To Shape the Technical Progress
To satisfy our customers we are continuously searching for even better and more efficient solutions. To advance innovations, we closely work with universities, research facilities and inter-trade organizations. Blackbird is actively involved in research projects and work groups in the laser environment.
VDI Standards Committee
Employees of Blackbird are active in the VDI and, as experts for the integration an use of OCT in laser welding applications, were involved in drafting sheet 1 and 2 of the VDI/VDE 5565 ‘Optical Coherence Tomography’ guideline series.
Sheet 1 - Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Procedure descriptions
Sheet 2 - Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Signal processing and data evaluation
Deutscher Verband für Schweisstechnik (DVS)
Blackbird is a member of DVS (German association for welding technology) and is especially active in the committee of experts FA06 Strahlverfahren (beam processes).
Research project RoKtoLas
For the RoKtolas research project, we worked closely with the Technical University Munich (TUM) - Faculty for mechanical engineering - Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb).
Innovation Award Laser Technology 2022
The AKL Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. (Working Group Laser Technology) and the ELI (European Laser Institute) issue every two years the Innovation Award Laser Technology. In 2022, the project team of Blackbird and SCANLAB was awarded third place.
