Industry & Applications
Industry trends and laser robot applications outside welding, including cutting, marking, medical and service robotics.
Laser Cleaning Robots: Removing Rust, Paint and Coatings
A laser cleaning robot removes a surface layer with light instead of grit, chemicals or a scraper, and that…
Cutting Thick Steel: Fiber Laser vs CO2
When a shop moves from thin sheet to plate, laser cutting thick steel stops being a question of raw speed and becomes…
Laser Marking vs Laser Engraving: Choosing the Process
Laser marking vs engraving looks like a matter of shop preference until a part fails an inspection or a code becomes…
Regulatory Basics for Medical Laser Robots
Medical laser robot regulation rarely arrives as a single rulebook, and teams that treat it that way usually find the…
CO2 Laser Cutting: A Practical Guide for Robot Cells
CO2 laser cutting is no longer the default choice for cutting metal, and anyone sizing a robot cell should treat it…
Robot and Laser Market Data: What the Latest Figures Mean for Welding Automation
Welding automation does not exist in a vacuum, and the numbers that describe the wider robot and laser market are a…
Fiber Laser Marking Systems: What to Specify for Industrial Traceability
Traceability lives or dies at the point where the mark is made, and a part number that a verifier cannot read at the…
Advanced Laser Cutting Techniques for Aerospace Grade Materials
Aerospace laser cutting is judged less by whether the beam separates the material and more by what the cut edge does…