By Oleg Raykis Today there exist a number of technologies for additive manufacturing of components. The two most prominent types utilizing lasers for generating parts out of metals are either powder bed based solutions or direct energy deposition, often referred to as laser metal deposition. As a company Laserline focuses mainly on the second type. […]
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Quality Assurance of Selective Laser Melting Applications
By Thomas Gruenberger Key differentiation criteria for Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are freedom of design, cost advantage, customization, and time to market. Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) AM technology is ideal for serial production for industries like aerospace. Setting up a process means mapping the input parameters (e.g. machine and process parameters and part geometry) […]
Meet Precision Laser Scanning, LLC – July’s Featured Corporate Member
By Lindsay Weaver A company known for its high-speed polygon scanners and expertise, Precision Laser Scanning, LLC was founded by George Helser in 2015. Helser has more than 25 years of experience in optics, including one patent, and 11 years of experience with high-speed polygon scanners. Precision Laser Scanning is focused on high-speed laser scanning […]
Laser Safety in Entertainment Applications
By James Stewart, CLSO High power lasers are routinely used in entertainment environments as a special lighting effect. Historically such lasers could only be used in situations where the budget, infrastructure, (namely power supply and cooling), and space permitted. In recent years, however, these barriers have disappeared with the proliferation of low-cost solid-state laser light […]
ANSI Z136.6 Safe Use of Lasers Outdoors is Now Available!
Orlando, FL (Jan. 5, 2016) – After ten years, the long awaited revision of the ANSI Z136.6 Safe Use of Lasers Outdoors is here! This standard, now available for purchase, sees updates to nearly the entire document – expanding and modernizing the established topics and sections. The 2015 revision of the ANSI Z136.6 Safe Use of […]