ILS Systems

Manual Gas Assist (with Optics Protection)

Gas Assist injects a stream of gas onto the material being processed at the point where the laser focuses onto the material. Optics protection supplies a constant stream of clean air creating positive pressure around critical optical elements, such as mirrors and lenses to keep them clean. The gas can be supplied either by an air compressor or from external gas tanks.

Benefits

• Reduces accumulation of residue deposits
• Improves cutting and engraving
• Protects optics

Fire Detection (Audible Alarm)

Fire Detection (Audible Alarm)

Universal Control Panel

The Universal Control Panel (UCP) is a user interface that controls ULS laser systems. This intuitive interface enables users to produce expert quality results. The UCP includes a Printer Driver and Direct Import Feature for uploading graphic designs. The UCP also provides an Intelligent Materials Database that calculates optimized settings for laser processing on hundreds of materials.

Benefits

• Intuitive and easy to use: allows laser cutting, engraving, and marking to be executed in three easy steps
• Time saving features maximize productivity: Direct Import, Materials Database, Duplicate, Estimate, Storage and Organization
• Manual Control feature allows users to enter individual laser settings for unique materials and applications, providing unlimited processing flexibility
• Enables the Camera Registration option, which automatically compensates for a material that is misaligned or stretched, ensuring accurate processing

Intelligent Materials Database

The Intelligent Materials Database automatically calculates optimized settings for laser processing on hundreds of materials.

Benefits

• Ever expanding database of laser processable materials allows users to achieve optimal results and avoid the learning curve for processing new materials
• Gives you limited control over your laser processing parameters when needed

Computer Controlled/Programmable Gas Assist (with Optics Protection)

Gas Assist injects a stream of gas onto the material being processed at the focus point. Computer-Controlled Gas Assist allows the rate of gas injection and mixture of gas ratios to change within the same design file. Optics protection supplies a constant stream of clean air creating positive pressure around mirrors and lenses to keep them clean.

Benefits

• Allows computer controlled change of gas flow and mixture
• Reduces accumulation of residue
• Improves cutting and engraving
• Protects optics

Coaxial Gas Assist Attachment

The Coaxial Gas Assist attachment directs flow perpendicular to the material’s surface. There are different Coaxial Gas Assist Attachments for each focusing lens; these maintain the optimal distance from the material while avoiding beam path obstruction. The Coaxial Gas Assist attachment forces air against the material and helps remove laser material processing byproducts from cutting, engraving, and marking processes.

Benefits

• Improved laser material processing
• Increased system safety
• Reduced maintenance

Lateral Gas Assist Attachment

The Lateral Gas Assist attachment is an adjustable attachment that can direct air along the material’s surface at a variety of incident angles. This is particularly helpful in raster engraving applications where debris can be removed from the engraving for ideal processing.

Benefits

• Improved laser material processing
• Increased system safety
• Reduced maintenance

Compressed Air Source

ULS offers a compressed air solution that delivers optimally-conditioned air to both the Optics Protection and Gas Assist components. Additionally, the compressor controls the laser cutting, engraving, and marking equipment by supplying air only when it is demanded, reducing unnecessary wear, electrical costs and noise.

Benefits

• Clean and oil free air
• Dry air
• Turns on and off based on laser system requirements

UAC 4000 Filtration System

ULS provides a line of air filtration solutions appropriately sized for each laser system.

Benefits

• Increased Safety The innovative, patented sensor suite monitors filtration performance at every stage of filtration
• Improved Return on Investment Extremely efficient use of consumable filter media
• Enriched User Experience Extremely quiet operation, industry leading ease of use, and integration with the ULS product eco-system

Traveling Exhaust

This patented option locates an exhaust duct directly on the laser beam delivery system so it remains constantly in proximity to the particulate and fumes produced during laser material processing, capturing them as they are generated.

Benefits

• Designed to work in both raster and vector modes
• Keeps material being processed cleaner by more efficiently removing particulates
• Reduces wear and tear on the laser system due to contamination

Flow-Through Cutting Table

The Flow-through Cutting Table consists of a thin-wall aluminum honeycomb-core evenly supported by an underlying hollow structure. The target material is placed on the honeycomb core. When excess laser power passes the lower surface of the target material during a laser cutting process, this excess power is passed into the supporting structure where it is absorbed in an unfocused state.

Benefits

• Damage-free Laser Cutting Mitigates or eliminates laser damage to lower surface of target-material being laser cut
• Consistent, Clean, Laser Cutting Precision-levelled table provides a path for excess laser power and for laser processing byproducts to escape
• Enables Coaxial Gas Assist Expands the range of materials which are compatible with laser processing

Rotary Fixture

The Rotary Fixture allows spherical, conical and cylindrical objects to be marked, cut and engraved.

