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      <title><![CDATA[Analyzing the potential of the solid-state laser]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1The fiber laser is beginning to make its mark in sheet metal fabrication.

Lasers unleash the power of nature&acirc;€™s light packet, the photon. To make a laser, you basically energize, or...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Upgrading your laser cutting equipment]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[  To improve laser performance and increase capacity in their shops, sheet metal fabrication companies often consider acquiring new laser cutting equipment, which involves a large capital outlay. Many...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blended laser-assist gases: Recipe for successful materials processing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Blended Gas System Photo courtesy of WITT Gas Controls LP The industrial laser has been used to process materials since the early 1970s, predominantly to cut and weld. Originally used to process...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The importance of focal positions in laser cutting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[

All children ultimately discover the combined power of sunlight and a magnifying glass. The ability to focus the sun's energy through the magnifying lens and set something afire absolutely...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Say goodbye to hard tooling]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1Laser blanking uses a flexible stacker, capable of handling multiple parts at a time.  When you think of high-volume blanking, a coil processing line, a mechanical press, and blank-stacking...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Perfecting processing for perforated products]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[  Most tubes and pipes have just two holes, one in each end, and manufacturers do everything they can to prevent any other holes from appearing in their products. Welded tube manufacturers put quite a...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saying 'yes' when others can't]]></title>
      <link>http://www.thefabricator.com/article/lasercutting/saying-yes-when-others-cant</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[These days a shop manager may look at material handling towers, offloading stations, and other automated setups and think the technology might be good for healthier times, but not today. What good is...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The hidden costs of laser cutting gases]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A well-designed and -installed lasing gas delivery system will ensure the gas remains pure when traveling from the cylinders, through the plumbing, and into the laser system.Operations managers are...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nontraditional fabricator chasing nontraditional markets]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Laser cutting on 3- and 5-axis machines is a key part of Matrix Metalcraft's plan to pursue manufacturing projects that once relied on stamping and machining processes to be made.The economic troubles...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Purging the plenum for better laser cutting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When a laser is used to  cut a metal component in a manufacturing process, the effectiveness of the operation&amp;mdash;achieving  maximum throughput and cutting precision&amp;mdash;depends on the intensity...]]></description>
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