FEATURED ARTICLE ICALEO 2016 BY DEBBIE SNIDERMAN
From stars to phones, smart payment cards to medical implantable materials, lasers are reaching into more areas where traditional machining and processing methods don’t offer much needed precision, accuracy or sensitivity. LIA’s 35th
Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®
International )
is the premier conference focusing on the research and scientific aspects of materials processing with lasers where attendees can learn about the latest developments and network with others.
This year’s conference will be held on Oct. 16-20 in San Diego and attendance is expected to be one of the best. With more than 200 scheduled presentations, invited speakers, 65 peer-reviewed talks, and biophotonics now being covered in every conference, ICALEO offers many new advances in laser technologies and how to apply them.
“The fundamentals of laser technologies and how to apply them, that are displayed here at ICALEO, are the foundations of new and unique products that can spur entire industries,” says LIA Executive Director Peter Baker.
Opening & Closing Plenaries The Congress is again chaired by Silke Pflueger of Direct Photonics, and many new application areas will be highlighted in the opening and closing plenary talks. On Monday, three speakers will cover Lasers on Mars: Exploring the Red Planet with ChemCam Instrument Onboard the Curiosity Rover, Sensing Challenges for Fully Autonomous Vehicles, and First Observations with Advanced LIGO and the Beginning of Gravitational Wave Astronomy.
Thursday’s closing plenary talks on Lasers in the Dairy Industry - from Milk to Sperm, Lasers in Mobile Electronics, and High- power Laser Paint Stripping for Large Aircraft are compelling reasons to stay through the afternoon.
Hot Topics in the Laser Materials Processing Conference Returning for his second year as chair, Christoph Leyens from Fraunhofer IWS says the LMP conference brings together laser, manufacturing and materials science disciplines. Traditionally it is the largest attended and broadest spectrum conference within ICALEO. This year expect a lively, in-depth look at the latest news, science, technology and applications in laser drilling, cladding, cutting, modeling and simulation.
3D scanning of an additive manufactured part ©Fraunhofer IWS
Something new in LMP this year is the specialty Session 8 on Photonics for Lightweight Construction. Its speakers will present R&D results and a broad overview of lasers used to construct lightweight materials, ranging from carbon fiber reinforced plastics to lightweight metals.
Hot Topics in the Laser Microprocessing Conference Attendees at the 11 sessions of the Laser Microprocessing Conference will hear about the state-of-the-art in laser micro- material processing. According to conference chair Michelle Stock from mlstock consulting: “There’s a tremendous amount
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It Can Only Be Done with Lasers
The major pillar of this year’s conference is laser welding with seven sessions spanning the entire week. Leyens says highlights within welding are hybrid welding technologies and welding non-conventional materials such as ceramics and specialty metallic materials.
Additive manufacturing is the next area Leyens says is hot with five Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) sessions throughout the week. “Laser technologies have become very important in 3D printing in the recent past, and recent developments in brilliant sources are making AM technologies more efficient,” he says.
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