7th International Laser Marketplace

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Review: Program of the 7th International Laser Marketplace


Date: June 15th 2005
Venue: Dorint Novotel at the New Munich Trade Fair
 

Conference Chair:

Dr. Arnold Mayer, Optech Consulting
Franz J. Gruber, EuroLaser

Program

9:00 Opening

Markets and Technologies

9:05 Progress Through Beam Quality: New Applications by New Lasers
Prof. Friedrich Dausinger, Institut fuer Strahlwerkzeuge - IFSW, Stuttgart, Germany

9:35 Overseas Markets: Growth in North America - Strong Growth in Asia
David Belforte, Belforte Associates, Sturbridge, MA, USA

10:05 Laser Demand Reaches Record High - How Many Lasers Does the Market Need?
Dr. Arnold Mayer, Optech Consulting, Taegerwilen, Switzerland

10:35 Coffee Break

Market, New Lasers, Applications

11:00 Laser Materials Processing in Japan: Applications and Markets
Dr. Kunihiko Washio, Paradigm Laser Research, Machida, Japan

11:30 Applications and Visions for Laser Processing at Volkswagen
Dr. Klaus Loeffler, Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany

12:00 Application Report: Laser Welding with Fiber Lasers from 200 W to 15 kW
Dr. Harald Kohn, Bremer Institut für angewandte Strahltechnik - BIAS, Bremen, Germany

12:30 Lunch

Laser Application

14:00 Laser Materials Processing: Status, Trends, Limits of Application
Dr. Gerhard Hammann, Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen, Ditzingen

14.30 Low Power Diode Pumped Lasers: Applications, Technologies, Trends
David Clark, Coherent, Santa Clara, CA, USA

15:00 Increased Productivity of Laser Cutting: Not Only a Question of Laser Power
Urs Singer, Bystronic Laser, Niederoenz, Switzerland

16:00 Coffee Break

Non-Metal Processing

16:30 Plastics and Metal Processing with Laser Robots with Integrated Beam Delivery
Dr. Eberhard Kroth, Reis Robotics, Obernburg

16:30 Large Series Laser Plastics Welding - A Challenge for Measurement
Dr. Thomas Ebert, Prolas GmbH, Wuerselen

17.00 New Developments in Non Metal Cutting - Laser Cutting of Glass and Solar Cells
Alejandro Becker, Rofin Sinar, Guending

17:30 End of Conference

The spoken word shall prevail.


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