ILS Chief Editor David Belforte and LFW Chief Editor Steve Anderson report on day 1 of Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany; economy; industrial lasers; Laser Munich; Laser World of Photonics; Dr. Alexander Laskin provides an overview of MolTech and discusses the company's beam shaping optics products.; beam shaping; Laser Munich; MolTech; optics; Chris Risser and Stefano Noto discuss Universal Laser Systems' line of CO2 marking and engraving lasers for OEMs; CO2 lasers; laser engraving; laser marking; OEM lasers; Universal Laser Systems; ILS Editor-in-Chief David Belforte and Steve Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Laser Focus World recap the week at Photonics West 2009 in San Jose, CA.; David Belforte; industrial laser; lasers; Photonics West 2009; Photonics West exhibition; san jose; Steve Anderson; Dave Belforte, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Industrial Laser Solutions magazine comments on day 1 on the show floor of Photonics West.; Dave Belforte; Industrial Laser Solutions; Photonics West 2009; Steve Anderson and Dave Belforte review what's happening on the show floor at Photonics West in San Jose, CA.; Dave Belforte; Industrial Laser Solutions; Laser Focus World; Photonics West 2009; Steve Anderson; Dave Belforte and Steve Anderson review the 2009 Laser & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from SPIE Photonics West in San Jose, Ca.; 2009 laser market; Industrial Laser Solutions; Laser & Photonics Marketplace Seminar; Laser Focus World; SPIE Photonics West 2009; The Laser Focus World 2009 Laser & Photonics Marketplace Seminar will be held Monday, January 26, 2009, at the San Jose Fairmont, in conjunction with SPIE's Photonics West.; Laser Focus World; Laser Marketplace Seminar 2009; Cambridge Technology and General Scanning have merged to provide customers with the "Best of Both Worlds."; Cambridge Technology; components; General Scanning; optical scanning; Sperian Protection, the new name of Glendale, provides personal protective equipment and light management solutions.; Glendale; laser personal protection; light management solutions; protective eyeware; Sperian Protection; Industrial Laser Solutions' Editor in Chief David Belforte reports from the show floor on the first day of FABTECH 2009 in Chicago; chicago; fabricated metals; FABTECH; ILS future of manufacturing/laser welding interview with John Ratzenberger; Burke Doar, TRUMPF's VP of sales, discusses the company's philosphy, impressions on the current economic situation, and products such as the 7kW 5030 laser cutting system; Burke Doar; Fabtech 2008; laser cutting; laser cutting systems; supplier of laser cutting equipment; TRUMPF; Nufern's Brian Lincoln introduces the company's NuQ 1 micron fiber laser for marking on stainless steel, copper, aluminum, brass and more.; fiber laser; laser mark quality and depth; laser marking aluminum; laser marking brass; laser marking copper; laser marking for product traceability and UID; laser marking on sheet metal; laser marking stainless steel; Nufern; Craig Schweriner of Laser Research Optics offers information on the company's line of replacement optics for CO2 lasers, including turning mirrors, focusing lenses, phase retarders, and more.; focusing lenses; Laser Research Optics; output couplers; phase reflectors; phase retarders; replacement optics for CO2 lasers; turning mirrors; Dan Erickson of Richardson Electronics provides an overview of the company and talks about the company's line of replacement tubes for high-power lasers; high-power replacement tubes for lasers; Richardson Electronics; Coherent's Dan Nash speaks about low-power CO2 laser system integration; Coherent; laser cutting non-metals; laser integration with robot arm; laser systems integration; laser welding; low-power CO2 laser; PRC is a U.S. manufacturer of high-power CO2 lasers. Dan Robinson explains some of the features of the company's new CH model, which is available in 4000, 5000, and 6000 watt versions.; CH models; high-power CO2 lasers; laser integration; laser retrofit; laser system design; lasers for OEMs; prc; II-VI is a well known supplier of optics for CO2 lasers. Dan Smyers talks about the low absorption, high reflectivity lenses that are suitable for high power (5 and 7kW) laser systems and more; II-VI; low-absorption high-reflectivity lenses replacement optics; optics for CO2 lasers; optics for high-power lasers; Glenn Binder of SigmaTek discusses the importance of software for laser cutting ; laser cutting software; nesting software for laser cutting; SigmaNest; SigmaTek; Glenn Golightly and Charles Frederick discuss Laser Mechanisms' laser optics, replacement heads for fiber laser beam delivery, and spare parts; Charles Frederick; CO2 laser beam delivery heads; fiber laser beam delivery heads; Glenn Golightly; Laser Mechanisms; laser optics; laser spare parts; Guy Goulet talks about Centricut's consumable and replacement part product offerings, including lens mounts, optics, and nozzles; Amada lens mount; Centricut; Hypertherm; laser consumables; laser lens mounts; laser nozzles; Ophir Easy Mount; Koike Aronson was a pioneer in replacing plasma with laser cutting processing. Jerry Leary updates us on the company's new US facility for manufacturing laser cutting systems; Koike Aronson; laser cutting systems; John Quigley of LVD Strippit discusses the company's 30-year history in laser tool industry and introduces the company's LT 1225 laser/punch system; laser/punch system; LVD Strippit; pick and sort robot; John Rogers discusses the merger of Finn Power and Prima and how the two companies will integrate to better serve customers.; automated laser solutions; Finn Power; prima; Concoa's Richard Green offers a market overview and gives information regarding the company's precision laser gas controls; Concoa; gas delivery to a laser; precision laser gas controls; David Belforte talks to Silke Pflueger of Laserline about the benefits of laser cladding and laser brazing for the auto industry; automotive; laser brazing; laser cladding; Laserline; Silke Pflueger; Thomas Burdel of Prima North America comments on activity in the laser systems industry and the outlook for next year; Finn Power; laser cutting; laser drilling; laser systems; laser welding; Prima North America; Todd Hockenberry talks about the newest fiber laser sheet metal cutting system form Laser Photonics; fiber laser sheet metal cutting systems; Laser Photonics; Titan FLS 48; Bill Shiner of IPG Photonics talks about the industrial fiber laser market, technology, and products.; fiber lasers; filber laser welding and cutting; IPG Photonics; laser market; Mitsubishi displayed three major laser cutting systems at Fabtech 2008. Mike Pellecchia discusses the new laser resonator system used and why it is more effective.; laser cutting systems; laser resonator; Mitsubishi; Dave Belforte reports on the first day on the show floor at the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show in Las Vegas. ; FEBTECH 2008; Industrial Laser Solutions Magazine; laser welding; Innovative material flow concept of continuous processing of standard sized sheet metal.; sheet metal; Laservall?A corporate profile of a global company that offers laser solutions for materials processing application such as marking, cutting, and welding ; laser applications; laser cutting; laser marking; laser welding; lasers; Laservall; materials processing; ILS VideoWatch Showcase creates cost-effective and
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