LIA Provides all of Your Laser Safety Training and Resources The Laser Institute of America (LIA) has been delivering quality, trusted laser safety training for over 40 years. Training is an integral tool for the safe use of lasers and laser equipment used in manufacturing, medicine and research today. As secretariat of the ANSI Z136 […]
Author: Steven Glover
Steven Glover is a proud member of the LIA staff. When he is not at work he is actively involved in several charitable efforts.LME 2012 – North America’s One-Stop Laser Showcase Expands Educational Offerings
By Geoff Giordano LIA’s Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME™) takes a bold leap forward in its second year as exhibitors are being invited to bring working laser systems to the unique one-stop showcase for laser-based production. Building on the momentum and overwhelmingly positive feedback of the inaugural event in 2011 in Schaumburg, IL, LME will […]
ILSC 2013 – The World’s Leading Laser Safety Conference
By Geoff Giordano Dr. Ben Rockwell, third-time chairman of the LIA’s 2013 International Laser Safety Conference, loves his job. “It has been an excellent experience where I get to invite the quality people out there trying to broaden our horizons and bring to ILSC® the cutting-edge latest and greatest in the laser safety field,” says […]
Now Available! ANSI Z136.8 – Safe Use of Lasers in Research, Development, or Testing (Press Release)
ORLANDO, FL, May 15, 2012 – The newest in the series of Z136 standards, ANSI Z136.8, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in Research, Development, or Testing, has arrived in response to the requirements of yet another rapidly growing area of laser use. In what will be Laser Institute of America’s latest offering […]
New ANSI Z136.8 Improves Laser Safety in the Research Lab (Full Article)
By Geoff Giordano A new standard geared towards lasers employed in research takes a “more realistic” approach to guiding safety officers overseeing such work, in which the use of customized laser devices and fiber optics is common. American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in Research, Development, or Testing, the title of the new […]