Notable names in Additive Manufacturing, including GE Additive’s Greg Morris and Marc Esformes of Stryker, gathered in Houston, TX for the two-day event FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ORLANDO, FL – MARCH 14, 2017 – The Laser Institute of America’s 2017 Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop (LAM®) took place February 21–22 in Houston, Texas. Researchers and industry leaders […]
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LIA’s Outlook for Lasers & 3D Printing in 2017
Booming industries like healthcare, oil, automotive and aerospace are quickly becoming today’s 3D printing epicenters. As we saw at LAM 2017, From custom dental parts to working engine parts, the 3D printers used in Additive Manufacturing (AM) are improving and streamlining manufacturing. The advances across industries in 2017 offer the promise of a better tomorrow […]
Metal 3D Printing: A Machine Shop’s 73 Year-old Journey in the Industry
By Wesley Hart Imperial Machine & Tool Co. took delivery of their first metal additive manufacturing (AM) machine in 2013 — a Selective Laser Melting system from SLM Solutions. The decision to invest was made after seeing one of these “metal 3D printers” in action, growing a component layer-by-layer from titanium. That demonstration made it […]
LAM 2017
Become Part of the Laser Additive Manufacturing Revolution By Michelle L. Stock Additive Manufacturing (AM) has already made big headlines this year as companies such as GE and Ford have announced major initiatives. These headlines hint at the ways that AM processes will impact the manufacturing world and reinforce expectations that an increasing number of […]
DigiFabCon Explores How Digital Fabrication Such as Laser Cutting & 3D Printing Is Changing the World
From a mobile Humanitarian Fab Lab in refugee camps that uses laser cutting for building temporary housing to 3D Printing on the International Space Station, Digital Fabrication is changing almost every aspect of our lives. On March 30 and 31, 2017 at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA, visionaries at DigiFabCon will explore the […]