ORLANDO, FL (March 19, 2018) – The Laser Institute of America is excited to announce that the 2018 Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) will be held at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois March 28-29. This year will be the first time the event will be co-located with the Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Conference, […]
Laser Cladding
Direct Metal Deposition of Functional Graded Material
By J. M. Amado, J. N. Montero, M. J. Tobar, A. Yañez Functionally graded materials (FGM´s) are usually described as composite materials in which composition and structure varies gradually from one point to another. Traditional composites are based on homogeneous mixtures where the properties of the respective components are averaged according to their relative proportion. […]
From dental and bone implants to restoration of engine parts, additive manufacturing changing lives and industries
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. It’s always illuminating to go […]
Portable Laser Cladding for the Navy
By E.W. Reutzel, T.A. Palmer, R.P. Martukanitz Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory has been developing laser-based weld repair techniques for the U.S. Navy for 25 years. Until recently, the repairs have all been realized in a shop environment, where accessibility is rarely an issue, and where the work space can be carefully controlled in […]
High Deposition Rate Laser Cladding – Recent Advancements
By Jari Tuominen, Jonne Näkki, Henri Pajukoski, Tuomo Peltola, Petri Vuoristo Laser cladding is currently done with 3-6 kW gas and solid state lasers. Components to be clad or repaired are usually small or some discrete regions in larger components. Net deposition rates are typically 1-2 kg/h. In large area coating applications, conventional coating methods […]