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 This week, Lasers Today featured a guest blog discussing additive manufacturing using hot wire and powder processes. The post gives an in-depth overview of laser cladding, powder cladding, hot & cold wire […]
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Additive Manufacturing using Laser Hot Wire & Powder Processes
By Ashwin Prasad Prabhakaran Laser Cladding Overview Laser Cladding is the additive manufacturing process of depositing material by which a filler material, either in powder or wire form, is melted using energy from a laser beam in order to overlay a portion of a base material or build a near-net shape part. Even though laser cladding includes net […]
Using Direct Metal Sintering to Fight Bacteria in Implants
Could adding antibacterial agents to the additive manufacturing process lead to safer medical implants? Direct Metal Sintering is used to create titanium implants for dental and orthopedic use. 3D modeling allows manufacturers to determine the porosity and surface roughness of the implant for medical use. Titanium and titanium alloys are preferred in the medical field […]
Meet 3 of 2016’s Selective Laser Melting Innovators
Selective Laser Melting is an increasingly important segment of additive manufacturing. Considered by many to be the first major manufacturing revolution of the 21st Century, additive manufacturing continues to disrupt tradition and introduces new ways to shape our world. The following are a few of this year’s biggest innovators in the realm of selective laser […]
GE Puts Imagination to Work With Laser Additive Manufacturing
Last year, GE reinvented itself as the world’s foremost Digital Industrial Company. Its primary mission? To merge the world of open-source, industrial design with proven manufacturing technology. With the help of lasers and 3D printing, GE is helping define the future of global commerce and product innovation. Here are a few ways they’re putting additive manufacturing imagination to work: Center for Additive […]