Industrial lasers are seen in the best light when compared to other cutting tools, such as metal blades, which can leave behind microscopic chips of metal or material from prior cutting tasks that are not left behind by industrial lasers. Metals used in sensitive applications often must comply with strict standards of sterility and purity; because laser equipment doesn’t make physical contact with work pieces, they present no possibility of work piece contamination. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Isotech, Inc.
Hatfield, PA | 800-252-2645Isotech offers a full range of Fiber, C02, UV, Green, MOPA, Nanosecond, Picosecond and Femtosecond laser systems for marking, cutting and welding of many substrates. Isotech offers both standard systems as well as fully automated or custom systems depending on your specific requirements. Integrated, automated solutions with conveyors, palletized pick and place, rotary dial tables, hoppers, and robots are all part of the engineering we offer.
Cincinnati Incorporated
Harrison, OH | 513-367-7100Cincinnati Incorporated maintains a modern industrial facility where product development, manufacturing, sales and support are combined to assure complete customer service and satisfaction. Manufacturing lasers, press brakes, shears and parts marker presses, our technicians are backed by a factory-based technical support group and the same engineering staff that designed your equipment.
Coherent, Inc.
Santa Clara, CA | 408-764-4000Coherent manufactures the industry's most diversified selection of laser-based photonics products. These include laser systems, industrial lasers, marking lasers, high-power diode lasers, crystals and laser measurement and control solutions for commercial, scientific and biomedical markets.
Automark
Lakeway, TX | 512-593-7100If your business has a challenging component to mark on, our team at Automark will help you solve the problem. We supply laser and marking systems for a multitude of industries. Our team of engineers is ready and willing to tackle any of your challenging assignments. If you have any questions feel free to give us a call and a representative will speak with you today!
Cutting Edge Optronics
St. Charles, MO | 636-916-4900Cutting Edge Optronics, a Northrop Grumman Company, is a leading provider of high-power diode laser arrays, high-power pump modules and DPSS lasers. As a vertically integrated manufacturer, we manufacture and are capable of supplying unmounted diode bars, packaged laser diodes, DPSS modules, laser diode drivers and complete DPSS laser systems. Our diode laser based products have become industry standards.
Micor Industries, Inc
Decatur, AL | 256-560-0770Micor Industries, Inc. provides global contract manufacturing services, using the latest technology in CNC machining, metal parts fabrication, welding, finishing, laser marking and precision tools and techniques. ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100 certified, Micor Industries specializes in value-added manufacturing services with a focus on quality, lean manufacturing and customer-driven solutions.
Industrial Lasers - Mazak Optonics CorporationLasers are also very effective engraving and etching tools because of the precision with which they can operate. Lasers are capable of writing letters and numbers with depths of just a few micrometers into metal and plastic parts. This function is especially valuable in the fabrication of small electronics. The only major disadvantage of industrial lasers compared to other fabrication tools is that lasers are very limited in their ability to cut through thick materials.
Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. All lasers are light amplification and focusing tools. If light is amplified and focused enough, the heat generated at the light's focal point can be intense enough to melt metal. Lasers vary in terms of their capacity for light amplification and focusing. In order to become useful for industrial purposes, laser systems require access to a power source that is sufficient to generate and amplify light at high levels.
Also, specialized focusing and amplification materials like mirrors and lenses are required to maximize amplification efficiency. Light amplification requires electricity and solid state, gaseous or liquid gain media; gain media are substances that generate light and are powered by electricity. Many laser systems generate beams through the electrification of gasses like carbon dioxide.
CO2 lasers are very popular because of their reliability and effectiveness. Gas lasers create beams by electrifying gas in a special enclosure. The electricity stimulates the gas, which then emits photons; this emission is called radiation, and the form of radiation caused in this reaction is called light. The light is then focused by a series of lenses and generates heat at its focal point.
