The Laser Zentrum Hannover LZH is developing a laser-assisted metal flux-cored welding process for underwater use together with an industrial partner. The process aims to facilitate welding work and produce better weld seams.
The realization of light-based aberration corrector will significantly reduce installation costs for electron microscopes with atomic resolution.
The computer vision expert Basler wants to participate in the distribution business of its long-time partner I2S. In addition, Basler now offers its solutions specifically for applications in the medical and life sciences.
Optical vortex crystals will have impact on fields as diverse as microscopy, optical communications and photonics simulations.
The EMVA expects around 120 participants to attend the Business Conference in Brussels, the first physical meeting of the machine vision industry in Europe after the pandemic break. The conference will be held from May 12 to 14. The program is now complete.
The application phase for the inspect award 2022 has begun. All machine vision and optical metrology companies are invited to submit their products by May 13. This year, the six winners of the two categories will receive a trophy in a completely new design.
An endowed chair at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona (UA) has been newly created and named after Robert M. Edmund, Edmund Optics CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Outstanding innovations in laser technology were presented and honored in the Coronation Hall of Aachen’s city hall on May 4, 2022 in front of around three hundred guests. This year's winners of the 10,000-euros award are Dr Boris Regaard of Trumpf (2020) and Stefan Wolf of Primes.
Leading hi-tech business executive will pioneer new growth phase at Isorg, taking over from founder Jean-Yves Gomez, who becomes CIO.
Waste rice husks are an excellent source of high-purity silica and value-added Si powder.
With their partnership, the specialist for optical components and the manufacturer of machine vision cameras are getting a grip on the existing supply problems.
At the Control trade fair, Yxlon announced that the company will be renamed Comet Yxlon from September 8, 2022.
The Photonics Germany survey of 1,000 German photonics manufacturers after the 2021 annual financial statements showed sales of 47.3 billion euros.
The international photonics industry met again in person at Laser World of Photonics 2022 in Munich from April 26 to 29. The world’s leading trade fair lent support to an industry that is on the upswing worldwide.
Integrated lithium niobate photonics is a promising platform for the development of high-performance chip-scale optical systems.
Edmund Optics has announced the opening of its facility in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
An optical device shows the same functional characteristics as the memristor, capable of operating on quantum states of light.
Dr. Martin Krämer is leaving sensor manufacturer Sick on September 30. Nicole Kurek will join the Executive Board on July 1, 2022 and will be responsible for People & Culture.
27.04.2022 - Jochen Trautmann has been Managing Director of Rittal Automation Systems since April 1, 2022.
New laser improves the use of ultraviolet light for sterilizing medical tools, purifying water, sensing hazardous gases and enabling precision photolithography.
The owner-managed photonics specialist celebrates its 40th anniversary.
A new market report by Spectaris and Messe München shows the importance of photonics in the commercial age of quantum systems – a profound technological change is expected in industrial sectors such as medical technology and artificial intelligence.
Resolving nanostructures smaller than the diffraction limit of light without any dyes or labels.
On Earth Day, laser manufacturer Luxinar discusses sustainable solutions like an ink-free alternative to mark packaging or laser coding directly onto food.
As of May 1, 2022, Viscom will have a new Head of Central Service in Christian Schweizer (40). His predecessor, Henning Obloch, is retiring.
At the Fraunhofer Vision booth, the focus is on machine learning and associated artificial intelligence methods. The central exhibit is an AI-based robot.
Engineers at Stanford and Harvard have laid the groundwork for a new system for 3D printing that doesn’t require that an object be printed from the bottom up.
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection and Buhmann Pac Solutions intensify their cooperation in the packaging sector.
Issue 2/2022 – April/May – is out, including feature articles from Amada, Amplitude Systèmes, Bos Photonics, Hema Elektronik, Instrument Systems / Konica-Minolta Group, Joya Team, Laseroptik, MKS Spectra-Physics, Primes, Synova, Tematys, and more companies and institutions. On the cover: Shenzhen JPT Opto-Electronics.
Physik Instrumente achieved a 27 percent increase in sales in fiscal year 2021. The Karlsruhe-based company also started 2022 with the highest order intake in the company's history.
Optical Surfaces has been selected by the Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) at the University of Michigan (USA) to provide beam expander optics for its ground-breaking Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort-pulse laser System (ZEUS).
Lutz Steiner has been Senior Vice President Innovation at the Lenze Group since April 1, 2022.
A major goal of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is to make the fuel cell ready for series production.
New method is well suited for determining the crystallinity of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Investment plans in AM remain high – technology development of greatest importance in the industry.
