A Guide for New Laser Safety Officers By, Christopher Mordica, CLSO Becoming an LSO Being chosen to become a new LSO for your organization can be an exciting time, as it indicates a level confidence held by your employer that you are capable of taking on this new responsibility that grants you the authority […]
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BLS Newsletter 2020 – Reducing Facility Risk of Disposables and Accessories Entering the OR
By, Casey Branham, MBA/CMLSO There is a wide range of practices in how hospitals receive healthcare laser system (HCLS) disposables and accessories at their facility. As someone who works for a third-party provider that does this over 90,000 times a year, I’ve seen them all. In some hospitals, the surgeon may ask for the […]
Goodbye Adhesives, Hello Thermal Direct Joining
Laser Pre-Treatment and the Future of Hybrid Materials Interview by Liliana Caldero Originally in LIA TODAY July/August 2019. Throughout the world, scientists are rising to the challenge of developing new techniques to improve the eco-friendliness of products and production lines. Germany has been among the strongest supporters of the movement to be more environmentally responsible. […]
Surface Functionalization with LIPSS Continues to Expand into New Industries
Interview by Liliana Caldero As featured in LIA TODAY July/August 2019. Laser researchers from Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) have teamed up with medical researchers from Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU) and Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz (KUK) in a European research project to show the potential of laser materials processing for suppressing the adhesion […]
Laser Additive Manufacturing’s Journey to Commercialization
By Andrew Albritton As seen in LIA TODAY LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM), as it pertains to powder based manufacturing, is a technique that utilizes the interaction of lasers and base materials to construct a product, rather than removing material from a pre-constructed block of material. LAM is quickly approaching the critical […]