By Geoff Giordano
With roughly 50 percent of the audience attending for the first time, LIA’s seventh Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop fueled enthusiasm for laser-based 3D printing processes with a robust, real-world view of the state of the technology. Continue reading
BY GEOFF GIORDANO
With more new workshops than ever purporting to give a true perspective on 3D printing and additive manufacturing, the Laser Institute of America’s Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop has been ahead of the curve when it comes to realistic assessments of revolutionary industrial applications.
In its seventh year, LAM 2015 will again provide an intensive two-day immersion in the full spectrum of laser-based industrial additive applications — from traditional corrosion and wear protection and repair to the more hype-worthy powder-bed and powder-fed methods.
For the first time, LAM will not be held in the power-generation hub of Houston but in LIA’s hometown of Orlando, on Mar. 4-5 at the Embassy Suites Orlando – Lake Buena Vista South (Orlando, FL). LIA is a key part of the Florida High-Tech Corridor and the state’s photonics community, which includes the nearby College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida.
ORLANDO, FL, Nov. 26, 2014 — The Laser Institute of America (LIA)’s annual workshop on laser additive manufacturing moves to LIA’s hometown of Orlando on March 4-5 at the Embassy Suites – Lake Buena Vista South (Orlando, FL) for the first time in 2015. Held at Florida’s high-tech corridor, LAM promises another no-hype look at the disruptive power of additive processes.
Chaired by Dr. Ingomar Kelbassa, the seventh Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop will focus heavily not only on traditional laser-based cladding applications to prevent or repair corrosion and wear, but also on the process chains vital to optimizing the additive production of parts.
ORLANDO, FL, June 4, 2014 — For the first time, the Laser Institute of America will hold its highly popular Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop in its home base of Orlando on Mar. 4-5, 2015. Award-winning AM expert and frequent LIA speaker Ingomar Kelbassa will serve his first stint as general chair of the seventh annual event.
Central Florida — home to CREOL-The College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida, as well as a high-tech corridor comprising 23 counties and numerous colleges and tech companies — is an ideal venue for LAM 2015, says LIA Executive Director Peter Baker.
