What You Missed at LIA’s Lasers for Manufacturing Event and Summit 2014

    ORLANDO, FL, Oct. 17, 2014 — The fourth annual LME was another exciting event full of informative educational courses and laser vendors with offerings on a wide range of laser related products. Laser experts, business professionals and representatives of the industry curious about laser manufacturing gathered for LME 2014 at the Schaumburg Convention […]

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Focus on All of Your Materials Processing Needs at LME 2014 & its New Lasers for Manufacturing Summit

By Geoff Giordano More than four years ago, consensus began building in the United States on the need for a “laser only” show focused solely on the benefits of industrial laser materials processing. Now in its fourth year, the Laser Institute of America’s one-of-a-kind Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) will build on its momentum and […]

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Announcing LIA’s Lasers for Manufacturing Summit – The Concepts & Contacts You Need to Use Lasers Profitably

ORLANDO, FL, Aug. 5, 2014 — To arm manufacturing executives with the information they need to profit from laser-driven production in the 21st century, the Laser Institute of America is bringing out some big guns for its first Lasers for Manufacturing Summit on Sept. 22 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL. On tap […]

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Keynote Speaker Dr. Ron Schaeffer will Wrap Up LME by Expanding on the Benefits of Ultrafast Lasers in Manufacturing

  Machine-shop owner and author/columnist Dr. Ron Schaeffer will deliver the closing keynote address on the use of ultrafast lasers in manufacturing on Sept. 24, the second and final day of the Laser Institute of America’s fourth annual Lasers for Manufacturing Event® (LME®) in Schaumburg, IL. Schaeffer, founder and CEO of PhotoMachining in Pelham, NH, […]

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Post-Processing of LAM Parts with Ultrafast Lasers

By Ilya Mingareev, Tobias Bonhoff, Ashraf F. El-Sherif, Wilhelm Meiners, Ingomar Kelbassa, Tim Biermann and Martin Richardson Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) is a rapidly developing field of advanced fabrication technologies that will benefit many industries by enabling near-net shape manufacturing of high-value components from metals, ceramics and compound materials. However, the geometry and the surface quality of parts […]

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