**UPDATED Speaker as of 2/1/17 In preparation for LAM® 2017, Lasers Today takes a closer look at the presenters and industry leaders at this year’s workshop. The additive manufacturing revolution is in full swing. With more industries adopting 3D printing capabilities for their parts development, 3D printed materials are here to stay. At the 2017 […]
Month: December 2016
Weekly Lasers Wrap Up – Week of December 26, 2016
The Laser Institute of America LasersToday.com Weekly Wrap-Up aggregates industry news, conference updates, and LIA happenings. Here is the latest: Laser Industry News Despite turbulence, both economic and political, around the world, industrial laser sales continue to grow, where other manufacturing sectors have slowed. Dominating the market are Carbon Dioxide, Solid State, and Fiber lasers […]
Laser Technology Enables Car Efficiency
By Ralf Kimmel Laser technology is an important key to letting CO2 emissions be reduced in passenger cars. A multitude of laser-based innovations in automobile production contributes to achieving this goal. The following article provides an overview. Coming generations of vehicles will be far lighter than their predecessors. Laser-based manufacturing processes play an important part […]
Industrial Laser Sales Grow in a Slowing Global Economy
By David A. Belforte These are unsettled times for global manufacturing. Setting aside the normal up and down cycles of manufacturing — a number of global factors — ranging from Brexit concerns, to economic problems in China, turmoil in the mid-East and a new administration in Washington give cause for concern about economic growth prospects. […]
35th Annual ICALEO
Bridging the Gap Between Academia & Industry By Debbie Sniderman The 35th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) took place at the Sheraton® San Diego Hotel and Marina this October, 2016. With a highly engaged group of attendees and a great mix of veterans in the field, students and new attendees, ICALEO […]