Emerson has announced its new Branson GLX-1 Laser Welder, which offers users the flexibility to meet the growing demand for joining small, complex, or delicate plastic components and assemblies. Its small footprint and modular design make it compatible with ISO-8 cleanroom environments, while an integral automation controller simplifies installation and interfaces with production robotics. The…

Global engineering technologies company Renishaw has released a new version of software for its XK10 alignment laser system which enables users to perform point-to-point parallelism measurements. This new functionality will also enable users to make precise adjustments to machine parallelism to a level that has previously been impossible using traditional measurement techniques. The XK10 alignment…

By Jonathan Magee, Managing Director ACSYS Lasertechnik UK Ltd, Coventry, U.K. Industrial lasers are used for diverse processing of engineering plastics across many markets. Some examples of the common processes are shown in figure 1, including laser marking, cutting, and welding. Well-recognized markets in the field of laser plastics welding include automotive (see figure 2),…

Acuity Laser released a new product, the AR550 High Speed Laser Sensor. Coming from the company’s short range sensor product group, the Acuity Laser AR550 is an off-shoot of their popular AR500. “We were already offering the AR550 to our established customers, but had yet to publicly formalize the product,” said Nick Catalano, Acuity’s General…

Whether you are an engineer, an entrepreneur, or just a frequent user of prototypes, laser cutting allows the design and manufacture of products with speed and precision — at a low cost. Even though laser cutting requires a piece to be cut on a flat material such as a sheet of metal, it doesn’t mean…

Quantum Composers, designer and manufacturer of DPSS lasers, has announced an addition to their Jewel Laser Series, the MiniJewel Laser. This innovative new compact laser has a small footprint (165mm x 97mm x 36mm), weighs less than 3lbs, and is easily customizable. Mr. Will Bomar, VP of Sales clarified that “this will allow seamless integration…

TECHSPEC Nd:YAG Laser Line Mirrors are versatile laser line mirrors that provide the high reflectance, surface quality, and accuracy needed for a wide variety of demanding Nd:YAG and Nd:YLF laser applications, including high power beam delivery and laser beam steering up to the fourth harmonic at 266 nm. TECHSPEC Nd:YAG Laser Line Mirrors provide damage…

Edmund Optics®, a supplier of optical components, has ordered the SPECTOR® Ion Beam Sputtering System from Veeco Instruments Inc. The new capability is in support of Edmund Optics’ expanding portfolio of high-quality laser optics for infrared, visible, and ultraviolet systems. Edmund Optics’ growing presence in the laser optics landscape builds on the company’s long history as a supplier of…

Edmund Optics® (EO) introduces TECHSPEC® DA (Divergent Adjustable) Fixed Broadband Beam Expanders. These compact beam expanders are optimized at a wide range of wavelengths for maximum flexibility, making them ideal for use with demanding tunable laser sources. They feature a 1940 nm design wavelength to compliment lasers with wavelengths from 1900-2100 nm, which are ideal for…

TRUMPF Inc. will showcase several laser cutting, welding and marking technologies highly-suited for the stringent parameters of medical device manufacturing at Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) 2018 including the TruMicro Mark 2000 in a TruMark Station 5000.   The TRUMPF TruMicro Mark 2000 is the first full featured ultrashort pulse laser marking station designed for stringent medical…

TRUMPF Inc. (TRUMPF) will feature its TruMicro 5370 and TruMicro 7380, Dira 200-5 and a TruLaser Station 5005 with a TruMicro 2030 laser system, in booth # 817 at Photonics West. TRUMPF’s booth will be located in the south hall of the Mascone Center in San Francisco, Calif. During the show, TRUMPF will introduce its…

Cadence continues to expand its laser processing technologies to meet the ever-changing needs of new product development for our customers. Recently, Cadence purchased a new CL900 Cincinnati laser cutting machine and completed its installation. The new 4,000W fiber laser cutter adds to our existing portfolio of modified tube cutting lasers and completely custom flat sheet…

