Common Challenges
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Common Challenges

Product surfaces need to repel causes of corrosion, ice, contamination and other threats

Product surfaces need to repel causes of corrosion, ice, contamination and other threats

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Game changing techniques
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Game changing techniques

Laser surface functionalization – giving surfaces new textures that can repel or attract water or oil without coatings

Laser surface functionalization – giving surfaces new textures that can repel or attract water or oil without coatings

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Products need to endure the hard realities of extreme heat, pressure, acidity or erosion – year after year.

Products need to endure the hard realities of extreme heat, pressure, acidity or erosion – year after year.

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Open-air diamondlike coatings – for surfaces in the harshest environments, a green protective method to outlast virtually any coating today

Open-air diamondlike coatings – for surfaces in the harshest environments, a green protective method to outlast virtually any coating today

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Small, complex devices and instruments must be produced quickly and inexpensively without sacrificing quality and precision.

Small, complex devices and instruments must be produced quickly and inexpensively without sacrificing quality and precision.

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Nanoscale additive manufacturing – the highest precision means of fabrication using mixed materials

Nanoscale additive manufacturing – the highest precision means of fabrication using mixed materials

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Systems that build up too much heat require cooling efforts or limit the ultimate performance – whether electronic or mechanical.

Systems that build up too much heat require cooling efforts or limit the ultimate performance – whether electronic or mechanical.

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Laser nanotexturing can create surfaces that reduce direct friction or help to evacuate heat without extra energy or add-on devices

Laser nanotexturing can create surfaces that reduce direct friction or help to evacuate heat without extra energy or add-on devices

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Working surfaces must be refreshed from time to time, removing old coatings, contaminants, and rust – without damaging more of the surface in the process

Working surfaces must be refreshed from time to time, removing old coatings, contaminants, and rust – without damaging more of the surface in the process

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Laser cleaning methods can be tuned to remove biofouling, paints, resins, epoxies, weld damage and any degree of rust without losing any more of the metal layers.

Laser cleaning methods can be tuned to remove biofouling, paints, resins, epoxies, weld damage and any degree of rust without losing any more of the metal layers.

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Metal surfaces need to undergo hardening treatments to make them harder or more resilient for the most demanding applications and environments.

Metal surfaces need to undergo hardening treatments to make them harder or more resilient for the most demanding applications and environments.

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Laser shock peening can penetrate more deeply than current techniques that bombard products with cut wire or ball bearings, without sacrificing the top layer – and can be applied in the field to rejuvenate the material

Laser shock peening can penetrate more deeply than current techniques that bombard products with cut wire or ball bearings, without sacrificing the top layer – and can be applied in the field to rejuvenate the material

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