Colmonoy® has been used in the steel industry since Wall Colmomoy’s beginnings in the 1930s. Customers now report transfer rolls laser-clad with Colmonoy® alloys last at least 3 times longer than uncoated parts. Increased life results from the special properties of the Colmonoy® 7331-60 alloy
TW Metals, a leading supplier of high-performance metals with a global turnover of £710 million, has invested in a new 10 kW TRUMPF TruLaser 3060 fibre for one of its UK facilities.
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After Aerotech’s 50th company anniversary last year, the UK subsidiary founded in 1981 in Newbury (South of England) can now also look back on a total of 40 years of success.
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The laser is fast becoming the process of choice for a growing number of cleaning applications. Laser cleaning is gentle on the substrate, both precise and quiet in operation, dust-free and does not require any consumables or environmentally harmful chemicals.
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Lontra is an engineering technology company that takes the ethos of sustainability throughout its whole business. Lontra’s name is upheld by the core innovation and clever geometry of its technology: The Blade Compressor®.
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Hamamatsu Photonics has successfully developed an industrial pulsed laser system that produces a pulse energy of 250 joules which is the world’s highest energy among LD-pumped lasers.
Global Steel Manufacturing Limited is a family-owned business based in Enniscorthy Co. Wexford, Ireland. The business has been in operation for over 30 years and the founder of the business, Mr. Jim O’Connor, still plays a hands-on role with his management team in running the business.
TRUMPF has recently unveiled the new series of its TruPrint 3000 3D printing system. The medium-format machine uses powder-bed-based laser melting to produce parts with a diameter of up to 300 mm and a height of up to 400 mm.
Like most other businesses, ES Precision suffered from the fall in business activity in 2020-21. ES uses its range of galvo-deflected lasers to provide a laser processing service to medical device, automotive, electronics and other engineering companies. Many of their key sectors were hit hard by the pandemic as there were fewer scheduled operations in the NHS and car plants temporarily closed assembly lines.
As we approach Net Zero Week (17th to 23rd July 2021), the focus is strongly on climate change and net zero, both of which were key topics in the June G7 meeting and will be discussed further at COP26 in Glasgow in November this year.
