LIA Launches New Medical Laser Safety Awareness Training – Accessible Anywhere, Anytime!

by on May 2, 2013

in Laser Safety, LIA News

ORLANDO, FL, May 2, 2013 — With the therapeutic use of lasers on a rapid rise, the Laser Institute of America is unveiling another of its highly popular and convenient online safety courses exclusively for training medical personnel.

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3D Surface Texturing Technology Using Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers

by on April 24, 2013

in Laser Editorials

By Max Groenendijk

Ultrashort pulsed lasers have proven to be excellent tools to fabricate micro and nanotextured surfaces. These surfaces have a high potential for several applications where the tiny surface textures can improve or add a specific functional property. It was at ICALEO® 2006 that we first demonstrated a super hydrophobic surface obtained by texturing using a femtosecond pulsed laser. However, the capabilities were limited to small and flat surfaces. In order to be able to introduce this technology in industrial applications Lightmotif developed a 3D capable machine. At ICALEO 2012 results obtained on real 3D curved parts were presented, bringing this innovative technology closer to the market.

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Advanced Laser Applications & Sources – A National Focus

April 24, 2013

By Geoff Giordano With photonics-driven manufacturing innovation becoming a hot topic in the nation’s capital, advanced laser applications — particularly in aerospace, automobiles, agriculture and energy production — are getting a bigger share of the spotlight. From gas and steam turbines to pipelines and passenger jets, even underwater welding in nuclear reactors (see LAM 2013 wrap [...]

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LAM 2013 Presents Groundbreaking Applications in AM

April 12, 2013

By Geoff Giordano If additive manufacturing is becoming the next big thing as some experts and companies believe, the Laser Institute of America’s fifth-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop helped pave the way by providing more information on the road map leading to an AM revolution. Situated in its largest venue yet, LAM 2013 featured [...]

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LIA Aids NPI in Revolutionizing US Manufacturing with Laser Technology

April 12, 2013

By Geoff Giordano With the US government running a full-court press to foster manufacturing innovation, the Laser Institute of America made the case for laser-based advanced manufacturing processes during a special presentation in the nation’s capital. LIA representatives advocating laser-driven manufacturing joined four other subcommittees discussing the growing usage of lasers in health, defense, energy [...]

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Electromagnetic Control of the Weld Pool Dynamics in Partial Penetration Laser Beam Welding of Aluminium Alloys

April 10, 2013

By Vjaceslav Avilov, André Schneider, Marco Lammers, Andrey Gumenyuk, Michael Rethmeier A well-known problem of partial penetration laser beam welding is keyhole-tip instability representing the main source of porosity – gas bubbles leave the keyhole near its tip. The second important problem of keyhole mode laser welding is very intensive thermocapillary (Marangoni) convection in the upper [...]

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Novel Fusion Welding Technology of Si/Glass Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses with High Pulse Repetition Rates

April 10, 2013

By I. Miyamoto, Y. Okamoto, A. Hansen, T. Amberla, J. Vihinen, J. Kangastupa Silicon/glass is one of the most widely used material combinations for sensing and actuating microsystems and micro electronic technologies. Anodic bonding has been most widely used for Si/glass bonding since its invention in 1969, because of its excellent mechanical properties and process [...]

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The Difference Between Fiber Lasers and Fiber Delivered Lasers

April 10, 2013

By Tony Hoult  Nobody would disagree that real change is occurring in the laser industry. In the broadest context, what is happening is a shift from the conventional technique of assembling lasers using free space optical components to a technique based on splicing together fiber based components.  It is now very widely accepted that this [...]

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Laser Institute of America Joins with American Society of Safety Engineers, OSHA, to Promote Work Safety During N. American Occupational Safety & Health Week This May

April 8, 2013

Orlando, FL (April 8, 2013) – The Laser Institute of America (LIA) will join with thousands of people and businesses worldwide, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Alliance Program participants, in raising awareness of the importance of being safe [...]

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Sid Charschan Remembered

March 11, 2013

Sid Charschan, a former president of the LIA and a recipient of the prestigious Wilkening and Schawlow Awards, passed away on Feb. 22, 2013. An early supporter of the LIA, Sidney was the first secretary of the Z136 and later served, for many years, as the chairman of that committee. He was a pioneer in [...]

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