A lot has changed since this post was first written and published. China is responsible for most of those changes, in my opinion ..read more

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Photonics Online. You can read the original article here. In a previous article, we spoke about the basic components of steered beam fiber laser markers and how they work together to comprise a complete system. We also spoke about categories of part shapes and what must be done to apply a laser mark to different shapes. In this article we would like to discuss the types of marking that can be accomplished with fiber lasers ..read more

Laser engraving on chrome can produce some truly wonderful results. The crisp, clear marks that laser engraving can make on chrome make it the perfect marking solution for any time of decorative marking on chrome ..read more

Fiber Lasers provide a method of putting information on metal surfaces. That information can be in the form of serial and/or part numbers and text, product branding with logos, product identification with machine readable codes such as 1 and 2 d bar codes and QR Codes or placing locating or fiducial lines onto a part. While some laser marking techniques simply ablate microns of material from the metal surface to provide contrast, laser engraving removes substantially more material when the marking has a depth or longevity requirement such as firearms engraving. Laser settings determine whethe ..read more

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Photonics Online. You can read the original article here. In our first article, we delved into the basics of using a steered beam fiber laser marking system and how to make a mark on just about any type of material ..read more

Industry: Consumer Goods Material: Painted steel Mark Data Type: Graphics, logo Laser Mark Type: Dark engraving ..read more

Morgan Advanced Materials is a world leader in advanced materials who design, manufacture, and supply innovative products that enable their customers’ products and processes to perform more efficiently, more reliably, and for longer ..read more

It seems as though most graphic artists these days are using Adobe Illustrator as their graphics program of choice. Illustrator is an extremely powerful vector graphics program but it is very common to create ai files that are not just a simple list of single line, connected vector elements ..read more

Industry: Medical Material: Stainless steel Mark Data Type: Logo + text Laser Mark Type: The black background is a stain mark, and the new engraving on white engraving was done using the 30 Watt Hybrid laser Time: 20 seconds total marking time What was most interesting about this application is that these parts came to us with another laser mark already on them. We had to cover the original mark with the black stain area and then make the white mark by adjusting the laser settings ..read more

Laser marking systems require balancing many different parts and requirements with size and space restrictions. For instance, applications where large parts need to be marked must consider the size of the part before a single piece can be marked. The material that needs to be marked and the kind of mark also play into the setup of the laser marking system ..read more