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News Release from: Southampton Photonics
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 February 2005
High power fiber laser products for
Japan
Southampton Photonics (SPI) has announced the signing of an agreement with Japan Laser Corporation (JLC) to distribute their advanced fiber lasers in Japan.
Southampton Photonics (SPI) today announced the signing of an agreement with Japan Laser Corporation (JLC) to distribute their advanced fiber lasers in Japan JLC imports and exports products from global suppliers of laser systems from advanced devices for scientific research to lasers for industrial purposes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company is a subsidiary of the giant JEOL , the leading company in the field of electron microscopy, surface analysis and other advanced technologies.
JEOL established JLC in 1968 to develop and lead the growth of the Japanese laser market.
SPI's fiber lasers are maintenance-free, are 3-10 times as efficient as Nd:Y lasers, and offer the highest beam quality, improved line speeds and finer, quality machining.
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Their unique design opens new opportunities in industrial applications such as rapid prototyping/sintering, plastic welding, selective soldering, and flat panel display processing.
As a new option for micro-machining, especially in the micro-electronics and medical device manufacturing industry, fiber lasers are an important new development.
"We are delighted to have JLC on board and with their established track record in developing the laser market in Japan, we are confident that they will optimise the opportunities for SPI's products, " said Stuart Woods, SPI's Vice President of Business Development.
"We were impressed by JLC's commitment and responsiveness to their customers as we believe that service is key and SPI is highly focused on establishing ongoing, mutually rewarding relationships with our customers." "JLC is a well recognized leading distributor handling laser related products in Japan".
" Now we have adopted a world-class high power fiber lasers supplier,"said Koji Ume, Executive Vice President at JLC.
"It is our great pleasure to announce that we will extend our business with SPI by distributing their superior fiber lasers into the various markets".
" I believe that by working with SPI, our customers will receive the best possible products and services in Japan." SPI's high power fiber lasers deliver 2-100W of continuous wave (CW) or modulated output.
Designed for easy, rapid installation (typically 30 minutes) and ease of use, these high reliability lasers are virtually maintenance free with high output beam quality (M2<1.1).
Easily integrated into existing or new systems, the products allow user flexibility with a single-mode fiber cable that can deliver the laser output directly to the work piece.
Ends About SPI SPI develops and manufactures state-of-the-art CW, modulated and pulsed fiber lasers, components and subsystems, with powers ranging from Ws to kWs for a varierty of industrial applications, such as cutting, welding, micro-machining, materials processing, marking and printing.
The advantages of fiber lasers are their superior beam quality, a greatly reduced footprint, and no maintenance - radically reducing the costs of ownership.
The company's specialty-fiber based optical design enables these compact laser modules to deliver optimum power density with high beam quality to the point of use and are the ideal replacements for the more expensive, bulky, traditional laser systems.
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