EBTEC Corporation, a division of EDAC Technologies LLC (Cheshire, CT), has acquired three LASERDYNE Fiber Laser Machining Systems. Once installed at EBTEC’s new expanded 83,500 square foot facility in East Windsor CT, this new laser technology expands the company’s four existing fiber laser system output to meet the growing needs of its aerospace and commercial…

LINEAX-8 The LX-8 is an environmentally hardened linear motor stage with 6 variants of travel length, from 125 mm to 750 mm. Utilizing an ironcore linear motor, the LX-8 can achieve higher speeds by producing an exponential peak force density. Recirculating ball bearing guides are capable in maintaining stable trajectory at high-load capacities. The recommended…

TEMs and TEAs provide precision cooling and heating in a wide variety of modular platforms to meet application demands… Laird (LRD: London) has designed and manufactured thermoelectric modules (TEMs) and thermoelectric assemblies (TEAs) that keep laser optics stable and at peak operating performance by controlling the operating temperature of the medical laser to within defined…

Prima Power Laserdyne reports that users of the LASERDYNE 606D are reporting up to three times the throughput of previous systems. Users of the LASERDYNE 606D, which was first publicly demonstrated at IMTS 2016, are reporting “better than expected productivity gains which they attribute to the system’s high dynamic performance and advanced fiber laser control.”…

The high technology company TRUMPF, based in Ditzingen near Stuttgart, Germany, has put on another impressive show at this year’s Photonics West, one of the most important optics and photonics conferences in the United States: The 2017 edition of the research-focused event is taking place from January 31 to February 2 in San Francisco, California.…

LinPerf™, short for Linear Perforation, is a new feature of the LASERDYNE S94P software. It provides an easy way to create programs that produce linear patterns of laser processed features on flat surfaces. The flat surfaces may be oriented in any plane accessible by the laser beam based on the number of axes and configuration…

The TruMark 5010 marking laser is an all-in-one solution with fiber laser, scanner, controls and internal focus position control integrated together into a single housing. Since a separate power supply unit is not needed and the laser is air-cooled, the space-saving design is very easily integrated into production lines or a workstation. As with all…

Laird (LRD: London) has developed a high heat flux density thermoelectric module (TEM) designed to achieve a higher heat pumping capacity than standard TEMs. Assembled with a large number of semiconductor couples, the UltraTEC Series TEM has a heat pumping capacity up to 340 watts, which is ideal for larger cooling applications with limited surface…

Prima Power Laserdyne’s ShapeSoft feature simplifies the creation of programs for producing cone, oblique cone, fan, racetrack and a variety of shaped holes in a wide range of turbine engine components including blades, nozzle guide vanes, and combustors for aero-engine and industrial gas turbine applications. ShapeSoft is one of the latest features of the LASERDYNE…

Eaton has announced new Eatonite anti-corrosion laser cladding, which enhances the service life and reliability of high-functioning cylinders. The coating, certified to meet Joint Industry Protection (JIP) guidelines by DNV GL, protects cylinders in the demanding salt water applications and harsh operating environments, reducing costs of unplanned maintenance and equipment downtime. Suitable for offshore deep…

LumiTrax technology provides a clear advantage for this industrial inspection and assembly equipment manufacturer.Since 2003, Vantage Corporation in Livonia, Michigan has been a provider of automatic inspection and assembly systems. The company designs and builds a wide variety of specialty products, including connecting rod gaging equipment, sorting devices for springs and other components, fuel injector…

Steven Hypsh • Jenoptik & Geoff Shannon • Miyachi America Microsecond fiber lasers have been used successfully for medical device applications, like hypo tube and stent cutting, for years. While precise and fast, the down side is that the parts require a number of post processing operations after they are cut, which adds to part…

Ballscrews for long machine travel application can be expensive and can require additional motion components for sufficient support over the needed travel distance. If a machine application requires high operating speeds as well, then machine costs can increase because of the need for larger servomotors and servo drives. The design engineers at Proteck, an Indian…