Intelligent light: smart lasers for manufacturing
Intelligent light: smart lasers for manufacturing
Lasers have revolutionised manufacturing, playing a crucial role in cutting, drilling, marking, welding, and 3D printing. However, laser-based manufacturing is undergoing a fundamental change, through the introduction of autonomous monitoring, control, and correction processes, all of which are central to the Manufacturing 4.0 and Smart Factory paradigms. The key ingredient in this transformation is deep learning, which has the potential to help create lasers that can make independent decisions in real-time. Laser companies are rapidly investing in this pivotal technology, and 2023 saw the first AI-supported laser welding products come to market.
This talk will discuss the application of deep learning to the field of laser-based manufacturing, with applications including laser parameter optimisation, predicting the outcome of laser machining, indirect imaging of the sample from plasma and acoustic information, identification of errors during machining, coherent beam combination, and identification of optimal strategies for machining bespoke structures.
Mills, Ben
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Grant-Jacob, James A.
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Xie, Yunhui
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Chernikov, Fedor
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Zervas, Michalis
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17 June 2024
Mills, Ben
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Grant-Jacob, James A.
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Xie, Yunhui
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Chernikov, Fedor
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Zervas, Michalis
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Mills, Ben, Grant-Jacob, James A., Xie, Yunhui, Chernikov, Fedor and Zervas, Michalis
(2024)
Intelligent light: smart lasers for manufacturing.
Optica: Lasers in Manufacturing, , Virtual.
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Lasers have revolutionised manufacturing, playing a crucial role in cutting, drilling, marking, welding, and 3D printing. However, laser-based manufacturing is undergoing a fundamental change, through the introduction of autonomous monitoring, control, and correction processes, all of which are central to the Manufacturing 4.0 and Smart Factory paradigms. The key ingredient in this transformation is deep learning, which has the potential to help create lasers that can make independent decisions in real-time. Laser companies are rapidly investing in this pivotal technology, and 2023 saw the first AI-supported laser welding products come to market.
This talk will discuss the application of deep learning to the field of laser-based manufacturing, with applications including laser parameter optimisation, predicting the outcome of laser machining, indirect imaging of the sample from plasma and acoustic information, identification of errors during machining, coherent beam combination, and identification of optimal strategies for machining bespoke structures.
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Published date: 17 June 2024
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