Laser-assisted machining (LAM) hard, brittle materials, such as semiconductors and ceramics, utilizes a laser to heat an area to soften it before it is machined. The rest of the work piece is not ...

[Brain] wanted to mark some scissors with his Ortur laser engraver. The problem? The laser won’t cut into the hard metal of the scissors. His solution? Smear the scissors with mustard.

When it comes to machining, the material that springs to ... Few, though, are as interesting as micromachining glass with laser-induced plasma bubbles. (Video, embedded below.) ...

Depending on their wavelength of operation and substrate material, state-of-the-art excimer laser micromachining systems are capable of achieving lateral machining resolutions down to 1 μm ...

Laser welding, a highly sophisticated method that utilizes focused laser beams to melt and join materials, has gained ...

Today we're (micro)-machining glass with a fiber laser. Using a copper sulfate solution, we can etch glass with a pulsed laser like the relatively common Nd:YAG fiber lasers. The CuSO4 solution ...

The project is a $2.675 million corporate investment and is expected to create 15 jobs. Fabricators Supply, according to its website, offers a range of metal fabrication capabilities, including ...

Unlike traditional marking processes, laser marking eliminates the need for masks, inks, or custom machining bits, thereby reducing operating costs and changeover time between parts and designs.