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Issue 01:08

Featuring:

• Higher Yields
  Photovoltaics discovers the laser. Starry-eyed: Microscopic processing technol-ogy produces major gains in efficiency.
• Cool down!
  The afterburner technology is promising. The winglet tube from Fischer Edelstahl-rohre Group, amongst others, must meet these expectations.
  
• Trucks of Steel
  Steel instead of aluminum? Laser instead of MIG? A smaller supplier instead of a larger one? GM’s decisions.

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Issue 03:07

Featuring:

• Mission Protect
  Light, gas, powder: deposition welding. Solid facts on recent protection and repair technology for high stressed components.
• And it "clicked"
  A single idea depends on two oxidizing rivets. Three tricks created a breakthrough.
• "So how is it different in the U.S., Mr Busuttil?"
  Carmakers in the USA and Europe find their way to the laser by different routes. Peter Busuttil from Comau Inc., on the results.

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Issue 02:07

Featuring:

• Laser Technology Sets the Pace
  Technical innovations are moving medicine beyond pills and powders. Why the laser is an important tool to manufacturers.
• The Joy of Welding
  How BMW eliminates screws on the differential gear and gains efficiency and dynamic driving performance.
• The First Edible Laser
  Nobel Laureate Theodor Hänsch tells us how Arthur Schalow and himself invented an edible laser.

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Issue 01:07

Featuring:

• Tough as Steel
  Lasers and a new hot-stamping process are blazing new trails for applications with ultra high-strength steels
• Liftoff!
  Joining Technologies takes the repair welding market by storm in the aerospace industry
• Study Break
  Artificial bones for medical and surgical training programs are Synbone's stock-in-trade

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Issue 01:06

Featuring:

• Project:Fututre
  Creative, up-and-coming designers give professionals a hand
• Visionary
  What Adolf Giesen does with the disk
• Speed!
  Why scanner welding revolutionizes the joining technology

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Laser Factbook

Pocket Guide from issue 01:06 on facts and trends within the global laser market

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