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Increasing productivity of laser welding machines

02/03/2012

Advanced industrial laser applications at SALA

02/02/2012

For the 7th time SALA wil be held in Hartford,CT. This popular conference features advanced laser material proceesing applications.

New Sales Director for North America

02/02/2012

JK Lasers appoints new North American sale manager.

Laser processing company expands manufacturing capacity

01/30/2012

Somerset, Wis. – Preco, Inc., a major provider of laser cutting and other processing equipment and services is expanding its production capacity and capabilities with a new facility in Hudson, WI.

Rofin subsidiary is renamed Rofin-Lasag AG

01/30/2012 Thun, Switzerland – Lasag, long known as a manufacturer of industrial lasers and systems for high-precision laser processing was recently acquired by Rofin Sinar Inc. Now the company has changed its name to Rofin-Lasag AG.

Courses offered in laser technology

01/25/2012 Platteville, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Department of Industrial Studies will offer two professional evening courses in laser technology and injection molding during the spring 2012 semester, as reported i...

Patent issued for fiber laser system with improved output power

01/25/2012 Mountain View, Calif. – Mobius Photonics, a producer of short pulsed fiber laser sources (IR, green, and UV laser) that are used in laser microprocessing applications, has been granted US patent number 8,009,705, for "Fibe...

New laser processing department head at the LZH

01/24/2012

Hannover, Germany – The new Head of the Materials and Processes Department of the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), a major developer of industrial laser technology, is Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kaierle.

Products

Plymovent develops FumeSimulator design-simulation program

02/02/2012 Plymovent, Cranbury, N.J., has developed the FumeSimulator to visualize the background concentration of welding fumes in production facilities.

Intense announces Series 8000 793nm single and multi-emitter pump modules

02/02/2012

Intense Inc., North Brunswick, N.J., has announced the release of a 10 W version of the Series 8000 793nm high brightness laser pump modules.

Spiricon's BeamGage version 5.7 laser profiling system adds sophisticated image processing

01/31/2012 Spiricon, a Newport Corp. brand based in North Logan, Utah, has added BeamGage version 5.7 next generation laser beam analysis software to its line-up.

IRphotonics introduces HE Series infrared fiber optic cables

01/31/2012 IRphotonics, Hamden, Conn., has introduced the HE Series of infrared fiber optic cables designed to meet the most stringent specifications required by milita...

Hypertherm makes two HyIntensity Fiber Laser cutting systems available

01/31/2012 Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., has made available two new HyIntensity Fiber Laser systems: the two kilowatt HFL020 and the one kilowatt HFL010. These two new sys...

This Month's Issue

Industrial Laser Solutions

01/01/2012
Volume 27, 2012 - Issue 1 Industrial Laser Solutions

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