Lasers In Manufacturing

LIM 2007 intends to build on a strong tradition of using new research results to improve the performance of industrial laser systems. Such laser technologies have witnessed strong market growth in recent years, while significant industrial efforts have resulted in new laser systems for materials processing such as the fiber laser and the disc laser.

Indeed, improvements in the efficiency, beam quality and flexibility of laser processing systems are opening up new markets and applications for industrial laser processing. Such dynamic development has resulted to a large extent from the results of research conducted in the field of laser application for manufacturing, and LIM 2007 aims to continue that trend.

The conference is intended to promote exchange with industrial partners to augment research efforts and accelerate the process of putting results to use in actual applications. LIM 2007 also aims to bring together researchers considering the latest aspects of manufacturing, whether they are applying laser technology in the nano-, micro- or macro-range.

The associated events will also highlight potential new applications for laser technology arising from these latest developments. This, the organizers hope, will help to promote personal contacts and the dissemination of information between research and industry.

LIM sub-conferences include macromachining, which covers welding, laser freeform manufacturing, fluid dynamic and coupling phenomena, high brightness laser applications, surface treatment and system technology; and micromachining, which covers process sensing and control, ultrashort pulse-laser machining, micro joining, micromachining, media-assisted and hybrid processes, and glass, crystals, ceramics and other optical components.

The LIM conference is organized by the WLT - German Scientific Laser Society in cooperation with the Association of Industrial Laser Users (UK), the European Laser Institute, the Japan Laser Processing Society, and the Laser Institute of America.