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PRODUCTS YOU CAN TRUST. SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON. TLM Laser is a dedicated laser company, founded by a team who have all been involved with industrial lasers from the outset. The company offers a complete range of laser products from some of the leading names in laser technology. Every product TLM supplies is supported by experienced and highly trained engineers to ensure your equipment generates the maximum in productivity. TLM Laser prides itself on being a Solutions company. Through our long term experience and cutting edge expertise, we are able to understand our customers’ needs and tailor our services to meet them. For products you can trust supported by a service you can depend on, contact TLM Laser.
MAXIMISING OUTPUT, MINIMISING DOWNTIME. Whether your laser equipment has been supplied by TLM Laser or not, we are committed to providing a consistent and high level of backup and technical services. To ensure you maintain productivity with the absolute minimum of downtime.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT With a wealth of experience accumulated over many years in the laser service industry, we can guarantee that you will receive the best possible technical support from our highly trained engineers. We pride ourselves on our extensive knowledge and expertise across a wide range of laser manufacturers products.
LASER MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS As well as providing emergency call out cover, we also offer Preventative Maintenance contracts tailored round your needs. This can involve a single visit or multiple visits throughout the year with emergency call-out cover included within your contract.
TRAINING Our training programmes are another way in which we can help you minimise downtime. From basic maintenance to in-depth problem solving, we can provide in-house training that can teach your team to diagnose faults or even remove the need for an engineer to visit.
SPARE PARTS We carry an extensive range of spare parts from laser optics to water fittings, power meters to rackmount PCs. For details please email sales@tlm-laser.com or call 0845 260 2220.
CO2 LASER TUBE REPAIR & REFILL TLM Laser has a specialist facility for repairing and refilling both DC and RF Excited CO2 Tubes.
OUR PRODUCT PARTNERS Our long standing maintenance and service experience has allowed us to determine exactly which manufacturers provide the highest quality and technologically advanced products. This has formed the basis of our relationship with the following laser product providers: Offering major cost saving advantages, Alpha Laser Gmbh develops and manufactures complete laser welding devices including mobile welding machines that are quicker and more precise. The company has also developed the world’s first mobile robot for targeted laser hardening, the AL-ROCK.
In virtually every laser application, some sort of fume is emitted to a greater or lesser degree. As the UK distributor for BOFA International Limited, TLM Laser can provide you with the perfect Laser Fume Extraction System that best suits your equipment needs.
Couth are world leaders and specialists in Dot Marking, Deep Marking and Scratch Marking. Laser dot marking machines make marks by tracing and incising a series of micro-dots. The process allows the marking of extremely hard, uneven or irregular, flat or curved products, without creating stress or deformation.
InnoLas Semiconductor GmbH is a European market leader in the development and manufacturing of laser systems for wafer marking, sorting and inspection. With many years of technological cooperation with its customers and the setup and implementation of almost a 1000 systems, InnoLas offers a wide range of proven products that can be optimised for a variety of customer specific applications.
Coherent designs and manufactures laser sources, laser tools, systems and components for a wide range of markets and applications. Coherent Laser Machine Tools are fully enclosed and designed for swift, accurate and economic cutting. It’s range of High Power Diode Lasers provides superior quality in both the laser cladding and laser hardening processes.
FOBA is the brand name of ALLTEC Gmbh following its acquisition of FOBA in 2009. FOBA are the laser marking experts and specialists providing laser markers, laser marking workstations and high-precision laser engraving machines. FOBA machines can be either stand alone or integrated into your production line.
German company, LPKF, is the world market leader in Laser Plastic Welding, a major growth area in the laser market and ideal for welding plastic components, film and tubing. Established in 2001, the company has a reputation for manufacturing high performance, low maintenance and economic laser systems.
Swisstec are designers and builders of high end laser machine systems for super-precise cutting, drilling and welding of microparts. The company are experts in integrating laser micromachining systems and equipment for industrial applications.
As the UK and Ireland distributor for Univet Optical Technologies laser safety products, TLM supplies a wide range of safety eyewear that complies with the very latest EN207 and EN208 regulations. We also provide Univet’s glass and plastic laser safety windows.
APPLICATIONS & PRODUCTS AEROSPACE CLADDING AND HARDENING Cladding and hardening are well established processes used in the aerospace industry. Used on ferrous components, hardening reduces wear or provides extra strength. Cladding is used to build up parts that have worn so they can be machined back to correct size and can also make the surface harder as a bi-product. Coherent’s range of High Power Direct Diode lasers, provide an alternative to the traditional methods used in these processes that is more energy efficient and reduces both operating and maintenance costs. To save time dismantling large components, Alpha Laser have developed the world’s first laser hardening mobile robot, the AL-ROCK.
