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LASYS moves dates for 2014 show to align with auto fairs

12/07/2012 LASYS, the international trade fair for laser material processing, has moved its 2014 show dates to coincide and continue close synergy with a host of automotive events that are a key end market for industrial laser technologies.

Laser job shop Titanova honored with Missouri entrepreneur award

12/06/2012

Titanova, a direct-diode laser job shop providing a variety of laser material processing services, and its founder John Haake have received the Governor's Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Resonetics opens Lightspeed lab for micromachining applications

12/05/2012 Resonetics, a supplier of polymer micromachining servicesfor the life sciences industry, has opened a new Lightspeed application development lab for micromachining process development, prototyping and pilot production.

Laserage acquires majority stake in Venta Medical, expands medical device manufacturing

12/04/2012

Laserage Technology has acquired a majority interest in Silicon Valley-based turnkey manufacturer Venta Medical in a move aimed at expanding both firms' geographic reach in medical device contract manufacturing.

Europe's first laser-welded CCB is a fact

12/03/2012

AWL and Kirchhoff Automotive have devised a laser welding system for cross car beams with a unique high degree of 3D flexibility.

More Fabtech takeaways: Channel rumblings, fiber laser's ceiling

11/28/2012 Following ILS' observations about the recent Fabtech expo in Las Vegas, NV, Mark Douglass from Longbow Research has shared his own similar key takeaways from the event: the mood was positive but cautious, and everyone's still b...

GE Aviation acquires additive manufacturing firms, suppliers for its LEAP jet engine

11/23/2012 GE Aviation has acquired the assets of Morris Technologies (MTI) and sister company Rapid Quality Manufacturing, specialists in laser additive manufacturing applications and parts suppliers for its next-generation LEAP jet engi...

Jenoptik ships high-power fiber lasers to Asia for high-speed laser cutting

11/21/2012

Jenoptik says it has shipped the first of its new fiber lasers to an unidentified customer in Asia, for use in high-speed laser cutting of metals.

Products

Trumpf's TruMark 6350 UV marking laser

UV laser marker

12/03/2012 Trumpf's TruMark 6350 UV marking laser features improvements in average power and pulse energy, enabling higher repetition rates and increased mark contrast ...
Keyence's MD-F5100 Series 50W 3-axis fiber laser marker

3-axis fiber laser marker

11/30/2012

Keyence's MD-F5100 Series, 50W 3-axis fiber laser system offers high-speed laser marking and deep laser engraving on metal and plastic.

Ekspla's NL230 series DPSS Q-switched Nd:YAG nanosecond laser

Nanosecond-pulsed lasers for laser ablation

11/28/2012

Ekspla's NL230 series DPSS Q-switched Nd:YAG nanosecond lasers target applications ranging from material ablation to laser pumping.

LVD's Electra FL fiber laser cutting system

Fiber laser cutting system

11/26/2012 LVD Group/LVD Strippit has introduced a high-speed fiber laser cutting system for fast, accurate processing of thin sheet metals promising up to 50% faster r...
Ophir Photonics' Fast Axial OEM sensor

Axial thermal laser sensor, faster and for higher powers

11/20/2012 Ophir Photonics, North Logan, UT, has unveiled a sensor incorporating a new thermopile design offering 20× faster response times and higher levels of power (...

Laser scoring and pouching for package converting

11/19/2012 LasX Industries and Totani America have released a new system combining both of their areas of expertise with a machine that integrates straight-line, downwe...

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Fabtech 2012: Hiking through an oasis of lasers in the desert

Walking the 450,000 square feet of the Las Vegas Convention Center dedicated to Fabtech for three days is usually a chore. This year, the hike was made longer by the fact that t... Read Blog

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Enthusiasm, guarded optimism at Fabtech 2012

Overall this year's Fabtech seems to have been a rousing success, echoing enthusiasm from Euroble...

Fabtech 2012: What we'll see for industrial lasers

Hours before Fabtech 2012, here's a quick rundown of some industrial laser-related products and e...

Laser cutting helps company survive the recession

The owner of Italian fab shop Officine e Costruzioni Carbone describes the decision to adopt fibe...

IPG tops record sales in 3Q12, but gazes down for 4Q

IPG Photonics posted >20% increases in sales and profits in 3Q12 citing strength in high-power...

Survey: Industrial laser demand up modestly, cautiously optimistic

Longbow's Mark Douglass takes the latest lay of the land in industrial laser materials processing...

Editorial Digests

Fiber Lasers Technical Digest

11/01/2012 In the world of industrial laser materials processing, fiber lasers have been described as a "disruptive technology." This may well have been true ...

Editorial Digest: Laser Materials Processing

08/30/2012 Lasers continue to play an expanding role in materials processing, with new applications developing all the time in fields as diverse as microelectronics and...
Laser Marking

Editorial Digest-Laser Marking

08/01/2012 Laser Material Processing continues to be the largest non-diode commercial application for industrial lasers. The unique attributes of these lasers — tightly...

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Insights into metallic marking and engraving with fiber lasers

This presentation reviews the key types of marks for a broad range of metals from stainless steel to aluminium and titanium to gold.

Lasers Market Update Fall 2012

The laser markets have recently been experiencing swings as global economic conditions have affected sales. To update our audience on the latest trends and help viewers understa...

The U.S. Market for Industrial Lasers - A Mid-Year Review

This presentation will describe the US market for industrial laser systems, and show how the US' lead in manufacturing productivity has been a key contributor to the continued s...

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