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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