Laser Cutting

Products • March 16, 2017

FP 010 Pulsed Fiber Laser

A 1 kW (average power) pulsed fiber laser from Coherent | Rofin offers a high beam quality for this power level, thus enabling high throughput, precision ablation for a variety of industrial and solar applications. Specifically, the FP 010 delivers a maximum pulse energy of 100 mJ, at pulse widths between 10 ns and 100 ns, and with repetition rates ranging from 10 kHz to 30 kHz.

News • February 21, 2017 • Evan Jones Thorne

ScULPT laser seeks tenfold increase in throughput

A joint research project known as "Scaling Ultrafast Laser Productive Precision Processing Technology", or ScULPT, was conceived to develop an efficient, powerful, ultra-short pulsed laser system with a tenfold increase in throughput on the machining of different types of glass and metals.

Products • February 21, 2017

ZnSe (Zinc Selenide) Focusing Lenses

A full line of ZnSe (zinc selenide) focusing lenses that are optimized for use with steel cutting lasers up to 4 kW and suitable field replacements by users is available from Laser Research Optics. Laser Research Optics CO2 Laser Lenses come in plano-convex and –meniscus configurations in 1" to 2" OD sizes with thicknesses ranging from 0.250" to 0.380".

Products • February 16, 2017

Cx-10 Carbon-Dioxide Laser

A new 120W CO2 laser from Coherent offers a 30 percent better power/volume ratio than most competitive lasers in this class, enabling the construction of more compact laser-based systems for space-constrained, industrial applications. Additionally, the Cx-10 offers a unique combination of performance and reliability features to deliver both superior processing results and lower total cost of ownership.

Products • February 1, 2017

IR-Block/Visible Transmitting Optical Filters

MidOpt announces the availability of three new imaging filters primarily intended for blocking unwanted near-infrared light. Filters include: SP635 Absorptive Visible Shortpass/Near-IR Block Filter, SP644 Near-IR/Mid-Red Dichroic Block Shortpass Filter, and AB555 Acrylic Absorptive Near-IR/UV-Block Visible Bandpass Filter.

Products • January 9, 2017

LMF70-HP Laser

Amada Miyachi America Inc. announces the availability of the LMF70-HP, an addition to its LMF series of lasers. The 70 watt (W) LMF70-HP is ideal for welding small components and thin metals up to 0.01-inch (0.25 mm) thick. It is particularly well suited for welding battery tabs to cans (two thin sheets of metal), but can also weld thin wires (thermocouples, guidewires, etc.). In addition to welding, the unit is capable of engraving, deep engraving and cutting of metal, plastic welding and general-purpose, high-speed marking.

Products • October 11, 2016

Sapphire Cover Glass Windows and Lenses

A line of sapphire cover glass windows and lenses for industrial cutting lasers that are more durable than fused silica to reduce the need for cover glass changes is available from Laser Research Optics. Laser Research Sapphire Fiber Laser Windows feature Moh 9 hardness, which is second only to diamond and have A/R coatings on both sides to provide transmission of greater than 99.5 percent at 1.06 microns, with greater than 90 percent at 650-670 nm.

Products • September 22, 2016

OEM-quality Replacement CO2 Optics for Lasers

OEM-quality replacement CO2 optics for engraving, marking and cutting lasers supplied from stock the same day or reverse engineered if necessary are being introduced by Laser Research Optics (LRO). Laser Research CO2 Optics meet OEM and ISO-10110 specs. and are available from stock or can be custom reverse engineered for virtually any engraving, marking, and cutting lasers.

Videos • July 14, 2016

Matsuura LUMEX Avance-25 laser sintering, milling machine

The LUMEX Avance-25 laser sintering and milling machine integrates a fiber laser for state-of-the-art metal sintering and a machining center for performing high accuracy, high-speed milling, according to machine builder Matsuura Machinery Corp., Fukui City, Japan.

Products • July 1, 2016

SpeedMarker 700 Galvo Laser Marking Station

The SpeedMarker 700 from Trotec Laser Inc. is a compact galvo laser marking station. The SpeedMarker series was designed for efficient industrial laser marking of metals and plastics.

Products • June 15, 2016

Laser Systems L2000

The Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Laser Systems L2000 provides the capability of combining conventional machining and laser cutting on a single machine platform, reducing part handling and ensuring improved part accuracies.

Products • June 14, 2016

Model LT8.10 Fiber Laser Tube Cutting System

BLM GROUP USA has announced the introduction of the Model LT8.10 fiber laser tube cutting system. The LT8.10 is a three dimensional, 3kW fiber laser tube cutting machine that provides flexibility and user-friendliness for precise laser cutting on a variety of materials for tube diameters up to 9.5 in.