Fraunhofer IWS (Dresden) optimizes fusion cutting to improve cut quality in thick metal sheets. Demo at this week's EuroBLECH show. In recent years, fiber and disc lasers have achieved a leading ...

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) have devised a striking new addition to contact stamping technologies in the recently-completed ERDF research project "ScanCut". In ...

Once upon a time, an aircraft pilot looking down toward the ground saw only the distant twinkling lights of homes and cities. But pilots have had an unfortunate high-tech worry for many years: ...

It's hard to believe we've been working with and exploring 3D printers for three years here on ZDNet. Before MakerBot sent me their early Replicator, I had never touched a 3D printer. That said, I was ...

Every laser cutter enthusiast eventually pops the question: how on earth do I align an invisible beam that’s more-than-happy to zap my eyeballs, not to mention torch everything else in its path? We ...

A lot of the DIY laser engravers and cutters we cover here on Hackaday are made with laser diodes salvaged from Blu-ray drives and projectors, which are visible lasers in the 400 – 450nm range ...

WENZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, April 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In steel structure construction, bridge engineering, heavy machinery manufacturing, and related fields ...

Laser cutters are in a fun place right now. Gone are the days when the cheapest machines were tens of thousands of dollars, and when the “compact” models were roughly the size of a freezer. They’ve ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists in the market for a desktop laser cutter which is also capable of engraving and comes with a powerful 10w dual laser, may be interested in the Wainlux L3 which has ...

At high power, laser light inside a multimode optical fiber is supposed to misbehave. The beam usually breaks into a noisy, ...