Laser Cutting

Though more than 30 percent revenue share of the global laser cutting machine market went to North America in 2014, a new market research report suggests that the Asia-Pacific market will make some significant gains over the next few years.

Optodyne Inc. has announced a new high performance and compact LICS-300H for the measurement of 3D volumetric positioning errors, including the 3 displacement errors, 6 straightness errors and 3 squareness errors.

A line of gold-plated copper laser mirrors for Mazak and Mitsubishi high power lasers that are in-stock for overnight shipment is available from Laser Research Optics.

A video tutorial on lasers from Ronald D. Schaeffer, Ph.D., the chief executive officer of PhotoMachining Inc. Schaeffer provides the history and future of laser technology and its importance in micromanufacturing.

A line of sapphire windows designed for larger industrial cutting lasers from 4 kW and above that are highly durable replacements for debris shields are available from Laser Research Optics.

Even a few years back, major manufacturers utilized standard CO2 lasers in factories for welding applications.

TRUMPF has released the second generation TruLaser Cell 8030, a multi-axis machine designed specifically for laser cutting hot stamped 3D components.

Prima Power Laserdyne's latest S94P control feature SmartStop helps prevent "back wall" damage when trepan and percussion drilling turbine engine combustor components.

The creation of superhydrophobic metals using femtosecond lasers.

DILAS offers a diode laser system in visible blue wavelength at 450nm suitable for a range of applications in illumination and materials processing.

SMART3D from Perceptron reportedly represents a productivity breakthrough for the reverse engineering and modeling sectors.

Ophir Photonics announced the addition of a new high speed, high resolution, large array CCD camera to the BeamGage family of laser beam profiling systems.