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With over 20 years of leading edge industrial lasers development, Mazak Optonics is committed to meeting application challenges and educating the industry on emerging cutting technology. We specialize in processes for metal fabrication, structural steel and construction markets--complete range of 2D and 3D machines, including innovative automation and flexible manufacturing systems.
Enwave Optronics provides full design, prototyping, R&D, manufacturing, sales and technical support. We are committed to resolving your most challenging industrial lasers, provide the best performance and quality solutions at affordable prices. Our state-of-the-art equipment helps engineers and manufacturers do their jobs with a level of excellence unmatched in the industry. Contact us today.
With over 100 years of experience, Warren-Knight Instrument provides quality engineering, design, manufacturing and technical support services for industrial lasers. We develop and manufacture of state-of the-art angle, distance measuring and aviation calibration systems for aerospace, engineering, meteorological, nautical and surveying applications. Our innovative staff works with efficiency.
Built on over sixty years of combined experience, Access Laser Company's innovative industrial lasers meet today`s toughest challenges for marking and cutting, surgery, radar, night vision, industrial and agricultural process control, environment monitoring, medical diagnostics, optical communications and portable devices. For more information on our extensive product line, please call today.
Westbrook Engineering provides innovative solutions with the best in fabricating machinery sales and service. Our fabricating machinery includes: shears, band saws, industrial lasers, water jets, drills, mills, grinders, rolls and more. Our staff works as a team providing creative problem solving ideas for streamlining your operations. Our goal is to help you by providing the best machines.
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Industry Information
Industrial Lasers
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. Lasers 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.
