Laser Engraving Limited is an Oxfordshire based company utilising this latest technology by means of a computer controlled CO2 Laser. The versatility of this set-up means that Laser Engraving can apply its services to almost any industry or potential client. We can Laser Mark personalised corporate gifts including leather, laser etch wine bottles, create unique wedding cards, laser engrave acrylic awards, laser profile engineered shapes, engrave wood, create signs, pattern cutting or even laser cut machine gaskets. We can take anodised aluminium control panels and laser engrave all the switch and control idents including your logo. Every day new applications & requirements can be found for our service. Look through the Web site and see a small example of some of the applications and ideas that have already been used and if you can't see your need, then contact us and with the bespoke custom service LE can offer, we will endeavour to help and/or advise.

Laser engraving or Laser Marking as it is sometimes called, is a process that works by focusing a parallel beam of light (Laser = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) through a lens to a pin-point where the considerable heat generated is capable of vapourising the subject material. Imagine it like taking a magnifying glass out in the sunlight and focusing it to a point to burn a piece of wood.

By managing the output power of the laser, the pulse rate and the time the laser dwells on the surface, engraving and the effect it has on each piece of material can be precisely controlled. When laser engraving, laser marking or laser etching, the computer controlled Laser beam raster scans the work, i.e. goes from side to side like an inkjet printer. We can laser cut or laser profile some materials by following a finite line or cut pattern, this is called vectoring. The laser tube is too large to move at the high speeds required, so it is fixed in place in the machine and the beam is directed through mirrors to the effective print head of the lens. In simple terms the machine we use at Laser Engraving Ltd is like a flat bed printer using a laser beam to print with instead of using inkjet or pens. To see some of the materials we can cut or engrave click here.

With traditional mechanical engravers the tool can blunt or break causing damage to the work or at best, drag on the surface. Because there is no physical contact with the work there is nothing to blunt, nothing to wear out and so virtually zero stress to the material, enabling very fine work to be carried out even to cutting thin paper (click here to see example in Miscellaneous).

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