If you’ve worked with a laser cutter before, you might not find much new in [Maker Design Lab’s] recent post about getting started. But if you haven’t, you’ll find a lot of … ...

The laser cutting fixture is used to cut sheet metal patterns that are later formed with the fluid cell flex press or power brakes before they are put on a helicopter.

Laser safety officers are given the authority and responsibility to implement, monitor and enforce a facility’s laser safety program. As fiber laser technology takes off in the sheet metal industry, ...

Only PLA was used for this experiment because using ABS will release chlorine gas. These plastic fragments were placed in the oven, on a cookie sheet with a sheet of parchment paper.

Laser cutting is typically the most effective choice for many sheet metal projects. Cutting with lasers ensures precise, clean cuts without the expense or time of further processing. This is ideal for ...

Laser cutting works by directing a laser together with a motion control system to follow a pattern to be cut out of a sheet of material. The laser either melts, burns, vaporizes away the material, or ...

Learn about the laser cutting machines available for use at Sears think [box], Case Western Reserve’s innovation center and makerspace.

Performing industrial or engineering tasks under water is especially personnel- and time-intensive. Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) is therefore working on developing a laser-based, automated process for ...

II-VI, a developer of laser materials processing solutions, has introduced the latest release of its BIMO-FSC laser cutting head rated to deliver 15 kW of laser power. The BIMO-FSC laser cutting head ...