For over 20 years LATIL has promoted awareness of the technological applications of lasers in the Chilean industry. This through several postgraduate courses offered: Industrial Applications of Lasers and Modern Manufacturing Methods, both taught at the School of Engineering at PUC and today a course in Surface Engineering has been added. As well as through numerous research projects (more than 30 to date) leading to the professional abilitation of Mechanical Civil Engineering or a Master's and Ph.D. degree in Engineering Sciences.
The equipment of this laboratory has been made possible by various donations from foreign universities and institutions (University of Twente, Laser Centrum Friesland, The University of Texas at Austin) and the funding from our School of Engineering, DICTUC SA, Fundación Andes, FONDECYT, FONDEF, Linde Chile and Ophir-Spiricon.
This makes the LATIL-UC one of the best equipped laser laboratories in the country and the region and one of the most scientifically productive in South America in the field of laser materials processing.
Past research projects
Laser cutting of cylindrical tubes (J. Ramos 1994)
Building a computer-controlled xy table (J. Vadell 1996)
Compare laser cutting, water and plasma processes (E. Tyszka 1998)
Development of soldering copper and alloys (F. Lechuga 1999)
Design and construction of an articulated arm (D. Morgado 1999)
Laser cutting of thin steel plates (P. Puente 1999)
Installation and operation of a unit Nd: Glass (G. Medina 2000)
Study cutting CO2 laser welding (M. Steinmeyer 2001)
Thin plate welding, laser Nd: Glass (M. Ortuondo 2002)
Spectral mask manufacturing by laser cutting (E. Bendek 2002)
Optimization of laser cutting of MDF (F. Letelier 2005)
Design of a laser cutting head (J. Garciandia 2005)
Implementation of a system for temperature control (A. Ramírez 2006)
Control and monitoring laser scanning system (T. Larraín 2007)
Densification of Cu and Cu-Ti alloys(J. Sanz-Guerrero 2007)
Bending of thin steel plates (C. Vásquez 2007)
Determination of props. SLS mechanical parts (F. Amado 2007)
Numerical modeling of laser bending (F. Rojas, 2008)
Design and 3D printing unit development (G. Zañartu, 2009)
Direct laser fabrication of Al-Si alloys (R. Benavente, 2009)
Laser bending aluminum plates (D. Garcia-Huidobro, 2009)
Development of the laser cutting of cylindrical surfaces (R. Schmidt, 2009)
Study of laser perforation Nd: Glass, steel (C. Imhof, 2009)
Study of Cr coatings by laser alloying (A. Olivos, 2010)
COMSOL simulation of laser alloying process (F. Vásquez, 2011)
FEM analysis of sheet metal bending using laser (V. Stevens, 2011)
Parametric study of the laser cutting of thick section PMMA (C. Löhr 2012)
Laser welding process of steel assisted by mechanical vibration (J.G. Vidal 2013)
Current research projects
Development of a new MAW flux coating to reduce toxic fumes (P. Nuñez 2013)
Laser assisted friction welding of steel (J. Mullo 2014)
Fiber laser assisted sintering of Cu-Al-Ni alloys (G. Reyes 2014)
Fiber laser bending of metal sheets (F. Cook & A. Navarrete 2014)
Laser deformation of non metallic materials (S. Escobar-Kohler & C. Vial 2014)
Laser assisted friction welding of steel (J. Mullo 2014)
Fiber laser assisted sintering of Cu-Al-Ni alloys (G. Reyes 2014)
Fiber laser bending of metal sheets (F. Cook & A. Navarrete 2014)
Laser deformation of non metallic materials (S. Escobar-Kohler & C. Vial 2014)
| Comparación entre simulación COMSOL y microestructura resultante |
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