- Laser systems multiply
According to the Laser Systems Product Group (LSPG) of the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMI) (McLean, VA), third quarter 2000 shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North America and US exports were up more than 30 percent from year earlier levels. LSPG reported that Nd:YAG industrial laser technologies ......
- Lightning-Fast Fixtures
Automated assembly processes usually make a lot of sense from a cost standpoint—but not always. Some short-run products simply can't justify the upfront costs of creating machined robotics fixtures. CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions (Chateaguay, Quebec) recently found a way around this automation barrier as it relates to the robotic welding ......
- RAPID PROTOTYPING: PUSHING THE CUTTING
EDGE.
RAPID PROTOTYPING: PUSHING THE CUTTING EDGE In 1994 three high-school friends--two brothers, Corey and Donavan Weber, and Alex Fima--started a rapid prototyping company in Carlsbad, Calif. Early on it was just the three of them; today, the company has more than 100 employees and three profitable spin-off businesses: Directed ......
- Benchtop Micromachining
LaserMill is a benchtop Nd:YAG laser micro-milling machine suited to R&D, prototyping, pilot line development, and short-run production. It features switchable wavelength operation for machining a variety of organic and inorganic materials in MEMS and semiconductor devices. The machine is equipped with 100 × 100 mm stages (standard), a high-magnification ......
- Pioneering lasers for rapid tooling
HEADNOTE Using laser power to machine molds and dies IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 3 As an established leader in single-patientuse surgical instruments for less-invasive procedures, as well as traditional surgical instruments, our company is constantly on the lookout for ways to rapidly design and produce metal tooling for plastic injection-molded components used ......
- Wrapping Up Semicon Japan
Last week was marked by a slew of news in the realm of capital equipment, a plethora of product introductions and company news, most of it timed to coincide with the Semicon Japan trade show. Following is a no-particular-order roundup of some of the news that didn't already appear in ......
- Alfalight 808 nm Laser Diodes Improve Laser System Pumping with Over 55% Power Conversion Efficiency.
Complete Line of Single Emitters Delivers 2.5 Watts and Wide Operating Temperature Range SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Alfalight, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of highly efficient and reliable high-power diode lasers, announced today at the Photonics West event (Booth # 242) the availability of their AMx-808B high-efficiency 808 nm line of ......