By Geoff Giordano Advanced manufacturing with lasers will be showcased at the Laser Institute of America’s fifth Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) held at the Cobb Galleria Centre April 26-27 in Atlanta, Georgia — a hub of U.S. automotive, aerospace, heavy equipment and metal fabrication activity. The move of LME to the Southeast from its former […]
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LAM 2015: Real World View of the Future in AM & 3D Printing
Orlando, FL (April 1, 2015) – Held in Orlando for the first time in its seven-year history, LIA’s Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop (LAM®) drew nearly 200 attendees, about half of them first-time participants who got a real-world view of the profit potential and pitfalls of industrial 3D printing. Featuring speakers from BMW, Siemens, GE Global Research […]
2015 International Year of Light
By Geoff Giordano We in the laser community have been on a well-documented mission for some time now. Using these powerful — some might say miraculous — tools, we have revolutionized manufacturing, medicine, communications and even entertainment. Recognition of our efforts has been steadily growing in this young century as governments around the world mark significant […]
LIA’s Laser Safety Guide Revised for 2015
ORLANDO, FL, Jan 19, 2015 — For the first time since 2007, the Laser Institute of America has updated its acclaimed Laser Safety Guide making it a necessity for every safe laser environment. Easy to comprehend and full of practical information, the Laser Safety Guide is a quick read that can benefit anyone who uses lasers in […]
ICALEO 2014 Offered Attendees a Full Spectrum of Laser Possibilities
By Geoff Giordano Not resting on the laurels of its flagship conference, the Laser Institute of America instituted a peer-review process for its 33rd International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®), held Oct. 19-23 in San Diego. For the first time, ICALEO featured presentations given even more rigorous analysis than previous events; 56 […]