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    Beam diagnostics aids in laser scribing solar cells

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Solar cell manufacturing is largely influenced by a zero-defect approach to high-speed automation.
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    Marking stainless steel using Nd:YAG lasers

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Proprietary pastes are sometimes used to blacken a stainless steel surface when marking with CO2 lasers.
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    Laser cuts and welds the Olympic torch

    Sept. 1, 2012
    The London 2012 Olympic Torch was manufactured using laser technology by The Premier Group (TPG), a Coventry-based supplier of turnkey engineering and manufacturing solutions ...
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    US Army enlists laser cutting to repair helicopters

    Sept. 1, 2012
    A laser cutting system and job planning software are streamlining the repair and overhaul of US Army helicopters at the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD).
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    Medium-power laser machine tool increases job shop throughput

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Improving production and precision materials processing thanks to a new 400 W CO2 laser

    More content from Volume 27, Issue 05

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    Micro-processing with ultrafast fiber lasers

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Ultrafast fiber lasers are evolving into high-throughput tools for material production
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    Shaky economies and an old New England proverb

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Weathering the storms, one economy at a time
    FIGURE 1. Plot of scribe speed as a function of laser fluence at 100 kHz PRF for scribing 30 μm deep scribe in alumina ceramic.
    Industrial Laser Solutions

    High-quality, high-speed micromachining with short pulse lasers

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Techniques to manage the high energy and high PRF available from today's Q-switched DPSS lasers.
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    Laser drilling high-density printed circuit boards

    Sept. 1, 2012
    CO2 laser drilling has a central role in manufacturing the newest PCB materials
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    Laser marking with fiber lasers

    Sept. 1, 2012
    Speed, simplicity, ruggedness, and cost-effectiveness give fiber lasers an advantage in this "black art"
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    Flex circuit depaneling: How UV lasers meet today's trends

    Sept. 1, 2012
    UV laser cutting is emerging as the choice option in flexible circuit cutting above traditional mechanical methods