Laser Cutting

Manager's Desk column for the May 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

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Adam J. Wayne, a sales/engineering representative with Laser Marking Technologies, takes a few minutes to chat with Cutting Tool Engineering during the EASTEC show this spring. Laser Marking Technologies, which has more than 30 years of combined experience in the laser marking arena, offers complete turn-key systems for permanent marking on carbide, HSS, Stainless, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass, crystal, man-made rock, wood and laser-friendly plastics.

High-power laser machines—at least 5,000w—are more useful in machine shops because their power permits fast processing of thicker materials, materials more like the blocks machined by the metalcutting industry. Also, automation allows for more cost-effective laser machining.

Machining more effectively with a new, more focused ultraviolet laser.

A Cleveland manufacturer applies the power and precision of lasers to machine complex medical parts.

2-D and 3-D laser cutting machines add value to shops.

Lasers continue to make inroads into machine shops.

Controlling chips with a laser-based process sheds new light on an old problem.