Don’t miss out on early bird savings by registering before AUGUST 12!
The Industrial Laser Conference is a one-day conference taking place on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 as a part of IMTS in Chicago, IL.
Don’t be left behind! This conference will teach you how to incorporate lasers into your manufacturing processes to stay competitive in the current high-tech market. We will cover industrial applications of lasers, such as: Additive Manufacturing, Cutting, Welding, Marking and more. Most importantly, we will show you how to apply lasers to increase your profits and efficiency.
Early Bird Registration – $315 (until August 12, 2022) Standard Registration – $395 (after August 12, 2022)
ORLANDO, FL – JULY 12, 2016 — Registration is now open for the Laser Institute of America’s inaugural Industrial Laser Conference, to be held at IMTS 2016 on September 13, at the renowned McCormick Place in Chicago. Designed exclusively for the industrial manufacturing professional, the conference will showcase laser applications that are driving the evolution of manufacturing. From manufacturing directors to automation engineers to production specialists, every member of the industrial manufacturing workforce can benefit from attending this conference, learning over the course of a full day how to leverage lasers into their manufacturing processes in a high-tech, high-demand market.
From additive manufacturing to cutting, welding and marking, this content-packed event applies to every industrial manufacturer seeking a future-forward increase in skills, company profits and efficiency. As Industrial Laser Conference Program Chair Elizabeth Kautzmann of FANUC America Corporation explains, these innovative techniques are emerging and revolutionizing the industry to meet market demands, all rooted in the field’s collective understanding of conventional machining.
“Just as significant as discussions about technology, are the means by which legacy manufacturers can incorporate and powerfully exploit the versatility of the technology,” Kautzmann said. “We can now migrate conventional subtractive processes into realms where newer approaches, which combine innovative and fresh perspectives based on solid manufacturing building blocks, are already in place.”
Inherent to laser technology is the means by which the process of applying laser types and techniques fosters innovation and creativity. Creation and innovation is a natural tendency in laser technology, Kautzmann points out, which is one of the most exciting parts about the future of industrial manufacturing – and one of the overarching themes of this year’s conference.
As a Laser/Fabrication Program Manager, Kautzmann promotes and encourages developments in engineering features to advance discussions and applications in laser innovations. Over the course of nearly 30 years, Kautzmann’s career has been one in championing the case for laser technology penetration in conventional and emerging markets. The Industrial Laser Conference is the best way, she believes, to continue her mission and inspire the future of the manufacturing workforce.
“The ensemble of talent at this year’s conference reveals a group of individuals pulled together for the sake of meeting manufacturing’s greatest challenges, with technology’s most diverse tool, the laser. Each of the presenters, as well as the prospective attendees, represent a collection of know-how, which is the very legacy that lasers intend to fortify during this age of innovative, manufacturing evolution.”
From advancements in technology, expected challenges, and Kautzmann’s favorite topic, Trends in the Trenches, Kautzmann expects the LIA Industrial Laser Conference to breathe new life into the present and future of industrial manufacturing.
“FANUC’s founder, Dr. Inaba, once said, ‘technology has a history, but engineers have no past. They only need to create.’ I think that quote sums up the purpose of the new Industrial Laser Conference perfectly.”
Registration to the 2016 Industrial Laser Conference includes access to the IMTS exhibit floor for all six days. For more information and to register, visit www.lia.org/laserconference.
About LIA
The Laser Institute of America (LIA) is the professional society for laser applications and safety serving the industrial, educational, medical, research and government communities throughout the world since 1968. www.lia.org, 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Ste 128, Orlando, FL 32826, +1.407.380.1553.
ORLANDO, FL, MAY 18, 2016 — From business owners to industry leaders and laser experts, the best and brightest in manufacturing gathered from April 25-27, 2016 in Atlanta, GA, for LIA’s most cutting-edge Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) and Summit yet.
Beginning on April 25 with the Summit at the Renaissance® Atlanta Waverly Hotel, and continuing with the two-day LME on April 26-27 at the adjacent Cobb Galleria Centre, the fifth installment of LIA’s comprehensive, three-day manufacturing event once again served as the premier hub for both companies interested in exploring the integration of laser technology into their production, and attendees seeking the latest insights from the leading authorities in laser technology.
“Every day we are discovering innovative ways to use this technology. Lasers are improving manufacturing
processes in many industries causing engineers to rethink design,” says LIA’s Marketing Director, Jim Naugle. “This event is the one stop laser shop that covers everything you need to know about the fast developments of this industry – if you’re not here, you’re falling behind!”
The LME Summit — Where Executives and the C-Suite Meet
The Lasers for Manufacturing Summit, which first debuted in 2014, serves as the foremost afternoon and evening for executives and the C-Suite. During the event, Summit presenters covered the economic outlook of the laser industry, the evolution and applications of laser welding, and shared their stories of success.
