Lasers With Material Handling Systems Play a Key Role in Surviving the Economy
June/July 2012
Laser Cutting
Automating Fiber Lasers
A company with diverse automation systems and experience, in many types of machinery, outlines their approach to automatic loading and unloading of their fiber laser.
What Every Job Shop Should Know When Working With Lasers
June/July 2012
The State of Plasma with Evan Smith
Smith sees plasma systems being increasingly networked through the cloud in the future. In building those customer relationships, I think producers and partners will need to go beyond the equipment or system performance itself and increasingly look at the total value stream and product lifecycle for the customer, in order to gain an understanding of… Continued
Flying Optics Laser Helps Iowa Shop Soar
May 2013
Choosing a CNC Plasma Cutting Machine
An IPG fiber laser is mounted to a robot for welding automotive parts.
Reducing Costs for Nitrogen Assist Gas
April 2012
Laser Tube Cutting – Two For One
Here are two approaches to laser-cutting tubes – as a secondary operation on machines that are built to do something else Amada’s workhorse CO2 laser makes a fine tube- and structural-shape cutter, with the addition of a tube-handling unit.
Retrofitting a Laser
April 2012
Lasers for complex, advanced car body parts
Lasers are a natural fit for the latest generation of tailored blanks, hot-stamped parts, and safety-oriented designs of car bodies and structures.
