Coating a brake disc via EHLA (Credit: Fraunhofer ILT/Volker Lannert)
Augmenting automotive production
11 December 2019
Keely Portway looks at some of the latest ways laser surface treatment is being used to optimise automotive production
Cladding
Laser powder deposition technology enhances oil & gas drill stabiliser reconditioning
16 October 2019
TLM Laser’s Andy Toms explains how Alpha Laser’s cladding and hardening technology brings significant benefits to the maintenance and repair of drilling components for the oil and gas industry
Direct diode lasers today: better integration drives applications growth
6 September 2019
Coherent’s Dr Jörg Neukum highlights how the ease of integration and maintenance of direct diode lasers has contributed towards their increased uptake in industry
Professor Steen being presented with an Honorary Fellowship to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers by the institute’s president Carolyn Griffiths.
Focus: The William M. Steen Awards
6 September 2019
The LIA has introduced a set of annual awards dedicated to Professor William Maxwell Steen, a veteran and pioneer of laser technology
Mogas completes acquisition of Australian aerospace technologies provider Brenco
5 September 2019
Texas-based MOGAS Industries, Inc. has announced it has acquired Australia-based Brenco Group, a provider of industrial surface coating and engineering processes and aerospace technologies, the company said.
The purchase will extend MOGAS´ capabilities in surface technologies, while strengthening investment in the Australasian markets to serve the needs of customers in the region. Brenco Group will now be referred to as Brenco, a division of MOGAS.
Conferencing in Crewe
10 April 2019
Matthew Dale shares three interesting applications of laser technology that were presented at ILAS 2019 in Crewe, UK, in March
Laser cladding gets boost from EHLA
14 September 2018
Matthias Möllenhoff, product manager for EHLA at Hornet Laser Cladding, discusses the benefits of the EHLA high-speed cladding technology, and how it is gaining traction in China
EHLA developers win Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis
26 July 2018
The developers of Extreme High-Speed Laser Material Deposition (EHLA), a process that can be used to coat, repair or additively manufacture components in an economical and environmentally friendly way, have been awarded first prize of the tenth Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis
High-speed laser deposition process wins award
13 June 2017
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and RWTH Aachen University have been awarded a €50,000 prize for an ultra-high-speed laser material deposition process called EHLA
