By Eric Mottay Technology breakthroughs can change the face of a whole industrial sector; in many cases unexpected discoveries drive unprecedented benefits for industrial applications. Let’s consider the adaptation of lasers into various industrial sectors and developments in laser technologies. The advent of solid-state lasers some 30 years ago, in a world dominated by gas […]
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Advanced Laser Applications Presented at ICALEO 2014
ORLANDO, FL, Nov. 10, 2014 — A new peer-review process for select presentations and a host of novel laser research expanded on the tradition and impact of 33rd installment of the Laser Institute of America’s flagship conference in San Diego on Oct. 19-23. The International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) featured 56 […]
High-Power Laser Materials Processing
By Eckhard Beyer and Achim Mahrle The high power laser market has been remarkably influenced by the introduction of high-brightness lasers, i.e., laser sources offering a high optical output power in combination with a high beam quality or a low beam parameter product, respectively. These features are primarily exhibited by fiber and disk laser systems, […]
Keynote Speaker David Belforte to Expand on the Rise of the Laser Market at LME 2013
ORLANDO, FL, July 23, 2013 — Laser processing expert David Belforte will present another data-packed state-of-the-industry keynote address at the third annual Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) on Sept. 11 at the Renaissance Schaumburg (IL) Convention Center Hotel. Belforte, past president of the Laser Institute of America and chief editor of Industrial Laser Solutions magazine, has […]
Overview of Laser Additive Manufacturing in China
By: Minlin Zhong Tsinghua University The booming Chinese economy has created a favorable environment for the research, development, application and market in the area of high-power lasers and especially laser additive manufacturing (LAM) in China. In a so-called “world manufacturing center,” laser additive manufacturing, as a modern advanced manufacturing technology, plays an important role in […]