Lasers

Vai Photonics – an Australian National University (ANU) spin-out company whose technology will help future moon landings and could lead to flying cars – has been bought out by a leading navigation firm in a deal worth $40 million. 

Scientists have engineered a new type of light emitting diode (LED) which can function as versatile, manufacturing-friendly lasers. Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory reached a critical milestone by incorporating meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of LED containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to operate as optically pumped … Continue reading Scientific breakthrough will lead to more manufacturing-friendly lasers →

Global aviation company Airbus has successfully launched the EDRS-C satellite. The satellite is the second node of the SpaceDataHighway network which will transform the way that information is transmitted globally. The recently launched satellite is part of the European Data Relay System (EDRS), which is the first optical fibre network in the sky, based on … Continue reading Satellite system to speed up space services →

Sick AG is an original partner of Axoom, an IT service provider founded by the laser and machine tool manufacturer Trumpf.

German company Trumpf has decided to re-enter the market for metal additive manufacturing production systems, announcing a joint venture with Italy’s Sisma.

Oxy fuel cutting, plasma cutters, and laser cutters all have a place in metal-working. The decision on which to use comes down to application.