COMPONENT MARKING As suppliers of FOBA products, TLM Laser offer a wide range of system solutions for virtually every aerospace component marking application, metal or plastic. FOBA fibre, Nd:YV04, Nd: YAG and CO2 lasers are among the fastest in their respective classes. The products are flexible, simple to integrate and renowned for their reliability and low maintenance.
CUTTING TLM Laser is the UK and Ireland partner for Coherent Laser Machine Tools. These systems are fully enclosed and available from 150w to 1Kw Sealed CO2 and fibre systems. The machines can: Cut Any Shape Imaginable with the Highest Flexibility Produce Small Kerfs of Only 0.15mm Cut Fine Details and the Smallest Pieces with the Highest Precision Produce Inlays Without Gaps Avoid Burning or Breaking Save Costs Due to Much Less Waste of Material
DOT MARKING Dot marking is an ideal aerospace solution because it allows the marking of extremely hard, uneven, irregular, flat and curved objects and surfaces without creating high stress or deformation. Marks are made by tracing and incising a series of micro-dots at an adjustable impact force. Due to the repeated action of a sharpened hard-metal stylus, permanent marking is possible on almost all kinds of material.
EXTRUDED PLASTICS Cable tunnels, wires and fuel supply lines – in the Aerospace Industry they all need marking. With demands of up to 80 meters per minute production speeds combined with the requirement for the highest quality of mark, only FOBA can meet these exacting criteria. TLM Laser supplies, delivers, installs and maintains all of FOBA’s extruded plastics marking systems.
INTELLIGENT MARKING POSITIONING (IMP) Our product partner FOBA’s IMP technology uses a combination of integrated (through the lens) vision and single platform software to ensure unbeatable marking accuracy.
INTELLIGENT MARKING POSITIONING (IMP) Our product partner FOBA’s IMP technology uses a combination of integrated (through the lens) vision and single platform software to ensure unbeatable marking accuracy. Laser systems with IMP can: Increase product throughput by more than 200% Reduce costs by 70% Improve quality by a factor of 4 Reduce waste by 90% Improve operator efficiency by a factor of 3 To find out if your laser systems could benefit from IMP, contact TLM Laser by email at sales@tlm-laser.com or call 0845 260 2220.
MICRO MACHINING Swisstec manufactures both tube and flatbed micromachining solutions. These solutions provide super-precision cutting, drilling and welding of materials ranging from Aluminium to Molybdenum, Silicon to Titanium. Swisstec’s micromachining products are used in the manufacture of turbine parts and blades, engine components and cooling holes.
WELDING Alpha Laser has developed a range of laser welding devices specifically for use in Aerospace focussed mechanical engineering. The devices are particularly suitable for repairs of: camshafts, crankshafts compressor rotors turbine rotors gears rollers and casing parts tool and die repairs
LASER SAFETY TLM Laser supplies BOFA Laser Fume Extraction systems and Univet safety eyewear and windows. So we can not only deliver the optimum laser solution, we can help ensure the safety of all those who work with and operate laser systems.
AUTOMOTIVE CLADDING AND HARDENING Cladding and hardening are well established processes used in the automotive industry. Used on ferrous components, hardening reduces wear or provides extra strength. Cladding is used to build up parts that have worn so they can be machined back to correct size and can also make the surface harder as a bi-product. Coherent’s range of High Power Direct Diode lasers, provide an alternative to the traditional methods used in these processes that is more energy efficient and reduces both operating and maintenance costs. To save time dismantling large components, Alpha Laser have developed the world’s first laser hardening mobile robot, the AL-ROCK.
COMPONENT MARKING Laser marking is ideal for creating traceability and tamper-proof identification of motor components or complete vehicles. Examples of applications include: Gearbox component marking VIN plates and identification labels Vehicle glass security code etching Display marking for instruments & switches 2D matrix marking of motor sport components As suppliers of FOBA products, TLM Laser offer a wide range of system solutions for virtually every automotive component marking application, metal or plastic. FOBA fibre, Nd:YV04, Nd: YAG andCO2 lasers are among the fastest in their respective classes. The products are flexible, simple to integrate and renowned for their reliability and low maintenance.
CUTTING TLM Laser is the UK and Ireland partner for Coherent Laser Machine Tools. These systems are fully enclosed and available from 150w to 1Kw Sealed CO2 and fibre systems. The machines can: Cut Any Shape Imaginable with the Highest Flexibility Produce Small Kerfs of Only 0.15mm Cut Fine Details and the Smallest Pieces with the Highest Precision Produce Inlays Without Gaps Avoid Burning or Breaking With Coherent Laser Machine Tools, expensive re-tooling costs are also eliminated by simply producing parts from the original CAD files.
