Focused on laser developments and their suitability for industrial applications
Review: Laser Symposium & ISAM, 29 November – 1 December 2023, Dresden, Germany / online
Additive manufacturing
Setting course for a more productive, sustainable industrial future
Review: Formnext, 11 – 15 November 2023, Frankfurt, Germany
AM Solutions partners with EOS, FKM, Shapeways
United by the goal of optimizing the process chain in the field of 3D printing and paving the way to series production.
3D printed plasmonic plastic enables large-scale optical sensor production
New type of composite material shows unique optical properties.
Civan Lasers breaks green power world record
The laser manufacturer from Jerusalem has completed the development of a 500-W single-mode cw laser at 532 nm, marking a world record for such a laser type.
3D insights into 3D printing
3D tomograms with a speed allowing to follow the laser spot during laser-based powder bed fusion.
CT to perform rapid evaluations of 3D-printed components
ORNL’s machine-learning algorithm Simurgh is now licensed to be used for rapid evaluations of additively manufactured components with industrial X-ray computed tomography.
Expanding the reach of 3D nanoprinting
Inexpensive printing system precise enough to create microlenses and metamaterials.
Researcher 3D prints world's smallest wineglass
A new simplified technique for creating silica glass structures.
New 3D-printing method builds structures with two metals
Printed bimetallic material proved to be significant stronger than either metal alone.
3D printing of glass without sintering
New process works at relatively low temperatures and reaches highest resolution for use in optics.
3D printing with an NIR light source
New method uses the NIR invisibility windows of materials to print at a depth of over 5 centimeters.
New titanium alloys made using 3D printing
A promising way to a new class of more sustainable high-performance titanium alloys.
‘MADE-3D’: multimaterial components from a 3D printer
6.7 million euros of funding – Paderborn University is leading a Europe-wide research project.
Two steps to the goal
LightFab, Bartels Mikrotechnik, and Miltenyi Biotec cooperated with the Fraunhofer ILT on producing high-resolution microcomponents by photo-crosslinking.
Pulsate 2nd round projects selected
12 experimental projects were successful in the open call for second technology transfer experiments addressing laser-based advanced and additive manufacturing.
Ultrasound makes 3D printed parts stronger
Fraunhofer IWS and IAPT together with Australian RMIT centre for additive manufacturing start project “UltraGrain”.
Dyndrite first to support new LPBF open vector format
The provider of the GPU-accelerated computation engine used to create next-generation digital manufacturing hardware and software, announced support for the new open vector format (.ovf) by RWTH Aachen University.
Microscopic octopuses from a 3D printer
Newly developed smart polymers have life-like properties.
3D printing of customized sensors
New method can be used for prototyping MEMS devices and manufacturing small- and medium-sized batches.
Infratec celebrates topping-out ceremony
Shell construction of the second expansion complex completed
Printing highly reflecting mirrors
Inkjet printer creates Bragg mirrors of variable size with a reflectivity of more than 99 percent.
Laser technology for the New Space economy
German government space coordinator pleads for Europe’s independence and know-how in orbit and beyond during Trumpf visit.
“AM is shaping the future of industrial manufacturing”
For four days, Formnext 2022 turned host city Frankfurt into the global capital of industrial 3D printing.
3D microfabrication up to the centimeter scale
Nanoscribe’s 3D microfabrication range expands to the macroscale while maintaining particularly complex structures and filigree details
Bringing the 3D printer to industrial series production
Additive manufacturing economically on par with conventional manufacturing – Trumpf gives a preview of new systems and materials to be presented at Formnext.
18 projects selected in Pulsate’s 1st open call
The projects selected by the Pulsate Consortium can start the support program and receive the grant to assess the feasibility of laser-based technology implementation in their environment.
Bioabsorbable breast implants and robotic post-processing …
For the eighth time, the international Formnext Start-up Challenge has recognized young companies from the world of additive manufacturing for their innovative business ideas and technical developments.
International standardization of medical 3D printing and scanning
Korean researchers are taking the lead in developing standards for creating patient-customized medical devices. Such standards are expected to be of great help in promoting public health, revitalizing the related medical equipment industry, but also spreading digital twins and metaverse.
When a laser collar tames the arc
Fraunhofer ILT engineers have developed a new optical system with glass substrates and an arc torch which unites gas metal arc (GMA) welding and laser material deposition with an annular beam, thus creating a completely new process.
Resilient laser cladding with high-power laser
Together with its project partner Laserline, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has developed applications and specific processes for this laser class to industry readiness under the label “HICLAD”.
Better control in additive manufacturing
The elastic properties depend on structure size, process and fabrication parameters.
Two additive manufacturing processes in comparison
A team from the center for additive manufacturing at Fraunhofer IPA evaluated the technical and economic potential of selective absorption fusion versus selective laser sintering.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA
nLIGHT, Inc.
Fraunhofer Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie IPT
Sandia National Laboratories
Carl Zeiss AG
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI
UpNano GmbH
Trumpf Gruppe
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Civan Lasers
Technische Universität Dortmund
EWI Inc.
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Shapeways Holdings, Inc.
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
iC-Haus GmbH
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
Microlight3D
Laserline Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Vertrieb von Diodenlasern mbH
amsight GmbH
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Technologie-Lizenz-Büro (TLB) der Baden-Württembergischen Hochschulen GmbH
Wiley-VCH GmbH
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
RWTH Aachen University
InfraTec GmbH Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik
Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG
Sodick Co., Ltd.
ASTM International
Photonics21
Midwest Optical Systems, Inc.
Link3D Inc.
Aalen University – LaserApplicationCenter (LAZ)
Materialise N.V.
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Technische Universität Graz
Nanofabrica Ltd.
Universität Paderborn
Prima Additive S.r.l.
Messe Erfurt GmbH
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies Co., ltd.
KIF PARECHOC
IPH - Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH