Laser Cutting
Fiber cutting moves past raw wattage as fabricators chase cost per part
Sheet metal shops are discovering that beyond about 12 kW, cutting economics are decided by gas, optics and uptime rather than headline laser power.
26 Jul 2026
Industry & Market
The laser market splits into two cycles running in opposite directions
Commodity cutting sources and specialised process equipment no longer share a business cycle, and that diverg…
27 Jul 2026
Photonics & Research
Integrated photonics narrows the gap between laboratory result and manufacturable part
Foundry access and standardised process design kits are doing for photonics roughly what they did for electro…
27 Jul 2026
Laser Additive Manufacturing
Multi-laser powder bed fusion hits a qualification gap, not a hardware one
Machines with four, eight and twelve lasers are shipping. Proving that a part is identical wherever it was bu…
27 Jul 2026
Latest across the industry
Ultrafast & Precision Micromachining
Ultrafast lasers solved the quality problem. Throughput is the remaining one
27 Jul 2026
Fiber & Solid-State Lasers
Beam shaping moves from option to standard feature on industrial fiber sources
27 Jul 2026
Laser Marking & Engraving
Traceability rules quietly reshape what a marking system has to do
26 Jul 2026
Laser Welding
Handheld laser welding grows up as fume, safety and training catch up to the hardware
26 Jul 2026
Laser Welding
Wobble optics widened the fit-up window, and that is why handheld welding works
26 Jul 2026
Laser Cutting
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Bevel cutting heads move from specialist tool to mainstream fabrication kit
Five-axis cutting heads that were once reserved for heavy structural work are appearing on general-purpose fl…
26 Jul 2026
Laser Cutting
Tube laser cutting is quietly rewriting how structural assemblies get designed
When joints can be cut with interlocking geometry instead of fitted by hand, the fixture disappears — and des…
25 Jul 2026
Laser Welding
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Handheld laser welding grows up as fume, safety and training catch up to the hardware
The tool that upended small-shop fabrication is now facing the unglamorous engineering work that decides whet…
26 Jul 2026
Laser Welding
Wobble optics widened the fit-up window, and that is why handheld welding works
Oscillating the beam across the joint trades a little power density for a much larger tolerance to gaps — the…
26 Jul 2026
Laser Welding
Battery tab welding still comes down to the copper problem
Copper reflects most of the light a 1 µm source produces until it melts, then absorbs it suddenly. Green and…
25 Jul 2026
Laser Marking & Engraving
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Traceability rules quietly reshape what a marking system has to do
Permanent part identification is no longer a finishing step — it is a data problem that happens to involve a…
26 Jul 2026
Laser Marking & Engraving
UV marking found its place where heat is the enemy
At 355 nm the mark comes from breaking molecular bonds rather than melting. For plastics, glass and thin coat…
26 Jul 2026
Laser Marking & Engraving
Traceability rules are now writing the marking specification
UDI, aerospace part marking and battery passports each demand a code that survives the product's life. Perman…
25 Jul 2026