Laser Cutting of CFRP Using a 30 kW Fiber Laser

By Dirk Herzog, Matthias Schmidt-Lehr, Marten Canisius, Max Oberlander, Jan-Philipp Tasche and Claus Emmelmann Today, industrial usage of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) is steadily increasing, with an amount of 67,000 t/year. Latest products such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 in the aerospace sector, as well as the BMW i3 from the automotive industry, […]

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LAM 2015 A Workshop for the Next Era of Manufacturing

ORLANDO, FL, June 4, 2014 — For the first time, the Laser Institute of America will hold its highly popular Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop in its home base of Orlando on Mar. 4-5, 2015. Award-winning AM expert and frequent LIA speaker Ingomar Kelbassa will serve his first stint as general chair of the seventh […]

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Advanced Laser Applications & Sources – A National Focus

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

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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U.S. Strong for Industrial Laser Processing

David A. Belforte The recovery from the 2008/2009 global recession was, according to experts, going to take at least three years to reach pre-recession levels. In the United States, manufacturing companies, reacting to orders from pent-up demand and delayed 2009 buying plans, found their production taxed to meet a rapidly growing order book in 2010 […]

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