At Politecnico di Milano, the Laboratory for Laser Applications, SITEC, looks towards the development of new processes enabling new products and solutions for electric mobility exploiting the increased availability of laser-based manufacturing solutions in the industry.
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.
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.
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.
Battery production in focus: today’s challenges – laser technology as the solution.
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.
Optical coherence tomography in a laser processing head can accomplish precise real-time post-process control and position adjustment for the filler wire.
High-quality cut edges are essential to ensure reliable electric connections and prevent defects like spatter and dross, which can cause internal short circuits.
In conversation with Eric J. Halvorson, Senior Marketing Technology Manager – Automation and Control at DigiKey
Evaluate corrosion test panels rapidly and objectively
Selecting Vision Systems for Cobot-Based Quality Applications
Ultra-fast and -robust 3D sensing
Increasing Efficiency in Production
Potential of artificial intelligence in machine vision
Optical character recognition with AI support
Diverse 2D/3D machine vision in macro- and microscopy
Application of laser scanners in the automotive Industry
Interview with Raghava Kashyapa, Co-Founder of Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA)
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews discusses challenges for busbars in mass production, and high-speed CO₂ laser busbar de-coating methods.
A new article in PhotonicsViews discusses the production of high-quality oxides-based optical filters with low losses.
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.
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
What do cobot-to-cobot interactions mean, how do they work and what are the advantages?
Which trends will define the year 2025? We have listed them for you.
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.
Networking, new products, and Nobel laureates complement the broad technical program and four exhibitions at the exciting week in optics and photonics.
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews presents a rigorous far-field model that allows to calculate the reflectance of the via.
Handling and Defect Inspection of Indexable Inserts
Visual Inspection of Weld Seams of EV Batteries
A qualitative and quantitative analysis of ultrashort-pulse processing of glass in a technical article – now online and in PhotonicsViews issue 1/2025.
Laserax’s machine vision system speeds up battery module welding with precision, reducing waste and improving production efficiency for various industries.
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.
Education: Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt relies on MVTec Halcon for academic training
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.
