Research centre invests in Lasercusing

Concept Laser has supplied an M2 Lasercusing machine to Juelich Research Centre, Germany.

Juelich Research Centre carries out research in the fields of health, energy, the environment and information technology.

Using its M2 Lasercusing machine, Juelich Research Centre will be able to produce parts with complex internal structures and manufacture low-volume production parts.

The laser beam is used to locally fuse a single powder material layer by layer, gradually building up a complete component part.

The rapid movement of the laser introduces a minimal amount of heat into the workpiece, so that the melt cools down very quickly, reducing the possibility of component distortion.

The finished component generally has a fine-grained metallic structure and is almost 100 per cent porosity free.

The component characteristics and specifications correspond to those of the original material, with properties virtually identical to those of parts produced by conventional means, allowing parts produced by Lasercusing to be subsequently machined, welded or hardened.

In the construction of functional parts, Lasercusing technology allows the fabrication of complex structures, starting at the prototype stage and going on to small batch production.

Parts can be made from steel, titanium, aluminium and a range of other metals.

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