Laser system creates grease-repellent metal surfaces January 19, 2021 // By Nick Flaherty
The €5m Lampas European high-power laser project has teamed with Bosch to create a textured metal surface that repels grease and bacteria.
A European photonics research project is working with Bosch on a high power laser system for creating grease-repellent textured metal surfaces on an industrial scale.
The €5m LAMpAS (Laser structuring with Multiscale Periodic feature sizes for Advanced Surface Functionalities) consortium is tailoring sheet metal to several different applications, which could also include plastic and glass.
We are targeting related use cases: medical surfaces in hospitals, like stainless steel antibacterial surfaces; packaging machines in the pharma industry that need to be disinfected; machines in the food processing sector that need be continually cleaned and where hygiene is paramount, said LAMpAS project coordinator Prof. Dr An
New Laser System to Create Grease-Repellent Metal Surfaces
Written by AZoOpticsJan 19 2021
The end of scrubbing ovens and home appliances with chemicals or heat could soon be in sight, thanks to a new high-power laser system being developed to put ‘self-cleaning’, grease-repellent, and antibacterial properties into sheet metal. Teaming up with appliance giant Bosch, the European photonics consortium behind the laser system could soon see their technology create fluid-repellent surfaces fitted inside the next generation of dishwashers or fridges.
Scrubbing worktops, unblocking your dishwasher, or fatbergs building up in our sewers could be a thing of the past, thanks to new laser technology for structuring metallic surfaces, currently being developed by a European photonics consortium.