THE LASER USER
ISSUE 114 AUTUMN 2024 CONTENTS
HIGHLIGHTS...
Interview: Hutchinson Engineering
Remote Laser Welding Fe & Al
ASSOCIATION NEWS First Word
President’s Message
OBITUARY Professor Jonathan Lawrence Leader in Laser Engineering
BUSINESS NEWS CASE STUDIES
EDITORIAL Interview: Mark Hutchinson, Hutchinson Engineering
Job Shop Corner A Funny Thing...
R&D COLLABORATION ILAS 2025
PRODUCT NEWS
EVENTS Event Review
Forthcoming AILU Events Events diary
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8 EARLY CAREERS GROUP 10
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Managing Hazardous Fume
Novel Al Matrix Composites
MAIN FEATURES
Low-pressure laser cutting to manage hazardous laser fume Jacob Lavin et al.
High-power laser welding: a comparative study of Cu & Al Ragavendran
Meenakshisundaram
Remote laser welding of steel to Al: does Zn coating play a role?
Ali Baghbani Barenji et al. 20
Novel aluminium matrix composites for AM applications Giuseppe Del Guercio et al 22
Miniature optical delivery heads for restricted access areas Mike O’Key
Observations
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High Power Welding of Cu & Al
Miniature Optical Delivery Heads
CONTENT BY SUBJECT Business News
Job Shop News Product News
Laser Cutting Managing hazardous laser fume laser cutting
Die board CO2 Laser Welding
High-power laser welding of Cu & Al Remote laser welding of steel to Al Handheld laser welding R&D
Additive Manufacturing Digital twins for metal AM
Novel aluminium matrix composites
Beam Delivery Miniature optical delivery heads
Semiconductor manufacturing UV Optics Events
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