Alt Laser Limited

The use of additive manufactured (AM) components is increasing rapidly throughout key global industries. Many industrial applications for Additive Manufacturing have been developed over the last five years or so. Industries such as aerospace, automotive and medical are embracing the advantages of AM and implementing the technology successfully. AM project...

Additive manufacturing (AM) using laser cladding has the potential to replace many conventional manufacturing processes. Engineering parts are created by repeatedly adding and fusing thin layers of materials to a surface. Complex 3D shapes can be achieved with low component distortion and minimum heat input. However major drawbacks include a high wastage ...

There is an increasing demand for high performance materials most of which are not compactable with conventional cleaning techniques. Cleaning of these materials is essential to exploit their enhanced properties as surface contaminants can initiate premature part failure. The most widely employed cleaning method for engineering parts is acid etching which...

Rising environmental concerns are encouraging industries such as aerospace, marine and automotive to improve their assembly weights by using lightweight materials. In Europe, the average emissions of all vehicles sold by an OEM in one year need to decrease from 140g/km to less than 75g/km by 2025 (McKinsey & Co). Corrugation has proven to produce lightwei...

Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to replace many conventional manufacturing processes. Laser cladding (LC) is an AM technique for creating large engineering parts by repeatedly adding and fusing thin layers of materials to a surface. Complex 3D shapes and near shape parts can be achieved with low component distortion and minimum heat input. I...

To develop a laser applied surface cladding technique using a sol gel that will help to decrease the manufacturing process to one stage as compared to traditional laser cladding technique; saving on time, energy, and material use to create less waste, and minimise storage. The process can be applied to a number of parts, without impacting on their dimensi...

In the Speed-Cut project advanced manufacturing techniques, developed within the aerospace sector, will be used to enable a high performance food processing unit to be developed. The new process will optimise component design and use of lightweight materials (titanium alloy) which will reduce the weight of processing heads whilst also offering prelonged l...

Feasibility into a fully integated multi technology repair system based around laser deposition for heavy engineering industries where repair, refurbishment or re-manufacturing of heavy engineering components can be undertaken on-site rather than shipped out to remote workshops

The additive manufacturing (AM) market is a potentially growing market in every manufacturing sector. Estimated at $1.8 billion in 2012, it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.5% to reach $3.4 billion by 2017. Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to replace many conventional manufacturing processes. Laser cladding is an AM technology which is use...

Advanced Laser Technology is seeking to develop a novel high speed laser cladding system to clad large vessels or metal plates to a standard of zero porosity for maximum resistance to corrosion. Existing cladding methods are time consuming and expensive. The challenge is to decrease manufacturing time while ensuring the component lasts significantly longe...