Technical Articles

An Introduction to Industrial Laser Sources
Technical article written by Andrew B. May in January 2006, describing the main types of industrial laser source to give an overview to the reader seeking to learn about laser technology

Efficient Material Removal - Ablation innovations
Article published in the Industrial Laser User (April 2008) describing the influence of pulse length in ablation of metals and silicon, also the implementation of square fibres.

Fine & Fast - Trends in Laser Micromachining
Technical article published in The Industrial Laser User (December 2005) concerning cutting, drilling and ablation with high beam quality laser sources and high throughput

Fine cutting with lasers
Technical article published in Medical Device Technology (Jan/Feb 2003) covering the laser cutting of medical devices and comparing current and emerging laser technologies

Fine Welding with Lasers
Technical article published in Medical Device Technology (May/June 2008) describing applications in laser welding of medical devices and giving guidelines on laser source selection

Laser enhances jewellery workshop capabilities
Townsend Fine Jewellers recently purchased a StarWeld Performance laser welder from Rofin. Read the article to see how it enhanced their capabilities...

Laser welding in the jewellery industry
An article describing some of the typical applications where laser welding is used in the jewellery workshop for repair and manufacturing of items in precious metals.

Laser welding puts mould tools back in production
A technical article describing the laser weld repair of mould tools using filler wires of the same material - originally published by African Fusion in February 2008