By: Geoff Giordano ORLANDO, FL, Dec. 19, 2011— The fourth-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop in Houston takes a bold leap forward in 2012 as the Laser Institute of America creates a special slate of instruction focused exclusively on rapid manufacturing. Whereas the two-day session has centered primarily on laser-based rapid prototyping and powder and wire cladding […]
A Novel Laser Trepanning System for Research and Production
By: David Ashkenasi1, Tristan Kaszemeikat1, Norbert Mueller1, Reinhard Dietrich1, Daniel Jahns1,Gerd Illing1, Hans Joachim Eichler1,2 Tino Petsch3, Jens Hänel3, Christian Scholz3 To exploit the advantages of laser technology for material processing, e.g. micro drilling and cutting, versatile trepanning systems based on rotating optics have been designed and implemented. Depending on the development stage, the trepanning systems […]
LSO Attendance Record December 2011!
ORLANDO, FL, Dec. 9, 2011 — Reflecting the increased importance of lasers in manufacturing, medicine and research, the Laser Institute of America’s three-day course for safety officers has bucked recessionary trends to set an attendance record. A record number of attendees from a broad range of disciplines participated in the Dec. 6-8 workshop created and taught […]
Real-Time Process Control by Machine Vision
By: Christoph Franz Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Aachen, Germany In recent years the use of modern solid-state lasers has brought about a distinct increase in operational speed in laser materials processing. Whether with scanners or fixed optics, high speeds – as far as possible in various axes at the same time – have […]
Investigations in Remote Cutting of Carbon Fiber Composite Materials
By: Annett Klotzbach Fraunhofer IWS Carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) are increasingly applied in the aircraft industry as well as the automobile industry. The main reason is the highly mechanical load on one hand and the low density on the other hand. Moreover, the corrosion resistance plus the damping behavior of the material can fully […]