Editor-in-Chief of Industrial Laser Solutions and LIA Past President, David Belforte, moderated the Summit’s signature Laser Manufacturing Forum, featuring panelists from several high-profile companies that manufacture with lasers. The event concluded with an evening VIP reception, where attendees networked with high-level executives and Summit speakers. Follow the latest Lasers for Manufacturing Summit updates at www.lia.org/lasersummit.
Highlights from the Laser Technology Showcase and Informational Educational Sessions
Once again, the Laser Technology Showcase proved to be a main highlight for LME attendees. Featuring an engaging set of 30-minute keynote addresses, speakers shared the advantages of utilizing laser technology, including Summit forum leader David Belforte, who returned to present the first keynote speech with his Industrial Laser Market Overview. Following were presentations such as Shawn Kelly of EWI’s Laser Technology and Metal Additive Manufacturing, Ralf Kimmel of TRUMPF Laser and Systems GmbH’s Laser Applications in Automotive Manufacturing, and GE Global Research’s Marshall Jones’s Industrial Applications of Laser Material Processing in GE.
For additional questions and insights, attendees stopped by the ‘Ask the Expert’ booth, headed by Neil Ball of Directed Light Inc. and 20 other industry leaders.
LME provided second time attendee Jefferson Odhner of Odhner Holographics with the manufacturing opportunities he was looking for. Odhner stated “I’m here to explore how lasers are used in metal processing; I am amazed of how much it has evolved. I have to keep abreast to what this industry is doing. This is the place.”
The New Laser Technology Tour
One of LME’s newest 2016 offerings was the Laser Technology Tour – an intelligible way for first-year attendees to explore the event. By simply registering for LME and signing up, attendees were able to take advantage of the personal guidance of seasoned event experts, who walked them through the exhibit floor and introduced them to different companies, all while discussing the latest technology and products showcased.
An Array of Opportunities at LME 2016
The guidance offered at the Summit, in the LME technology showcase, during the educational sessions, and on the exhibit floor allowed attendees to not only obtain crucial information on incorporating lasers into their production, but critical assistance in getting started with instant access to top suppliers. In all, the 2016 LME was exciting, inspiring and informative – and just like this year’s event, the next LME and Lasers for Manufacturing Summit will continue to be the foremost gathering place for the latest developments and insights for lasers in the manufacturing industry.
First time attendee Ramiro Mendoza from Brake Parts Inc LLC said this “I came to see the latest technology to help my manufacturing production. I saw everything I needed to know!”
The BWA-MON (Beam Waist Analyzer MONitor) system is a “smart” focus head that provides “real-time” laser beam measurement, analysis and monitoring of low to very high power lasers in accordance with international standards ISO11146 and ISO13694 related to lasers without disrupting the laser beam in use and with minimal loss.
Prior to the genus of the BWA-MON, any measurement of a focused laser beam required a complete disruption of the beam; regardless of the application. Laser manufacturers that develop or research lasers have to align the laser based upon arbitrary conditions, take it to an M-square measurement setup; make a measurement and if not desirable, go back and realign. This process can take months to fully develop a system. The BWA-MON aids the laser manufacturer by allowing them to adjust the laser in real time; so there is no need to remove the laser and test in another location and thereby greatly reduce development, setup and alignment time. Continue reading →
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California
An underused tool in the Laser Safety toolbox is the use of remote viewing. By remote viewing I mean being able to observe beam placement and interaction from a location other than bending over the optical table. Industrial applications are familiar and has long used machine vision tools. While in the research laboratory the application of camera viewing systems have lagged behind. Today the availability and cost of cameras to perform this task has greatly improved. Costs have gone down, and well as the size of cameras. These web cams and CCD cameras are ideally situated for the viewing of near infrared and visible wavelengths. Leading this use of remote viewing has not been the Laser Safety Officer or even laser safety firms but the users themselves. Homemade units that combine a LCD screen and camera are a great advantage in the research lab. As opposed to the IR viewer there is no debate if one can look through the viewer with laser protective eyewear on or off. The user can, while wearing their protective eyewear, look at a fixed screen while moving around the camera or having the camera in a fixed position keeping the user far from possible stray beams. Combining with motorized mounts, we have the best of all worlds CCD’s can be as small as 1 cm square and can be fixed on any optical table. Many a computer web cam with the removal of their IR filter will provide good visualization. Parts cost for such a system can be in the $600-$700 range, depending on the quality of the camera. Another place where cameras are readily employed is where physical access to optics and reaction chambers is difficult to achieve. This application removes the user from climbing over equipment, which always presents a risk of inadvertently moving equipment to back injury to members of the work force. In biotechnology applications cameras can also be applied to microscope eyepiece systems remove the risk from back reflections through optics and giving a superior view on a monitor. There is really no excuse for microscope users to be looking down the eye pieces these days. Fiber optic users should not be examining the fiber end with a handheld viewer but rather a camera system. The presentation at ILSC highlighted not only uses and advantages of using cameras for remote viewing, but also technical short comings, in particular for some pulse rep rate systems.
