Laser texturing is a cutting-edge technology that has been revolutionizing industries by adding surface roughness and functional textures to materials. The applications of this technology range from a...

Painting is an important step during a ship-building process because the corrosion and weather resistance of a ship’s body depends on it. The shipyards currently use mechanical methods such as sand bl...

Laser hardening is a new field that is fast growing and has several advantages over conventional hardening methods. These advantages include better wear resistance, the extension of component life, en...

There are several important considerations when it comes to laser cleaning. When the laser cleaning methodology is compared with other cleaning methods such as sand-blasting or water-jetting one shoul...

Many hydraulic system manufacturing companies provide fluid analysis to various industries. The analysis of fluid and debris from machinery plays an important role in the maintenance of hydraulic equi...

Traditional methods of weed control use herbicides to destroy weed. Herbicides contaminate other plants and may also get into the water supplies. In addition humans and animals could get exposed to he...

* Removal of uranium compound particles such as uranyl nitrate (UO 2 (NO 3 ) 2 6H 2 O) and uranium dioxide (UO 2 ) on surfaces in the nuclear industry is of utmost importance. Metal canisters in hot cell complexes and instrumentation in nuclear fuel production need to be...

This article summarizes laser technology applied to the production of Li: Ion batteries from a detailed paper on the topic (Reference 1). The specific applications discussed are: a) Laser cutting of electrodes b) Laser annealing of electrodes c) Laser drying of electrodes d) 3D battery concept For all these applications...

Electric Vehicle (EV) is an important mode of transportation which is green and friendly to the environment. EV relies on Li:Ion batteries and although the lifetime of an Electric Vehicle Battery (EVB) is quite long, eventually there comes a time, when the battery’s performance is reduced and needs to be...

Laser cleaning has obviously been discussed in many articles and tech-notes as a clean, safe, environmentally friendly and cost effective method  removing of paint and rust as compared to conventional techniques such as sand blasting and water jetting. Surface preparation prior to application of new paint is very important to...

The goal of this technote is to identify the hazards posed by different types of paint strippers and also offer laser cleaning as an alternative healthy and green solution that can replace it. The principle of use of paint strippers are simply to apply the paint stripper to the painted...

* Introduction: * Before we start this technote which describes the role of lasers in welding, it is necessary to explain the different types of welding which will be referred to later on in the article. There are basically two types of welding which are called spot welding and seam...