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Fianium out to win hearts and minds
Fianium, the UK-headquartered manufacturer of fibre-laser systems, has opened a micro-materials processing applications laboratory in the US. The company will use the new centre to position its ultrafast fibre lasers as alternatives to conventional diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) sources.
Based in Portland, Oregon, the lab will enable Fianium to work closely with OEMs to test material samples and highlight the processing results attainable with its range of picosecond fibre-laser systems.
Project work will cover a diverse range of materials, including polymers, glasses, organic tissue and reflective metals - all of which have traditionally proven difficult to process using DPSS sources.
Fianium has partnered with photonics engineering services provider Summit Photonics, led by Brian Baird, to create the new facility.
“The new applications lab combines Fianium’s expertise with that of Summit Photonics to offer laser users in industrial markets the unequivocal proof that they can complete specific tasks quicker, better and more cost-effectively via our ultrafast picosecond and femtosecond fibre-laser products,” commented Fianium CEO Anatoly Grudinin. “I’m a firm believer that we’re currently only scratching the surface in terms of ultrafast lasers’ potential.”
Fianium will be exhibiting at LASER in Hall C1, booth 522.
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