Technology Focus

Laser Material Processing

The technology spectrum in the field of laser technology reaches from macro processing with lasers in kilowatt range to micro and nano processing with ultrashort laser pulses.

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Photonics

Applied photonics comprises the classical photolithographic technologies for the production of integrated photonic components as well as optical measurements and sensor technology.

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Additive Manufacturing

The technology field of additive manufacturing enables the generative creation of free geometries from various material classes from polymers to metals based on photonic and thermal processes.

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Research

Projects

The implementation of publicly funded research projects in cooperation with industry partners as well as industry-financed research projects are core elements of the research activity of the AG alp.

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Cooperation

Cooperation opportunities for companies with AG alp range from service contracts over small and medium-sized projects to cooperation agreements and joint publicly funded research projects.

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Publications

AG alp documents its research and development results with regular publications in scientific journals and at international conferences.

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About

Team

Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Hellmann, the applied laser technology and photonics group is formed by engineers, physicists, chemists, materials scientists, technicians and students.

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Equipment

For research and development projects as well as services, laboratories with high-quality industrial equipment are available (laboratory area: 1400 m2).

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Guiding Principle

The professional orientation of AG alp is oriented to the needs of the high-tech strategy. Established procedures and modern equipment ensure a low-threshold technology transfer.

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Industry

Open Innovation Lab

The OIL is a research institute of the AG alp to strengthen the competitiveness of the regional economy and offers a low-threshold technology transfer on the basis of the existing competences and equipment.

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Service Offering

AG alp offers research-oriented services in all its technology fields.

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Center
Additive Manufacturing

The center for additive manufacturing (ZAF) of the AG alp at the Technology Transfer Center of the University of Applied Sciences (ZeWiS) offers a practical interface between business and research.

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Highlights of the Months

November 2019

Extended cooperation between local Weber GmbH and Aschaffenburg University of Applied sciences

Test center of the local Weber GmbH and the Applied Laser and Photonics Group (alp) reinforce their collaboration on developing innovative optical sensor concepts.
In consequence of their fruitful cooperation on the development and characterization of a novel and highly versatile optomechanical sensor, the partners intensify their efforts to advance this promising sensor model. The obtained research results have already been published in two renowned journals, whereas a further publication is in progress for March 2020.
Holding broad expertise in environmental simulations Weber GmbH perfectly complements the technology competences of alp and affords their sensor systems team extensive prototype testing by simulating real as well as extreme conditions. In turn, the thus developed low-cost sensors may be employed in environmental simulation machines for monitoring multiple parameters simultaneously.

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November 2019

Innovative sensor concepts in Tokyo – PhD students of Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences present cutting-edge conference contributions at SPIE Future Sensing Technologies

Sensor innovations introduced in Tokyo. Two PhD students of Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, both from the Applied Laser and Photonics Group, presented their recent scientific results at “SPIE Future Sensing Technologies” international conference in Tokyo last week.
Maiko Girschikofsky introduced an optochemical sensor for selective measurements of the highly ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) trichlorofluoromethane. Being equipped with a special catching layer of cyclodextrine sugar molecules – which essentially are well-known from food technology – this sensor is able to detect concentrations of this harmful substance as low as 25 ppm in real time. The correlated scientific works of the postgraduate already culminated in a European patent and have twice been awarded by peer-reviewed journals.
Steffen Hessler presented an innovative and highly sensitive optomechanical sensor for the measurement of acceleration and vibration, which is deployable as a long-term monitor of seismic signals. In tight cooperation with a local company in Aschaffenburg this novel sensor has already been characterized extensively conforming to standards and is now subject to endurance surveys at the testing laboratory.

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October 2019

Successful completion of the international project LaserSens 4-in-1



The AG alp celebrates the successful completion of the international project LaserSens 4-in-1 together with the cooperation partners A.L.L. Lasersystem from Munich and Salvagnini from Ennsdorf in Austria. The 3-year research project from the Eurostars Program of the European Union has developed a sensor for modern laser cutting systems that monitors the cutting quality during cutting and reports typical cutting errors. This is necessary in the course of the continuous automation of laser cutting equipment in order to keep the quality constant and to avoid unnecessary material and time loss. The market entry for the sensor developed in the project is planned for the second quarter of 2020, which underlines the success of the project.

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