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Raydiance wins 2013 Top 10 Tech Award at SAE World Congress

Award winning next generation GDi manufacturing solutionWarrendale, PA (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 SAE International has released the winners of its Top 10 SAE 2013 World Congress Tech Awards, as selected by the editors of Automotive Engineering International (AEI) magazine. Among the winners: Raydiance laser machining delivers precise micro holes for next-gen fuel injectors. » READ MORE


Raydiance at 2013 SAE World Congress

Raydiance at SAE World Congress(Petaluma, Calif, April 15, 2013): Raydiance, the world leader in industrial grade femtosecond laser solutions, is joining the world's leading automotive manufacturers at the Society of Automotive Engineerings 2013 World Congress in Detroit April 16-18. » READ MORE


Raydiance laser machining delivers precise micro holes for next-gen fuel injectors (AEI Online)

The R-Drill 200 from Raydiance is a laser-based micro hole drilling solution suitable for fuel-injector manufacturers, including those that produce gasoline direct injection (GDI) spray nozzles. The Petaluma, CA-based company says the technology is the result of years of science and engineering innovation (27 patents to date), taking femtosecond laser pulses—pulse duration in the range of a few quadrillionths of a second—and applying it to solve real-world manufacturing challenges. The technology will be showcased in the company’s SAE 2013 World Congress booth (#712P) April 16-18 in Detroit. » READ MORE


Quickening the Pulse: Ultrafast lasers take the heat out of cutting (Micromanufacturing)

In the 1964 movie of the same name, the evil Goldfinger spoke fondly of industrial lasers. “You can put a spot on the moon or cut through solid metal with one,” he said to James Bond, strapped to a gold table and about to be laser-beamed in two. Luckily for Bond, the laser wasn’t very efficient. Just look at the spatters of molten metal, the recast on both sides of the beam. Goldfinger would have made a cleaner cut if he’d used an ultrafast-pulse laser (UFPL). » READ MORE


Raydiance accelerates industrial grade femtosecond micro machining (optics.org)

Raydiance, the world leader in industrial grade femtosecond laser manufacturing solutions, has doubled the processing speed of its R-series ultrafast product line. The R-200 features 10 watts of average power and can cut, drill, scribe and mark precision parts at breathtaking rates. » READ MORE


US Navy calls on Raydiance lasers for IR countermeasures (Optics.org)

The ultrashort pulse laser specialist Raydiance has won a $1 million grant to further develop a 1 mJ-class femtosecond pulse system for advanced directional infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) applications. » READ MORE


Fueling improvements: reaching automotive fuel-economy goals (Cutting Tool Engineering)

As auto parts get smaller, lighter and more challenging to produce, will part manufacturers hit the wall with conventional machining processes? That day is a long ways off, but designers and researchers are already looking for new ways to push the limits of manufacturing. Richard Pierce, president and CEO of laser machine builder Raydiance Inc., Petaluma, Calif., said his company is interested in creating a new form of precision. Raydiance has been closely involved with the Department of Energy and Delphi Automotive Systems in the development of next-generation gasoline direct-injection fuel injectors, or GDi. » READ MORE


$20 million funding seen as validation of the company's packaged femtosecond laser technology (Optics.org)

August 22, 2012--Raydiance, the California-based developer of packaged femtosecond laser technology targeted at manufacturing and machining applications, has announced the completion of a round of growth financing worth $20 million. The investment has been pulled in by the appeal of what Raydiance describes as the world’s only industrial grade femtosecond laser platform. » READ MORE


Delphi, partners developing system to create GDi microholes (Micromanufacturing)

July/August, 2012--Delphi has two partners in the project: laser manufacturer Raydiance Inc., Petaluma, Calif., and micromachine tool builder Microlution Inc., Chicago. “Our team looked for experts in the different areas,” said Kirwan. “The contributions from Raydiance and Microlution will be critical to the success of the DOE project.” » READ MORE


US DoE Grants to Boost Manufacturing Tech for 'An Economy Built to Last' (Energy.gov)

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