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Technical Articles

pdf file An Introduction to Industrial Laser Sources
Technical article written by Andrew B. May in 2006, describing the main types of industrial laser source, giving the reader an overview of laser technology

pdf file Efficient Material Removal - Ablation innovations
Article published by Industrial Laser User (Apr. 2008) describing the influence of pulse length in ablation of metals & silicon, also introducing square fibres.

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

pdf file Fine Cutting with Lasers
Article published in Medical Device Technology (2003) comparing current & emerging technologies for the laser cutting of medical devices.

pdf file Fine Welding with Lasers
Article published in Medical Device Technology (2008) describing applications in laser welding of medical devices & guidelines on laser source selection

pdf file Ground-Breaking Packaging Technology
Technical article first published in British Plastics and Rubber. The article discusses the developments made by Mondi and Rofin.

pdf file 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...

pdf file Laser welding in the jewellery industry
Article describing the typical applications where laser welding is used in jewellery workshops for repair and manufacturing of items in precious metals.

pdf file 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 - published by African Fusion in February 2008

pdf file Online process control using Pyrometer and Galvo
Article by Wolfgang Horn (DILAS) describing use of Pyrometer in plastic welding & laser soldering. Originally published Laser Technik Journal (2009)

pdf file Precision Laser Processing in the Medical Device Sector
Technical article published in The Laser User (2009) describing applications in the medical device sector and the specific demands of this market sector.