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Issue 02:11

Issue 02:11

Featuring

• Dance of the photons
The next generation of scanner optics will allow the focus spot to dance around the workspace. We explain exactly what that will mean.
• "It helps me sleep better"
Dan Hayden prepares parts for the harshest environments.
• Mix it!
Femtosecond lasers mix and deposit complex coating systems in a single pass.

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Issue 01:11

Issue 01:11

Featuring 

  • "Smaller is better"
    IMS is building machines for very small parts. But that's not good enough for Henri Paus and Martin Langkamp. They want to take small to the next level.
  • Quiet Please!
    The newest slip ring seals from KACO promise silence. A laser-welded muffler makes this possible.
  • Thinking outside the box
    Those intending to store gas in a refrigerator-sized box for 30 years have some pretty creative thinking to do.
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Issue 02:10

Issue 02:10

Featuring
  • Auto Vision
    The automobile industry grapples with fuel consumption and CO2 emissions without sacrificing driving comfort or security. And it succeeds.
  • "I want 3D"
    The third dimension was a dream of Erhard Hujer who now lives and breathes large-scale production orders. 
  • Clean break
    Cutting without hurting the surface, no easy task when it comes to glass - but a solvable one. Grenzebach is leading the pack.
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Issue 01:10

Issue 01:10

Featuring
  • Under Steam
    Until now, trial and error was the only way to find the right laser cutting parame-ters. Current research is changing this.
  • A fine business
    "Everything depends on the precision of our work," explains Litron founder Mark Plasse. "Often even the life of the end user."
  • Two point five
    How BorgWarner developed a clutch that shifts one hundred times faster than a person blinks.
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