DAY/NIGHT MARKING TLM Laser can supply, deliver and install FOBA’s specialised coating removal Day/Night marking laser systems. Through a combination of hardware and software, these systems are fast, flexible and precise and are for use with both multi-layer and metallic coatings. Turnkey systems are available as modular, compact and stand-alone units and for integration into automated production lines. Customer specific integrated solutions are also available. All Day/Night systems available from TLM Laser can be supplied with the Intelligent Marking Positioning system for maximum efficiency and major cost savings.
INTELLIGENT MARKING POSITIONING (IMP) Our product partner FOBA’s IMP technology uses a combination of integrated (through the lens) vision and single platform software to ensure unbeatable marking accuracy. Laser systems with IMP can: Increase product throughput by more than 200% Reduce costs by 70% Improve quality by a factor of 4 Reduce waste by 90% Improve operator efficiency by a factor of 3 To find out if your laser systems could benefit from IMP, contact TLM Laser by email at sales@tlm-laser.com or call 0845 260 2220.
MICRO MACHINING Swisstec manufactures both tube and flatbed micromachining solutions. These solutions provide super-precision cutting, drilling and welding of materials ranging from Aluminium to Molybdenum, Silicon to Titanium. Swisstec’s micromachining products are used in the automotive industry to create seamless welds and joints and cut and drill precisely. Examples include the production of car roofs, gearbox components, fuel injector nozzles and fuel cells.
PLASTICS WELDING In the automotive sector, laser plastic welding provides a more reliable and cost-effective joining alternative to screws, glue, ultrasonic or other joining methods. Our product partner, LPKF is a leader in producing stand-alone laser machines for the industry. These machines can be used reliably and inexpensively on virtually any plastic component. Examples include tail-lights, sensor housings and control devices where internal components are fastened into place using laser staking and the cover then welded tightly into place.
WELDING Alpha Laser has developed a range of laser welding devices specifically for use in Automotive focussed mechanical engineering. The devices are particularly suitable for repairs of: camshafts, crankshafts compressor rotors gears rollers and casing parts tool and die repairs
ELECTRONICS FPD SOLUTIONS Flat Panel Displays are at the core of today’s mobile communications as well as personal computing as well as TVs including Smart and 3D TVs. Coherent lasers are perfectly matched for the manufacturing processes involved including: Glass Cutting and Scribing Laser Crystallisation for LTPS (Low Temperature Poly Silicon) Laser Direct Patterning Laser Lift-Off of Flexible Displays Advanced LED Manufacture
MARKING All electric and electronics products, components and parts have to be marked, identified or coded. The range of substrates is wide and as many are extremely small, the data applied is often almost microscopic. FOBA’s proprietary scan technology delivers optimum marking quality at the highest marking speeds. The brand’s continuous wave/fibre laser markers are designed to mark moulded housings of discrete and integrated components as well as circuits precisely. Widths well below 30µm can be achieved, enabling character heights of 150µm and under.
MICROMATERIAL PROCESSING Our product partners InnoLas Solutions provide laser micromachining systems for the separation of ceramic PCBs via formation (percussion and trepan drilling) and cavity formation for chip inserts. TM Laser can also supply dedicated laser machines for each process step such as cutting.
MICROMACHINING Swisstec’s micromachining laser products provide the precision and versatility needed to machine a vast range of materials, including glass cutting and scribing, brazing and wire feed welding, component marking, semiconductor fabrication and micro structuring. Key applications in the electronic sector include circuit boards, electronic components and solar cells.
PCB MANUFACTURE Our partners LPKF specialise in developing laser systems for the Printed Circuit Board industry. LPKF provide solutions all the way through the PCB manufacturing process. Products include: Rapid PCB Prototyping – systems for the fast production of PCBs and multilayer boards Stencil Laser Equipment – for laser production of SMT stencils PCB Processing Equipment – for cutting, drilling and repairing PCBs PCB Depanelling Equipment – for stress-free depanelling
LASER SAFETY TLM Laser supplies BOFA Laser Fume Extraction systems and Univet safety eyewear and windows. So we can not only deliver the optimum laser solution, we can help ensure the safety of all those who work with and operate laser systems.
MEDICAL CUTTING Coherent’s Laser Machine provide the cutting precision so essential in the medical environment. These systems are fully enclosed and available from 150w to 1Kw Sealed CO2 and fibre systems. The machines can: Cut Any Shape Imaginable with the Highest Flexibility Produce Small Kerfs of Only 0.15mm Cut Fine Details and the Smallest Pieces with the Highest Precision Produce Inlays Without Gaps Avoid Burning or Breaking Save Costs Due to Much Less Waste of Material
DEVICE AND IMPLANT MARKING Traceability is one of the essential requirements of the medical sector. Precision is another. Lasers provide the most reliable direct part marking providing the high contrast details to ensure maximum traceability. TLM Laser offer a wide range of system solutions for the contamination-free, non-distorting, indelible marking of devices and implants.
