The new Department of Technologies for Non-Metals at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) focuses on the thematic fields of glass, photovoltaics and composite materials.

The goal of the project is to qualify and expand fundamental knowledge concerning laser based processing methods for components made of carbon fiber composite materials (CFRP=carbon fiber-reinforced plastics). The main emphasis is being placed on using the laser for the efficient and highly-precise processing of large area CFRP components.

The basic prerequisites for an economic use of laser beam sources in industry are state-of-the-art manufacturing systems combined with reliable beam sources. Besides excellent laser process know-how, competence in the development of customer-specific solutions for the integration of laser systems is highly important.