By Lijue Xue, Matt Donovan, Yangsheng Li, Jianyin Chen, Shaodong Wang and Glen Campbell Jet engines need to run as hot as possible to extract maximum energy from fuel. Combustion components are subjected to extremely harsh environment, running at elevated temperature with high vibration and pressure, which results in varying degrees of wear and fretting. […]
Laser Additive Manufacturing
NAMII, CIMP-3D Tours Kick off LIA Industry Watch Feature
When President Barack Obama took a moment in his State of the Union address earlier this year to mention the converted warehouse in Youngstown, Ohio, that is home to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, he made Kevin Collier’s life a little more hectic. But Collier, factory manager of NAMII, doesn’t seem to mind. During […]
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 […]
Growing Global Interest in AM Offers Opportunities for the Laser Community
By Geoff Giordano PITTSBURGH, June 12, 2013 — When additive manufacturing guru Terry Wohlers gives his state-of-the-industry keynotes, you can feel the excitement in the room. It was the case at the past two Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshops, and it was the case this morning at RAPID 2013. While relaying some of the most important findings […]
Additive Manufacturing – Set to Become the Most Important Manufacturing Technology?
ORLANDO, FL, Aug. 8, 2012 — When additive manufacturing guru Terry Wohlers speaks, the laser industry listens. That’s why the Laser Institute of America featured him at its cutting-edge Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) Workshop last year in Houston, where Wohlers presented key findings from his annual report on global trends in LAM. LIA invited him […]