INTELLIGENT MARKING POSITIONING (IMP) Our product partner FOBA’s IMP technology uses a combination of integrated (through the lens) vision and single platform software to ensure unbeatable marking accuracy. Laser systems with IMP can: Increase product throughput by more than 200% Reduce costs by 70% Improve quality by a factor of 4 Reduce waste by 90% Improve operator efficiency by a factor of 3 To find out if your laser systems could benefit from IMP, contact TLM Laser by email at sales@tlm-laser.com or call 0845 260 2220.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PHARMACEUTICAL MARKING TLM Laser supply, deliver and install FOBA’s range of flexible and fast marking systems for packaging. With our extensive experience of the medical industry, we can help you find the optimum laser marker for your application – whether it is blister packs for disposable syringes or jars for OTC medicines.
MICROMACHINING Laser micromachining systems meet the highest level of precision demanded by the medical sector. Swisstec’s range of systems are used in the manufacture of surgical tools, stents, artificial heart valves, needles, endoscopes and pacemakers – among others.
WELDING Alpha Laser’s welding machines are well established within the medical sector. In the production of implants, surgical instruments and endoscopes as well as tool and die repairs, they provide a wide range of advantages including: narrow, high strength seams gas tight bonding corrosion resistance porous free, smooth surfaces
LASER SAFETY TLM Laser supplies BOFA Laser Fume Extraction systems and Univet safety eyewear and windows. So we can not only deliver the optimum laser solution, we can help ensure the safety of all those who work with and operate laser systems.
PACKAGING CUTTING Through Coherent’s Laser Machining Centres, we can offer some of the most flexible cutting tools in the industry. Ideal solutions for both the printing and packaging industries, these systems can cut your most commonly used materials - from paper to polycarbonate to adhesives - with absolute precision. The entire process is completely digital, allowing you to eliminate expensive dies from your production runs and do away with time consuming handwork.
INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS As suppliers of FOBA products, TLM Laser offer a wide range of system solutions for virtually every packaging marking application. For example:
FOOD PET Bottles Coated Cardboard Labels Frozen Food Packaging Cans Caps & Closures Foil Glass Containers Cardboard Packs/Boxes Sell by dates on film and foil
DRINK PET Bottles Labels Glass Bottles Cans Gable Tops Caps
PHARMACEUTICALS Cardboard Boxes Metal parts on Pharma Phials Ampoules/Phials Caps Blisters
INTELLIGENT MARKING POSITIONING (IMP) Our product partner FOBA’s IMP technology uses a combination of integrated (through the lens) vision and single platform software to ensure unbeatable marking accuracy. Laser systems with IMP can: Increase product throughput by more than 200% Reduce costs by 70% Improve quality by a factor of 4 Reduce waste by 90% Improve operator efficiency by a factor of 3 To find out if your laser systems could benefit from IMP, contact TLM Laser by email at sales@tlm-laser.com or call 0845 260 2220.
LASER SAFETY TLM Laser supplies BOFA Laser Fume Extraction systems and Univet safety eyewear and windows. So we can not only deliver the optimum laser solution, we can help ensure the safety of all those who work with and operate laser systems.
SEMICONDUCTORS LASER INSPECTION Lasers are ideal for the inspection processes required in the semiconductor industry. With their high resolution and wide choice of wavelengths, lasers achieve the high levels of precision required. There are two branches of laser inspection. The first is the quality control of the microscopic features and any contamination affecting them. Our partners Coherent manufacture lasers that use scattering, absorption and ultrasonic techniques to determine and locate defects or contamination. For the second type of laser inspection, the determination of macroscopic shape, Coherent provides lasers using visible and deep UV wavelengths, achieving the highest accuracy.
WAFER MARKING AND SORTING Our product partner, InnoLas Semiconductor GmbH, is a European market leader in the development and manufacturing of laser systems for wafer marking sorting and inspection. InnoLas has had many years of experience working with the semiconductor industry and has set up and implemented almost a 1000 wafer marking and sorting systems. All InnoLas systems meet the common industrial standards for the production of wafers. InnoLas offers purpose-built wafer marking systems for 2“ to 200mm, 300mm and 450mm wafer sizes.
LASER SAFETY TLM Laser supplies BOFA Laser Fume Extraction systems and Univet safety eyewear and windows. So we can not only deliver the optimum laser solution, we can help ensure the safety of all those who work with and operate laser systems.