Industrial Lasers – What You Should Measure
There are so many different aspects of a laser that you can measure. Which leads to the obvious question: “Which […]
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Category: Industrial Applications
Laser Monitoring in Your Factory Line – with Profinet
“You can do Profinet, right?”
John had just ordered 10 laser welding stations for his new car manufacturing facility. As a laser system integrator, you talked to him in detail about all the specs. What exactly does he need from the laser? What sort of control equipment does he have? What else does he need?
John added, almost as an afterthought – “The facility is in Germany, so of course we want all the lasers and devices running on Profinet. You can do that, right?”
Uh-oh.
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Must You Measure Industrial Laser Performance?
With all the advancements in laser technology, lasers have become higher quality and more consistent.
Laser manufacturers test and measure their lasers during development, to make sure you, the laser end user, get the highest quality laser system.
With all this in mind then, do you really have to measure your laser system?
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Laser Measurement Solutions for High Power Industrial Laser Applications
Modern production facilities must constantly increase throughput, at less cost, with less scrap, and with minimum downtime. In this video overview, you will learn how application of new, advanced technology in measurement devices, can help both designers and users of industrial laser systems to optimize and control their processes, so they can accomplish these goals and achieve consistently good results – both in quality and quantity.
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How to Keep Your Industrial Laser Process Running Smoothly
Lasers are made of matter – of stuff.
And anything made of matter will degrade with time.
So if the laser degradation and eventual failure is inevitable, what can be done?
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Improve Your Laser Marking Process
Lasers are amazing. They can cut or weld, drill or solder. A very general application of laser materials processing is
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M-Squared: Lasers’ KPI (Key Performance Indicator)
With all of today’s technology, we are drowning in data. I know this is true in fields like marketing
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There’s Now a Standard Sensor for Terahertz Laser Measurement
When you think of electromagnetic radiation, what pops into your head? X-Rays? Radio waves? Microwaves? Or maybe just plain old
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Measuring Very High Power Laser Beams: Challenges and Solutions
Laser beams with powers of many tens of Kilowatts are becoming more and more common in today’s applications, industrial as
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How to Measure Laser Beam Width Regardless of Power Density
A typical concern when using a laser cutting machine is how to be sure the laser is optimized for the
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Measuring Laser Focus Spot Size in an Industrial Medical Device Application
This step-by-step tutorial shows how to set up a camera-based beam profiling system on an industrial single-pulse laser welding system,
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How Beam Profiling Saved Lives
You’re probably thinking, “Okay, I get it. Beam profiling is important. But saving lives? Come on.” No, really, it can
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