Benefits

• Accepts non-symmetrical objects
• Maintains precision accuracy
• Maintains repeatability
• Taper compensation
• 360 degree processing
• Allows raster and vector processing

Class 4 Conversion Module (Enabling Pass-Through)

The patented Class 4 Conversion Module is an option that allows the user to quickly and easily convert a laser system between a fully enclosed Class 1 operation and an open Class 4 operation. This allows the user to place oversized objects in the laser system or pass continuous objects such as rolls of material or conveyor systems through the laser system.

Benefits

• Increased material handling flexibility and productivity
• Improved safety and reduced liability
• Converts platform to meet CDRH and international Class 4 laser safety requirements

Configurable Cutting Table (Pin Table)

The Configurable Cutting Table consists of an anodized aluminum plate with an array of precision holes with regular spacing. Specially designed material-support pins are placed into these holes in an arrangement to fully support the target-material while avoiding the cutting path of the laser completely. The result is zero back-reflection onto the lower surface of the target-material while maintaining full material support.

Benefits

• Damage-free laser cutting
• Consistent, clean laser cutting

2.0″ Lens

This is the most versatile lens. It provides an ideal balance of spot size, depth of focus and focal length for most laser cutting, engraving and marking applications.

Benefits

• Versatility

3.0″ Lens

This lens has the largest depth of focus and focal length. It is able to accommodate the most uneven material surfaces. However it also has the largest spot size and therefore provides the lowest power density.

Benefits

• Largest depth of focus
• Largest focal length
• Can accommodate uneven material surfaces

HPDFO™

ULS offers customers the ability to drastically improve marking and engraving resolution, to directly mark onto some metals, and to increase the range of materials which can be cut with a CO₂ laser system. This is accomplished through ULS patented HPDFO™, which focuses the laser’s energy into a much smaller area than is possible with standard lenses. The HPDFO™ option includes a collimator which minimizes divergence across the laser processing area producing more consistent focal spot size and energy density. A collimator is required for HPDFO™ to function.

Benefits

• Produce unmatched resolution
• Achieve high levels of detail and tighter tolerances
• Directly mark metals with a CO₂ laser

SuperSpeed™

SuperSpeed technology offers the unique ability to drastically improve laser system productivity in laser engraving and marking. This patented technology was designed from the ground up to benefit the customer. SuperSpeed requires two lasers of the same power for usage and cannot be used with a single laser.

Benefits

• Improves laser material processing throughput
• Improves reliability and uptime
• Provides ultimate laser material processing flexibility
• Enables additional resolutions
• Easy to use

Automation Interface

The Automation Interface makes it possible to integrate ULS laser systems into automated manufacturing environments. Programmable inputs and event-driven outputs, combined with a powerful user interface, allow users to seamlessly adapt their laser systems to diverse automated applications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive External Laser System Control Initiate up to eight different laser system functions with programmable inputs
• Integrate External Devices into Laser Material Processing Control or signal up to two external devices using event-driven, programmable outputs

Universal Camera Registration (UCR)

The Universal Camera Registration (UCR) option features a camera that locates and determines exact positions of registration marks on materials. Software adjusts the predefined cut-path to fit the material.

Benefits

• Exceptional Processing Accuracy Substantially increases process accuracy and repeatability
• Enhanced Productivity Supports both single cycle processes and automation capabilities
• Intuitive User Interface The process of setting up and running camera registration is simple

1-Touch Laser Photo™

1-Touch Laser Photo™ is an innovative product for converting digital photographs into bitmap files that can be used to engrave the image into materials. This transforms an ordinary photograph into a professional quality engraving. Prior to 1-Touch this was possible only by experimenting with halftone screens, dithering patterns, and laser settings – an expensive and time consuming methodology.

Benefits

• High quality results
• Broadest material compatibility
• Intuitive user interface

Direct File Import/ Industry Standard Interchange Format Support

In addition to standard print drivers, ULS offers a Direct File Import option that enables users to import certain types of files directly into the laser system control software, without the need to print from any third party software.

Benefits

• Allows the user to import standard design file interchange formats from any design platform (PC, Mac, Linux)
• Offers improvement in vector processing quality
• *STL and G-Code import are compatible only with XLS systems

High Value Intelligent Materials Database Subscription

This enhanced database subscription works with the Intelligent Materials Database and provides settings for many additional (largely industrial) materials. The Intelligent Materials Database and the associated materials-based print driver give you the choice of automatic or manual control over power, speed, pulses per inch, and other system settings for many additional (largely industrial) materials.

Benefits

• Ever expanding database of laser processable materials allows users to achieve optimal results and avoid the learning curve for processing new materials
• Gives you complete control over your laser processing parameters when needed