Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.

Especially for shipbuilding and other maritime applications, the further development of thick metal sheet welding is interesting. The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), together with Held Systems Deutschland GmbH, Laserline GmbH and Meyer Werft GmbH & Co. KG, now wants to establish robust, pure laser welding processes for steel sheet thicknesses of up to 30 millimeters.

Complete laser systems out of the 3D printer? What sounds like a long way off is the goal of a new research project of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) together with the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), the Clausthaler Zentrum für Materialtechnik (CZM) and the Hochschule Hannover - University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HsH). They want to 3D print at least parts of a laser system.

For the first time, scientists at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) have succeeded in measuring zinc samples at a pressure of 600 bar using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. They were able to show that the LIBS system developed at the LZH is suitable for use in the deep sea at water depths of up to 6,000 meters.

Locating mineral resources on the sea floor has so far been rather expensive. In order to reduce the costs, the LZH is working with eight other European partners to develop a laser-based, autonomous measuring system for underwater use by 2020.