The Future is Here.(laser welding and cutting)

The ever-broadening range of lasers have helped them make the leap from the lab to the production floor.

Although some might consider lasers pretty sophisticated, even futuristic, tools for the shop floor, they have quickly moved from the laboratory environment into prototype facilities, short-run production shops, and most recently, into high-volume manufacturers. In fact, over the past 15 years, as the general machine tool market has remained flat, the laser industry has grown steadily, increasing more than 400%. This growth has been fueled by technological advances -