The Rofin-Basel LASAG PWS Mini desktop workstation incorporates a compact high accuracy design whilst maintaining great flexibility
Raylase has expanded its portfolio with digital scan heads for high-end applications. The heads enable highly accurate marking, different process optimised tunings, improved dynamics and numerous diagnostic options
Foba has announced the Foba M-Series, a new suite of advanced laser marking workstations
Laser Machining Technologies has unveiled its Diamond Series micro-machining laser
Rofin's EasyJewel product, for jewellery marking and deep engraving, now features an enhanced mode to achieve large engravings with immaculate surfaces and seamless circumferential designs
Rofin's Scanner Welding System (SWS) is a fast beam deflection system used for robot-guided multi-spot welding and developed for use in conjunction with Rofin's fibre laser series, which is available with output powers of up to 4,000W
Trumpf has announced its TruLaser Tube 7000, a machine that can process tubes with a rectangular, round or oval cross-section
The LPKF LQ-Smart is a two-piece laser welding system with a small workbench footprint
Electrox has introduced its galvo-based scanning system combination with the new Raptor and D-Box solution
Bielomatik has announced that its K3642 laser integration module has been optimised for class 7 clean rooms
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
