Jim Earman

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Affordable Laser Marking Systems

by Jim Earman on Tue, Sep 17, 2024 @ 08:00 AM

Not all laser marking applications require a fully featured, top-of-the-line laser system. In fact, for many applications,...

High Speed, Large Area Rotary Marking

by Jim Earman on Tue, Sep 10, 2024 @ 08:00 AM

Rotary marking with a galvo-driven laser system can be accomplished in one of two ways. The simple, inexpensive method is by...

Laser Etching Services

by Jim Earman on Thu, Sep 05, 2024 @ 11:42 AM

In previous posts I tried to describe different laser marking techniques and styles. Most of that information applied to...

Deep Laser Engraving with a 50-Watt Laser

by Jim Earman on Wed, Aug 21, 2024 @ 11:31 AM

This post was originally written and published in 2016. At that time, fiber lasers had evolved to the point of being able to...

HIDE FILL Feature in Prolase 10

by Jim Earman on Thu, Jul 25, 2024 @ 08:00 AM

When a marking file is created in Prolase, outlined objects such as text or graphics must have “fill” lines added to them in...

A lot has changed since this post was first written and published. China is responsible for most of those changes, in my...

Laser Marking 301: Laser Marking Techniques

by Jim Earman on Tue, Jul 09, 2024 @ 08:00 AM

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Photonics Online. You can read the original article here.

In a previous...

Laser Engraving on Chrome

by Jim Earman on Tue, Jun 25, 2024 @ 08:00 AM

Laser engraving on chrome can produce some truly wonderful results. The crisp, clear marks that laser engraving can make on...

Laser Engraving Systems

by Jim Earman on Thu, Jun 20, 2024 @ 08:15 AM

Fiber Lasers provide a method of putting information on metal surfaces. That information can be in the form of serial and/or...

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Photonics Online. You can read the original article here.

In our first...