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ometimes it’s the smallest details that can make the biggest difference on a project, and this is something SBC Laser recognizes. SBC Laser, a division of SBC Industries, was established when the roofing division of the company decided to look into alternatives to making their penetration flashings by hand. They settled on laser engraving and purchased a Kern Laser Systems custom-built, 150-watt, 52-by-120-inch machine that 40
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could handle the 26-gauge stainless steel sheets the business typically works with. It didn’t take long however for SBC to realize that the engraver had capabilities that stretched far beyond those stainless steel sheets. “We saw the potential in what the system could actually do,” says Nick Caito, production and operations manager at SBC Laser. “So we started looking at it as a job shop, opening up a signshop.com
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A business tests the limits of its laser engraver on a project for a whisky company.