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 […]
Laser Manufacturing
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Manufacturing Case Studies
By Scott Killian EOS was founded in 1989 and is today the world leading manufacturer of laser sintering systems. Laser sintering is the key technology for e-Manufacturing, the fast, flexible and cost-effective production of products, patterns or tools. The technology manufactures parts for every phase of the product life cycle, directly from electronic data. Laser […]
New Industrial Systems & Concepts for Highest Laser Cladding Efficiency
By: Eckhard Beyer Fraunhofer IWS Over the past decade laser buildup welding transitioned from mostly specialized laboratory efforts into an established industrial technology for high quality and precise surface coating deposition. Compared to traditional plasma powder buildup welding processes, laser cladding generates superior corrosion and wear protective coatings. The laser process can also generate localized […]
Overview of Laser Additive Manufacturing in China
By: Minlin Zhong Tsinghua University The booming Chinese economy has created a favorable environment for the research, development, application and market in the area of high-power lasers and especially laser additive manufacturing (LAM) in China. In a so-called “world manufacturing center,” laser additive manufacturing, as a modern advanced manufacturing technology, plays an important role in […]
New Stainless Powders for Laser Cladding
By: Ingrid Hauer North American Hoganas New investments into laser cladding as well as wear and corrosion testing equipment have lead to the expanded use of stainless steels. Latest developments show these lower cost alloys are able to yield comparable physical properties to many of the traditional Ni-based and Co-based alloys commonly used today.