High-powered, ultra-fast lasers are increasingly used in industrial applications, thanks to their ability to remove material of almost any kind. With smooth, melt-free cuts, even on a micron scale, ultra-fast lasers are particularly utilized in areas like toolmaking, where hard materials must be processed with great precision. However, such processes can be time-consuming. The EU-funded MultiFlex project addresses this challenge by developing an ultrashort pulse laser dot matrix system for making materials processing up to a hundred times faster than with existing ultra-fast laser processing systems.
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Source: Phys.org