Fiber lasers aren’t nearly as common as their diode and CO2 cousins, but if you’re lucky enough to have one in your garage or ...

Industrial laser processes, vital for precise manufacturing, are being revolutionised by machine learning making them ...

Laser-based processes for metals are considered to be particularly versatile in industry. Lasers can be used, for example, to ...

In an echo of Neil Armstrong’s famous declaration as he stepped onto the moon in July 1969, the European Space Agency this week described the first instance of laser metal 3D printing in space as “one ...

Combining a high-power laser and stainless-steel wire, an Airbus-built metal 3D printer deposited its first liquefied test lines inside the ESA’s Columbus research module. For “safety reasons ...

ESA's metal 3D printer uses a stainless steel wire melted by a powerful laser that reaches 2,192°F (1200°C) to create its molten metal filament that gets deposited layer-by-layer to build out a ...