CONTENTS LASERSYSTEMS EUROPE CONTENTS Lasers in action
Ultralight sports car built with lasers l tracheal splints save lives l
Show preview: Lasys Show: Lasers in Action Feature: Job shops Feature: Reclaim project 4 Additively made Coherent acquires Rofin 18
The laser materials processing technology on display at Lasys from 31 May to 2 June in Stuttgart, Germany
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The programme planned for the forum, which will run on all three days of the Lasys trade fair
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Greg Blackman assesses the health of the laser job shop market
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Riccardo Tosi of the UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre details the Reclaim laser cell, combining additive and subtractive machining
Feature: Medical traceability Feature: Hybrid welding
Gemma Church explores hybrid laser welding, a technique ideal for building ship hulls or railcars
Product focus: Fibre lasers
A round-up of the latest industrial fibre lasers Products
Lasers and laser systems for material processing LIA news
The Laser Institute of America’s regular section, including a report from the recent Laser Additive Manufacturing workshop in Orlando, USA
Suppliers’ directory Find the suppliers you need, quickly and easily
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ISSUE 31 • SUMMER 2016 LASER SYSTEMS EUROPE 3 45 46 50 38
Rachel Berkowitz on how laser marking ensures new UDI regulations for medical equipment are met
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ISSUE 31 • SUMMER 2016 32
THE MAIN EVENT
Te laser material processing community is set to meet at the end of May for Lasys in Stuttgart. Laser Systems Europewill be at the trade fair and reporting on news from the show. Te team has also, in partnership with Messe Stuttgart and the Laser Institute of America, organised a series of presentations for the Lasers in Action forum, which will run on all three days of the event. Te full programme of talks, including abstracts, can be found starting on page 24, while a preview of some of the technology that will be on display on the exhibition floor begins on page 18. Te highlight of the forum will be a panel discussion
on current and future trends in laser materials processing, moderated by Laser Systems Europe’s Warren Clark. Te panel will convene on 1 June from 12.30 to 13.30 and will be formed of Dave MacLellan from the Association of Industrial Laser Users, Markus Rütering from Laserline, Klaus Kleine from Coherent, and Lars Penning from Next Scan Technology. Te VDMA will also hold a panel discussion on the
industrial photonics market in Asia, with speakers from Euro Asia Consulting, NanoFocus and Trumpf, as well as Gerhard Hein of the VDMA. Also in this issue, there are feature articles on laser job
shops (page 32), the intricacies of marking medical components (page 38), and hybrid welding of large structures like ship hulls (page 42). Te Laser Systems Europe team will on hand at Lasys
at stand 4A37 to answer any questions you might have about the publication and how to get involved. We look forward to seeing you at the show!
Greg Blackman, editor
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