There are 2 known bugs in Leopardmark and Prolase 7 Laser Marking Software. Leopardmark is the standard software offering in Jimani's Low Cost Fiber Laser Marking Systems and is a variation of American Laserware's Prolase 7 Laser marking Software. 1.…
This month marks the 30 year anniversary of Jimani Inc. Jimani actually started in late 1989 as Jimani Associates but incorporated in January of 1990 as Jimani Inc.
I might be the only person on the planet who didn’t realize this, but I recently discovered that legal, activated installations of Windows 7 can be legally and permanently upgraded to Windows 10 at no charge.
When I was first approached by a Chinese Fiber Laser Systems integrator several years ago I was interested in investigating their products simply because the price point was remarkably lower that all of the traditional marking systems from US and European integrators, including Jimani and our Langolier family of marking systems. After a few years of searching and trial and error system evaluations we settled on a Chinese partner and an initial hardware configuration. The story behind my interest and my initial experiences can be seen here if you might care to read it.
In previous posts I tried to describe different laser marking techniques and styles. Most of that information applied to metal parts. Laser etching is a different type of marking and really deserves its own category. In this post we will focus on laser etching glass.
Rotary marking with a galvo driven laser system can be accomplished in one of two ways. The simple, inexpensive method is by “HANDSHAKING”. This simply means that a complete object is marked by the laser and then the marking software commands the rotary indexer to move to a new rotational position and another complete object is marked. This works well with any marking object that will mark on the circumference of a cylinder without exceeding the depth of focus of the laser’s optical system.
If you want to laser cut copper or brass, the proper tool is a fiber laser cutting system.
We used the Jimani hybrid laser marking system to quickly rotary mark cylindrical objects like pens and mugs.