Advances in process monitoring benefit laser microwelding
Coherent’s Florian Furger, Markus Danner and Roland Mayerhofer discuss how combining real-time readings from multiple sensors enables better control of high-precision welding
Beam Monitoring
Bristol Instruments launches new laser wavelength meter
23 August 2021
The 671 NIR2 Laser Wavelength Meter is ideal for scientists and engineers who need to know the exact wavelength of their CW lasers that operate from 1.0 to 2.6μm
MKS Instruments releases ultra-compact power meter for high power industrial lasers
29 January 2021
The Ophir Ariel is a self-contained, ultra-compact laser power meter for measuring high power industrial lasers up to 8KW
MKS Instruments announces new industrial power meter for blue, green and infrared lasers up to 12kW
20 January 2021
The Helios Plus has all the features of the Helios for measuring a wide range of high power lasers in production operations, as well as the ability to measure additional wavelengths, such as blue and green lasers used in copper welding in the automotive industry
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Best Practices in laser measurement - Learn how to apply, troubleshoot, and evaluate a laser system
8 September 2020
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When purchasing a highly advanced device for use in the workplace, such as a laser, learning how to properly apply, troubleshoot, and evaluate that device becomes very important.
This article will detail why a laser’s performance is important for industrial laser materials processing, and will serve as a guide for the right and wrong ways to apply, ascertain, evaluate, and take action on the laser performance data gathered.
MKS Instruments announces beam splitter for high power NIR lasers
5 November 2019
MKS Instruments has introduced the Ophir LBS-300HP-NIR Beam Splitter for high power NIR lasers
Laser Components announces new beam analyser
19 July 2019
New to Laser Components‘ range of beam analysis equipment is the BWA-CAM 20/20
Workshop on beam shaping, analysing & monitoring at Laser World of Photonics 2019
Lasers are the tool of choice for many demanding tasks in material processing. But how to create the optimum beam profile? How can the quality of the laser beam and the processing result be analyzed or even continuously monitored during the process? What technologies are available on the market and are they suitable for my requirements? And what experiences have other users already had?
EPIC and AMS Technologies to host workshop on beam shaping, analysing & monitoring at Laser World of Photonics 2019
7 May 2019
This workshop will show the current techniques available for beam shaping, analysis and monitoring, and the experiences that users have had with these techniques
Researchers develop chip-sized sensor for real-time beam power measurement
21 September 2018
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in the US have developed a chip-sized sensor that could be built into manufacturing systems in order to measure laser power in real time
