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Current Issue: 01:2008
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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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|  | More yield, more efficiency, lower production costs – this is the promise of laser technology to the up-and-coming photovoltaics industry. Research institutes like the Freiburger Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg) or the Hamelner Institut für Solarenergieforschung (Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin) use laser microprocessing to develop new production methods and new solar cells. Laser Community takes a brief look at the most promising approaches.
In the Report section, you can read about winning a large contract from General Motors, strategies for working as a laser job shopper in Brazil and how Fischer Edelstahlrohre GmbH manufactures winglet tubes for exhaust systems. In the People section, you will also meet the winner of the Schawlow Prize, Dr. Marshall G. Jones. Among other things, he talks about why he visits kindergartens and primary schools as part of a laser roadshow – and why he considers it a stroke of luck that he stayed back in the fourth grade.
The market of industrial laser applications is constantly generating new ideas, applications and experiences. Laser Community offers any players in this market a common, yet young, platform for exchanging opinions and information. That is exactly why we would be happy to receive any feedback from you – positive or negative – and new ideas. Wherever possible, we will take your input into account in future issues.
We hope you enjoy reading our latest issue of Laser Community.
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