Two weeks ago today, the sixth-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop opened in Houston with a riveting keynote by GE Aviation’s Todd Rockstroh. Setting an attendance record, LAM 2014 closed the following day with a lively Q&A session on the qualities and varieties of AM alloys for powder-bed and powder-fed applications. It’s always illuminating to go […]
LAM News
LASER U – Practical Online Training for All Laser Users
Raising the bar yet again with its online course offerings, the Laser Institute of America has developed Laser U — an easy way for laser professionals of all levels of experience to access the best presentations from LIA’s industry-leading conferences and workshops. Based on cutting-edge sessions from the Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®), Laser Additive Manufacturing(LAM®) Workshop, […]
LAM 2014 to Present the Latest Advances in Manufacturing Efficiency & Profitability
By Geoff Giordano A quick glance at the laser-industry headlines on any given day is sure to provide a mention of at least one development in the realm of laser additive manufacturing. Consider these news items at the beginning of this year alone: Concept Laser launched a LAM research and development center in Germany, while […]
LIA’s Laser U Releases New Laser Applications & Safety Course Modules for Flexible Continuing Education
ORLANDO, FL, Oct. 2, 2013 — The Laser Institute of America has added a dozen cutting-edge modules to Laser U, its innovative online laser education portal. Seven of the new courses come from LIA’s Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop, while five more emerge from the biennial International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®) held in Orlando in […]
LIA Industry Watch: Catching up with Jim Sears and Rick Neff at RAPID 2013
A couple of weeks ago, we covered RAPID 2013 in Pittsburgh as part of a new level of outreach for Continuous Wave, which will increasingly profile key players and developments in the laser industry. On this foray, we ran into Jim Sears, general chair of next year’s sixth-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop, as well as Cincinnati […]