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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.

Laser revenues to exceed $9 billion by 2015

01/23/2012 Mountain View, Calif. – Sales of lasers recovered better than expected in 2010 and 2011, growing 52% since the recent low in 2009 and setting a new record. Investments in machine tools and telecom equipment, and strong growth o...

Ruukki to increase its laser cutting capacity

01/19/2012

Seinajoki, Finland – Ruukki, the largest service center in the Nordic countries focusing on steel fabricating, has acquired a second bevel laser cutting line for its facility here.

A complicated puzzle

01/01/2012 Figuring out the pieces

Products

Intense announces 300 mW Series 6030 and Series 6130 ultra-high-power laser diodes

01/18/2012 Intense Inc., North Brunswick, N.J., has announced the production release of a 300 mW version of the Series 6030 and Series 6130 ultra-high-power, high brigh...

Femtolasers introduces Integral element ultrafast laser

01/18/2012

Femtolasers, Wien, Austria, has introduced the extension of its Integral line, the Integral element laser.

Laser Research Optics releases LRO advanced optical cleaning kit to remove spatter

01/11/2012 Laser Research Optics, Providence, R.I., has released the LRO advanced optical cleaning kit that includes everything necessary to remove spatter and blowback...

Technifor offers LaserTop bench top enclosure with attached handheld controller

01/09/2012 Technifor, Charlotte, N.C., is offering its streamlined metallic CDRH Class 1 workstation LaserTop bench top enclosure with an attached handheld controller, ...

Z-Laser announces ZM12 family of small lasers now supports HLD

01/09/2012

Z-LASER, Freiburg, Germany, has announced that its ZM12 family of small lasers now supports homogeneous light distribution (HLD).

Laservision releases F01-T5H04-5000 adjustable economical frame

01/06/2012

Laservision, St. Paul, Minn., has released the F01.T5H04.5000 frame with Duo-flex temples that adjust in length and angle to fit most people.

Jenoptik introduces JenLas fiber cw 1000 laser source product line at Photonics West

01/06/2012 Jenoptik's Lasers and Material Processing Division, Jena, Germany, will introduce its new high beam quality JenLas fiber cw 1000 laser source at the Photonic...

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Industrial Laser Solutions

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

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