components
A new high-tech system can dissolve paint on complex 3D components efficiently by laser and the paint can be removed like a film – residue-free and without harmful substances.
A new concept for automotive battery boxes manufacturing
Optical coherence tomography in a laser processing head can accomplish precise real-time post-process control and position adjustment for the filler wire.
High speed laser cutting of EV electrodes
High-quality cut edges are essential to ensure reliable electric connections and prevent defects like spatter and dross, which can cause internal short circuits.
“We want to be the first choice for all engineers”
In conversation with Eric J. Halvorson, Senior Marketing Technology Manager – Automation and Control at DigiKey
On the track of corrosion using machine learning
Evaluate corrosion test panels rapidly and objectively
Do I Really Need Machine Vision?
Selecting Vision Systems for Cobot-Based Quality Applications
Gobo technology improves 3D metrology
Ultra-fast and -robust 3D sensing
Manufacturing Data Platform Showcases Smart Factory Automation
Increasing Efficiency in Production
AI and Optics: Working Hand in Hand for Enhanced Quality Control
Potential of artificial intelligence in machine vision
Deep OCR on the Edge: No buzzword bingo, but real customer benefit
Optical character recognition with AI support
Precise measurement and analysis of the smallest details
Diverse 2D/3D machine vision in macro- and microscopy
1.7 Million Pins per Day: Checking the vehicle electronics
Application of laser scanners in the automotive Industry
“Bringing Together India’s Machine Vision Industry”
Interview with Raghava Kashyapa, Co-Founder of Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA)
Solutions for wire and busbar stripping
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews discusses challenges for busbars in mass production, and high-speed CO₂ laser busbar de-coating methods.
PARMS coating technology for UV to IR laser applications
A new article in PhotonicsViews discusses the production of high-quality oxides-based optical filters with low losses.
Line beam shaping with a tailored anamorphic diffuser
A method for improving the narrow-axis integrated intensity uniformity in laser line beam shaping for partially coherent laser sources is presented in the PhotonicsViews e-Special 1/2025.
How 3D printing can optimize and simplify production processes
3D printing platform enables the on-demand production of high-quality replacement and serial parts at any desired location, in the right quality and quantity
Cobots as a central building block for the future of industry
What do cobot-to-cobot interactions mean, how do they work and what are the advantages?
The 10 trends in automation in 2025
Which trends will define the year 2025? We have listed them for you.
High-Speed, SWIR, and Event-Based Cameras at SPIE Photonics West
Lucid will showcase its latest camera innovations and advanced sensing technologies at SPIE Photonics West, the leading optics and photonics event, taking place from January 28–30, 2025, in San Francisco, California.
SPIE Photonics West 2025: A preview
Networking, new products, and Nobel laureates complement the broad technical program and four exhibitions at the exciting week in optics and photonics.
Beginning to see the light
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews presents a rigorous far-field model that allows to calculate the reflectance of the via.
Trained Quickly, Inspected Swiftly
Handling and Defect Inspection of Indexable Inserts
Safety First: How to Make EV Batteries Roadworthy with 3D Sensors
Visual Inspection of Weld Seams of EV Batteries
How laser material processing can benefit from OCT technology
A qualitative and quantitative analysis of ultrashort-pulse processing of glass in a technical article – now online and in PhotonicsViews issue 1/2025.
Machine Vision Accelerates Battery Production
Laserax’s machine vision system speeds up battery module welding with precision, reducing waste and improving production efficiency for various industries.
Laser cleaning of insect residue without surface alteration
Insect residues disturb and interrupt the laminar air flow on airplane wings after a while. These residues therefore need to be repeatedly removed. Shockwave-based laser cleaning of insect residue on stainless steel (1.4544.9) is presented in an early view article in PhotonicsViews.
THWS uses BV software in teaching
Education: Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt relies on MVTec Halcon for academic training
Tracking greenhouse gases with a laser
Faced with advancing climate change, we drastically need to monitor and understand the various sources and sinks of greenhouse gases worldwide in real time. One approach to accomplishing this is to regulate and monitor man-made methane emissions. Laser systems as developed by researchers at Fraunhofer ILT offer ways to do exactly that. At the heart of lidar instruments, they can precisely determine greenhouse gases in the atmosphere with high spatial and temporal resolution, even from great distances, and do so worldwide.
Embedded Vision Summit: Where Engineers Connect Directly
Interview with Jeff Bier, Founder and CEO of Edge AI and Vision Alliance
