Bringing you up to date with the latest in lasers, LIA’s Weekly Wrap Up is a collection of this week’s highlights in laser technology, Laser Institute news, and Conference Updates as found across the web, on Lasers Today, and LIA’s network of social media channels. What happened in lasers during the week of August 29, […]
Tag: Additive Manufacturing
Lasers Today Weekly Wrap-Up – Week of August 22, 2016
What’s New This Week in the World of Lasers? Are you ready for the latest news, updates, and points of interest regarding lasers, laser safety, and laser applications? Aggregating content from Lasers Today, LIA Blog, and our social media channels, here’s what you may have missed this week: Laser Industry News: Is Low-Cost, Robotic AM […]
3D Printing of Net Shape Geometries by Laser Metal Deposition
By Carl Hauser Introduction An additive manufacturing method developed by TWI within the framework of an EU-funded project could drastically reduce component manufacturing times. TWI engineers have been using laser metal deposition (LMD) to produce net shape thin-walled engine casings, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of civil aerospace manufacturing. In LMD, a weld track […]
Low-Cost Robotic AM for Large-Scale Parts
By Raymond Walker & Bryant Walker Expanding directed-energy additive manufacturing into very large parts based on a low-cost platform has been a thrust of Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, Inc. for the past decade. Keystone has successfully produced directed-energy additive manufacturing (AM) parts using a robotic pulsed arc platform enhanced by a suite of integrated process controls […]
LME & Summit 2016 Featured Global Opportunities & Emerging Applications for Laser Manufacturing Processes
By Jessica Dawkins Advanced laser applications in automotive manufacturing, critical updates in additive manufacturing, 3D printing, prototyping and the foremost economic and safety concerns for today’s laser professionals were just some of the topics center stage at LIA’s fifth Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) and Summit, held from April 25-27, 2016 at the Renaissance® Atlanta […]