Two weeks ago today, the sixth-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop opened in Houston with a riveting keynote by GE Aviation’s Todd Rockstroh. Setting an attendance record, LAM 2014 closed the following day with a lively Q&A session on the qualities and varieties of AM alloys for powder-bed and powder-fed applications.
Leveraging Photonics Industries’ strength as the pioneer of intracavity solid-state harmonic lasers, Photonics Industries has just released a UV ns laser (the DSH-355-25) that delivers up to 30W of intracvity harmonic average power at 355nm from a compact, rugged, monolithic laser head.
Photonics Industries’s patented Intracavity UV Generation has the advantage of non-consumable THG crystals with no crystal indexing required. It allows for a simpler optical resonator for better stability insensitive to ambient temperature changes. The more efficient harmonic conversions realized from Intracavity UV Generation enables lighter weight/smaller form factor laser heads that can be readily mounted on movable platforms.
“There have been extensive changes to the ANSI Z136.1 standard with a focus on increasing usability,” explained Ben Rockwell, chairman of ASC Z136 Standards Subcommittee 1 (SSC-1). “Significant increases in the MPE in the near-infrared will enable a plethora of new laser applications. Several sections were rewritten to reorganize, update and improve technical content to allow for easier access to information necessary for everyday laser safety implementation.”
The ANSI Z136.3 Safe Use of Lasers in Health Care publication defines the parameters of proper laser use outside the tightly regulated hospital environment and includes guidelines and information on:
The comprehensive ANSI Z136.3 standard addresses everything from laser systems hazard classification, to protective equipment, to non-beam hazards and room design. One of nine ANSI Z136 laser safety standards in use, the ANSI Z136.3 standard serves to “acknowledge the diversity of laser therapy applications and practice setting locations,” according to Peter Baker, LIA’s executive director. Continue reading
Raising the bar yet again with its online course offerings, the Laser Institute of America has developed Laser U — an easy way for laser professionals of all levels of experience to access the best presentations from LIA’s industry-leading conferences and workshops.
Based on cutting-edge sessions from the Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®), Laser Additive Manufacturing(LAM®) Workshop, International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®) and LIA’s annual ICALEO®conference, Laser U offers a convenient way to learn when travel isn’t an option.
Laser U’s online course modules solve two problems for users, giving them access to up-to-the-minute industry content they might have missed at LIA’s events, and providing the ultimate flexibility to learn at their own pace anywhere in the world. Continue reading
