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How Does the Automotive Industry Benefit from Laser Cutting?
In the very competitive world of automotive production, there is very little room for error. The quality of the product and the speed with which it needs to be completed is at an all-time historical high. One of the ways the automakers can do this is by using laser...
Advantages of Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication | Laser Cutting Michigan
Custom sheet metal fabrication companies serve a wide variety of industrial needs and can create unique parts for virtually any need that requires sheet metal as a base material. Let’s take a look at the benefits of getting custom sheet metal fabrication done for your...
Top Reasons for Choosing Laser Cutting for Sheet Metal Fabrication | MI
Laser cutting is an exceptionally effective method for cutting sheet metal. It offers unique capabilities unavailable with other sheet metal cutting methods. When selecting a cutting process for any sheet metal, it is important to think about the capabilities of the...
Laser Types and How They Operate | Laser Cutting Michigan
Laser Cutting Part 2 Laser technology has the capacity to excite atoms through several methods, which provides the opportunity to create different types of lasers. Though theoretically an amazing array of laser types can be constructed, at this time only a few kinds...
The Benefits of Laser Cutting Technology
Laser Cutting Part 1 Have you ever wondered how a beam of light can cut through steel? It may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but lasers are in fact concentrated beams of light capable of slicing through metal, steel, and plastic with ease. While this may...
Laser Cutting Advances to Increase Productivity
Laser cutting offers many advantages compared to conventional manufacturing cutting techniques such as plasma, flame and water jet. These advantages include flexibility, ease of automation, and higher quality. In recent years there have been many advances in laser...
Prototech Laser Enters into a Research and Development Project with NanoSteel and The Naval Surface Warfare Center
Prototech Laser, one of the longest running metal fabrication companies in the State of Michigan was chosen by NanoSteel, a research-based steel products company, as its selected fabricator to help with the prototype and eventual production of the Joint Modular...
Advantages of Laser Cutting Vs. Conventional Cutting Techniques
Laser cutting and mechanical metal cutting are the two most popular metal cutting techniques in metal fabrication and machining. Both are effective but both also excel at different types of cutting for different types of parts and products. Let's take an in-depth look...
Prototech Laser Celebrates 30 Years in Business
In the summer of 1990 Prototech Laser was a modest upstart without a lot of fanfare. The company began in a 6,000 square foot building with one laser and two employees. It has grown to 60,000 square feet, 15 lasers and 75 employees during its peak. “We’ve seen a lot...
A Tale of Automotive Laser Welding | Laser Cutting Michigan
Laser Welding International, Inc (LWI), the sister company to Prototech Laser was a pioneer in automotive laser welding. Having started the company in 1995, it grew to a $40 million-dollar entity in less than 10 years. Laser welded blank technology was exploding at...