7th International Laser Marketplace
The industry forum for markets and strategies in laser materials processing.
Focus on markets and trends, new applications and technologies.
Essential information for professionals and decision makers.
Date: June 15th 2005
Venue: Dorint Novotel at the New Munich Trade Fair
Conference Chair
Dr. Arnold Mayer, Optech Consulting
Franz J. Gruber, EuroLaser
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.