Introduction

AILU’s active Job Shop Community represents over 150 UK laser subcontractors offering laser material processing as a service.

If you haven’t been before, these meetings are “laser focused” on delivering high value content to our members and non-members in this sector.

With electricity price fluctuations still showing high volatility, AILU is pleased to present the results of our members voluntary (and anonymised) electricity price survey.

If you are facing challenges as a Job Shop owner or manager, this meeting is the right place for you. Take-aways from this meeting will include opportunities to enhance or diversify to grow your business, including:

Enhanced laser cutting:

• Explore Higher Power Fibre Laser Systems
• Learn the Benefits of Gas Mixing
• Opportunities in Non-Metal Cutting

Emerging laser processes:

• Handheld Laser Welders (Better & Faster than TIG)
• Manual Laser Cleaning

New Technology: 

• Find Out the Latest from Suppliers in the Sector
• Participate in the Discussion Forum

 

Venue:

National Metalforming Centre
47 Birmingham Road
West Bromwich,
B70 6PY 

 

Programme

09:30 – 10:00   Registration & refreshments

10:00 – 10:10   Welcome & Introduction
Chris Waters (Chair of AILU Jobshop Group)

10:10 – 10:30  High Power Laser Cuttting (above 10 kW)
Stan Wilford (IPG Photonics)

10:30 – 10:50   Gas Mixing – How it helps your cutting performance
Chris Smith (MSS Lasers)

10:50-11:10  Cutting Non-Metals: New Opportunities for Job Shops
Jonathan Green (Trotec)

11:10-11:40  Refreshments

11:40-12:00  Manual Laser Welding: What You Need To Know
Andy Toms (TLM Laser)

12:00-12:20   Manual Laser Cleaning: Amazing Results & Applications
Oscar Heredia (LC Lasers)

12:20-12:30 Survey results feedback: Electrical 
Dave MacLellan (AILU)

12:30-12:50  What To Do Before Your Energy Contract Runs Out
Nigel Addison-Evans (Control Energy Costs)

12:50 – 13:50  Lunch

13:50 – 14:00 R&D Tax Credits: New Claims Rules & Procedures
James Cameron (Visiativ)

14:00-15:00  What’s new – short commercial presentations
Short company pitches (10 mins each): TLM Laser, Laser Lines, Amplitude, Nitrogen Supply Co, Prima Power, Coherent, Mazak

15:00-15:40  Open Discussion Forum

15:40  Close

 

Accommodation

Recommended Hotel:

Premier Inn West Bromwich
New Gas Street,
West Bromwich,
West Midlands
B70 0NP

Alternatively:

Premier Inn Oldbury (M5 Jn2)
Wolverhampton Rd,
Oldbury
B69 2BH

 

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Introduction

Founded in 2017, AILU’s Early Career Researchers (ECRs) Group represents the next generation of laser industry and academic professionals. The Group, operating as a committee with an elected Chair and Secretary, is spread across research centres and industrial manufacturers both in the UK and Europe.

On Wednesday 6th December the Group will host a morning seminar followed by a tour of the new Advanced Manufacturing Group facilities at the University of Manchester. The members of the Committee will give short presentations highlighting the current focus of their research or application area.

The seminar is open to AILU members and non-members and would be of interest to those who might join this group or would benefit from networking with this enthusiastic and talented pool of individuals.

 

Programme

09:30 -10:00    Registration & Refreshments                                                                        

10:00 -10:05    Welcome. Raja Abdullah (Chair)  University of Birmingham

10:05 -10:15    Tailored laser engraving geometry through the application of spatial light modulators.  Daniel Wilson
                         (University of Manchester)     

10:15 -10:25    TRUMPF TruPulse nano laser. Neda Baktash (TRUMPF)     

10:25 -10:35    Laser beam oscillation welding of Al and Cu dissimilar joints.  Amirhossein Sadeghian  (Coventry University )

10:35 -10:45    How can beam shaping technology help to improve the performance of  high speed dissimilar laser
                          welding? Tianzhu Sun (Warwick University) 

10:45 -10:55    The practical side to our industry Will Buchanan (Graham Engineering) 

10:55 -11:05    Refined grain structures in high deposition rate AM processes. Romali Biswal (Cranfield University)

11:05 -11:35    Refreshments

11:35 -11:45    Water jet guided laser cutting of carbon fibre reinforced polymer. Helen Elkington (MTC) 

11:45 -11:55    Laser micro-hole drilling for hydrogen applications. Mitchell Leering (MTC)

11:55 -12:05    Novel methodology for investigating the through thickness molten pool shape during remote
                         laser welding.  Venkat Vivek Pamarthi (Warwick University)

12:05 -12:15    Robotic assembly of laser systems. Donald Risbridger (Heriot-Watt University)

12:15 -12:25   Surface profiling of the AM surface for biomedical applications. Raja Abdullah (University of Birmingham) 

12:25 -13:25    Lunch

13:25-14:05    Tour of new laser facilities at the University of Manchester 

 

Venue

Room B2.002
Engineering Building B
The University of Manchester 
Booth Street East
Manchester
M13 9SS

The meeting is in Engineering Building B which you access via the link bridge on the 2nd floor of Engineering Building A. See the images below.

Parking is at the Aquatics Car Park, Manchester, M13 9SS. This is an APCOA car park – the APCOA Connect App can be downloaded for easy payment.

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured image courtesy Daniel Wilson, University of Manchester