Ispringen, Germany – The Dentaurum Group and Concept Laser, Lichtenfels, Germany, have decided to work together in the future exclusively in the segment of laser fusing of dental alloys. Both companies agreed to provide and market high-quality CoCr alloys that have been approved for use with the LaserCUSING® method.

Johnstown, Penn. – Concurrent Technologies Corp. is designing an environmentally friendly robotic laser coating removal system to remove coatings from US Air Force aircraft. Complete depainting of aircraft is performed as part of the normal maintenance process.  

ILS Editor-in-Chief David Belforte asked Dr. Vivian Merchant to consider writing a back-to-basics feature on the subject of laser heat treatment because he is uniquely positioned as one of a select group of industrial materials processing professionals who have lengthy background and experience in this field. His response, "Laser Heat Treatment Simplified," describes three processes: laser transformation hardening, laser annealing, and laser surface melting.

Dörth, Germany -- The company AFPT, situated in the Netherlands and Germany and founded in 2003, saw a market need for lightweight materials that remain strong, and it developed a technology based on fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites. The company builds new, innovative products made from a single string of tape.

East Hartford, CT - It’s one of those interesting industrial laser applications that, for one reason or other, never seem to make the market impact that it should. I’m talking about the use of high-energy lasers to remove paint from structural materials, such as aircraft fuselages.

For the last few years, the use of hot stamping and Press-Hardened Steels (PHS) for the body-in-white (BIW) structure has been booming. PHS (commonly based on boron steels) successfully produces Ultra High Strength Steel with easy formability by hot stamping and quenching effect during cooling in the press. Due to crash regulations and weight reduction strengthening, this trend will be seen in many new vehicles produced worldwide in the coming years.