Next Generation Industrial Lasers for Super-high Speed Precision Manufacturing (NEGLAP)

该项目将安装两台最先进的高功率激光器：一台400瓦纳秒脉冲二极管泵浦固体（DPSS）激光器和一台1千瓦光纤激光器，均由英国公司开发。合适的外部光学和高速数控系统将与激光器集成，形成材料加工单元。这些激光器将用于申请人的研究小组和四个现有的EPSRC imrc之间的一些联合项目：剑桥制造研究所、苏格兰制造研究所、克兰菲尔德创新制造研究中心和诺丁汉大学。这些项目包括超高速激光切割、高精度激光打孔、直接激光铣削、表面变形和微焊接。还有六家公司（包括劳斯莱斯、BNFL和皮尔金顿）参与了该项目。该项目将汇集英国五个领先的研究小组，共同应对下一代制造业的挑战。

This project will install two state-of-the-art high power lasers: a 400 W nanosecond pulsed diode pumped solid state (DPSS) laser and a 1 kW fibre lasers, both developed by UK companies. Suitable external optics and high speed CNC systems will be integrated with the lasers to form materials processing cells.The lasers will be used to carry out a number of joint projects between the applicant's research group and four existing EPSRC IMRCs: Cambridge Manufacturing Institute, Scottish Manufacturing Institute, Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre and the University of Nottingham. These projects include super-speed laser cutting, high precision laser drilling, direct laser milling, surface texturing and micro-welding. Also six companies (including Rolls-Royce, BNFL and Pilkington) are involved in the project.This project will bring five leading research groups in the UK together to tackle the chanllanges of next generation manufacturing.