SPI Lasers announces a range of new pulsed fiber lasers

SOUTHAMPTON, U.K. - June 14, 2013 - PRLog -- 18th April 2013, Southampton, UK, SPI Lasers, a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber lasers announces the launch of a new range of pulsed fiber lasers designed for industrial marking and micro-machining applications. The lasers will be launched at LASER World of Photonics Munich, Germany, on the 13th May 2013.

In response to the rapid growth in application driven demand for nano second pulsed fiber lasers  SPI has significantly increased its pulsed product range to meet customer requirements based on its successful redENERGY G4 product platform.

To meet the increasing demands for  marking, customisation and differentiation of consumer goods, notably in the electronic and information appliance arena,  SPI is launching a new EP series of 20W pulsed lasers offering significantly extended performance over its existing products. They represent the most versatile fiber laser sources in the market with 40 optimized pulse waveforms in the 3-500ns range, with enhanced pulse energy and peak power performance. This offers users unrivalled flexibility for process optimisation for today’s most challenging marking and micro-machining applications. These lasers are available in 3 different beam qualities from single mode to low moded ~2 M2, enabling performance to be matched to specific applications.

For users who are looking for faster processing SPI is launching a new range of high power pulsed fiber lasers offering enhanced capability and productivity for marking and micro-machining. The range features a single moded 50W source with an M2 ~1.3, 0.7mJ max pulse energy and >9kW peak power, targeted at micro cutting, scribing, deep engraving and micro-machining.  There is also a 70W high moded M2 ~3.0, 1.25mJ max pulse energy and >20kW peak power, for general marking, deep engraving, dark marking on stainless steel and paint removal.

For basic marking applications SPI is introducing a new 20W RM-Z and a 70W RM-Z fiber laser featuring higher pulse energy and improved beam quality. These lasers offer a 1mJ pulse energy with >12kW peak power, a beam quality of ~1.6 M2 and an operating frequency range of 1-200kHz. The 20W RM-Z is ideally suited to a broad range of metallic and plastic marking applications, while the 70W RM-Z enables higher productivity for general marking, high speed marking, micro cutting and deep engraving.

SPI also offers a water cooled option on some of its redENERGY pulsed fiber lasers, such as its 20W HS-S model, for specialist applications where air cooling can be problematic. Water cooling provides more compact and lighter sources that also benefit from improved stability and no fan noise. Laser processing systems that are deployed in clean-room applications where fans are considered undesirable as they add heat to the environment and potentially blow dust. Laser processing stems requiring multiple laser sources can also benefit from the size and the improved thermal management offered by water cooling.

These lasers all benefit from SPI’s standard 3 year warranty, ethernet connectivity, a rugged IP54 rated beam delivery cable with ILLK connector, and a range of collimated beam diameter outputs.

Dr Jack Gabzdyl, Product Line Manager for SPI’s Pulsed Fiber Lasers says, “We are excited by the new pulsed products that will help us address more of the fast growing marking and rapidly expanding micro-machining application space. Our high power range will offer our customers cost effective productivity increase, while our new EP range will give a new dimension to process optimisation for higher quality results. We believe these lasers will set a new benchmark in terms of parametric performance and ease of use based on the common G4 platform.”

For more information on SPI Lasers visit our website www.spilasers.com. Alternatively come and visit us at the Laser World of Photonics, Munich, Hall C2 Booth 406.

About SPI Lasers

SPI Lasers, a wholly owned subsidiary of the TRUMPF Group, is a leading designer and manufacturer of optical fiber-based lasers for use in materials processing applications in a wide range of industries. Our technology solves manufacturing problems; it moves the boundaries of what is possible, making good products better and enabling new designs. Headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, SPI Lasers has been operating since 2000 and was admitted to AIM on 26 October 2005.  SPI Lasers sells its products globally, and has its major business operations, including research and development, and manufacturing, in the United Kingdom, with additional sales and customer support locations in Asia and North America. For more information please visit www.spilasers.com

Zoe Knill

SPI Lasers

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