11th International Symposium On Laser Precision Microfabrication To Be Held Concurrently With LASYS For The First Time
The 11th International Symposium on "Laser Precision Microfabrication"(LPM) will commence one day before the start of LASYS 2010, International Trade Fair for System Solutions in Laser Material Processing. The four-day LPM Forum will be staged concurrently with LAYS, which will run from 8 to 10 June 2010. LPM will promote the exchange of know-how between basic researchers and industrial users in the area of micro laser technologies. "LPM is primarily aimed at German and foreign developers and users of micro production engineering with lasers", said Prof. Dr. Friedrich Dausinger, Chairman of the Programme Committee and Managing Director of Dausinger + Giesen GmbH.
The trend towards miniaturisation of products coupled with high-precision production is continuing and is posing increasingly new and bigger challenges for production technologies. Laser technology has long made inroads here since light is predestined to carry out work steps precisely down to one micrometre without any human contact. High-speed laser micro processing machines can now read accelerations of more than 15 g (approx. 147.15 m/s², metre per square second) with positioning accuracies of less than 1 micrometre. It is possible to drill holes with diameters which are much smaller than 10 micrometres.
Participants in the LPM Forum can look forward to a diverse and exciting programme since it will feature both basic aspects and practical topics. The range of topics will include modelling and simulation of processes, as well as process control and monitoring, nano technology, direct writing processes (MAPLE-DW, LIFT, etc.), ultrashort laser pulse methods, surface treatment, micro structuring, 3-D micro and nano structure production, drilling and cutting in the micro range, welding, bonding, marking, trimming, lithography, production of micro construction elements, industrial/medical/biological applications, optics for laser micro processing, and much more besides.
The LPM Forum is being organised by the Japan Laser Processing Society (JLPS) and Landesmesse Stuttgart, and will be held in English. Some programme items such as "Industrial micro processing" and "Beam sources" will be staged jointly with the concurrent Stuttgart Laser Technology Forum 2010 (SLT ‘10) as special sessions. One special highlight will be devoted to the 50th birthday of the laser: world-renowned laser pioneers will look back on the birth of the laser and will also describe the enormous development process right up to the future.
"We are expecting more than 200 participants, primarily from the Far East, where this event has its origins and home", said Prof. Dausinger. The last LPM Symposium was staged in Kobe, Japan, and proved a great success with 293 participants.
The LPM Forum is one more reason for attending the second LASYS 2010, International Trade Fair for System Solutions in Laser Material Processing. It is almost ideal for international guests since the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre is located right next door to Stuttgart Airport. The special feature of LASYS is that it spans different materials and industries such as the car industry, the electrical and electronics industry, the glass/timber/plastics industries, mechanical engineering, toolmaking and mouldmaking, the medical technology industry, the optical industry, the jewellery, textile and packaging industries, and many others besides.
O&S, International Trade Fair for Surface Treatments and Coatings, will also be held at the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre from 8 to 10 June 2010.
SOURCE: Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH