5 Industrial Laser Marking Applications to Know
What commonalities do DVD players, checkout lines at the grocery store, and industrial marking machines all share? Lasers.
But alas, not all lasers are the same.
Do you know what L.A.S.E.R. stands for? Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. In other words, it’s a highly concentrated beam of light. Lasers consist of a:
- Gain medium: A material that interacts with electrical currents to stimulate photons of light as they pass through.
- Energy supply: Lasers typically receive their energy from electrical currents. These currents are “pumped” through the gain medium, stimulating atoms as light passes through. As the currents are pumped, the light accelerates within the gain medium.
- A material to provide optical feedback: The materials selected for optical feedback serve one main purpose: steering the direction of the light beam.