Lasers are ideal tools for highly controllable modification of the structure and/or functionality of a surface. We work on a wide range of laser surface modification processes, including engraving; marking; micro-machining; polishing; friction modification; and super hydrophobicity, for applications ranging from medical implants to ship engine parts.
Ultra-Fast lasers, producing pulses in the femto- and pico-second range, allow us to access manufacturing regimes inaccessible by any other technique. This gives the ability to “cold process” materials with problematic thermal properties as well as to access non-linear phenomena to process materials from the inside out. Our interests include machining glasses, dissimilar material welding, and volumetric modification.
Current Projects:
Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC)
Manufacturing research in AOP underpins aspects of the Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC) that assists companies in the translation of medical device concepts to commercial products.
Prof Duncan Hand is Director of the MDMC
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Ultra-short pulsed laser welding – an industrially-relevant manufacturing tool for bonding IR and visible optical materials
Leonardo MW, Luxinar, GTS, NSG Group (UK), Oxford Lasers, The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
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3D Laser Beam Shaping: The True Potential of Laser Based Manufacturing
Collaborators: M. J. Daniel Esser (HWU), Leonardo MW, Luxinar, GTS, NSG Group (UK), Oxford Lasers, The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
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Developing Machine Learning-empowered Responsive Manufacture Of Industrial Laser Systems
Collaborators: M. J. Daniel Esser (IPAQS), R., M. S. Erden, I. Rakhmatulin, M. Sakow (ISSS), X. Kong (IMPEE), M. Chantler, D. Robb (MACS), Leonardo MW, Renishaw, Gooch & Housego
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Ultrafast Laser Welding of Crystalline Materials
Collaborators: R. McCraken (IPAQS), AFRL
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