A leading North American turbine engine builder has ordered a six axis 790 BeamDirector system, equipped with a CP3500 CO2 laser provided by Convergent Lasers, from Prima North America.

Prima North America, announced that its Laserdyne Systems Division, a world leader in multi-axis laser machining systems, has received an order for a six axis 790 BeamDirector system from a leading North American turbine engine builder. This system is equipped with a CP3500 CO2 laser provided by Convergent Lasers, also a division of Prima North America. Dr Paolo Cigna, president of Prima North America, announced the order and said, 'The sale included the customer trading in a Laserdyne system'.

'This represents the launch of our new 'Technology Trade-up' programme for valued customers who have made a long-term commitment to Laserdyne's unique laser system technology for providing exacting laser-based manufacturing solutions for difficult aerospace applications'.

' By trading in a 1991 780 BeamDirector Nd:YAG laser system, which served the customer well for nearly 14 years, the company transitions to Laserdyne's newest system design, the 790 BeamDirector,' reported Cigna'.

''For the last two years Laserdyne has offered complete mechanical rebuilds and controller upgrades for customers' 780 systems'.

'In fact, this customer has another 780 BeamDirector system scheduled for remanufacture'.

'The choice between remanufacturing and acquiring a new 790 is partly economics and partly application driven'.

'Our new programme expands the options for our customers'.

'The 780 will be brought back to Laserdyne and will also be remanufactured'.

' The demand for remanufactured 780 systems is high,' Cigna stated'.

''After remanufacturing and retrofitting the system with a new laser and controller, the system will most likely be again used for laser hole drilling'.

'There are many laser applications such as drill on the fly hole drilling where the 780 BeamDirector is a proven and productive system.' The 790 BeamDirector with the Convergent Lasers CO2 laser has the flexibility to perform cutting as well as welding operations.

Laserdyne Systems has been providing equipment to turbine engine manufacturers for over twenty years.

Laserdyne laser systems are used worldwide for laser processing a wide variety of turbine engine parts.

Most of these parts are produced from difficult to machine higher temperature materials such as inconel and super cobalt.

With the newest Laserdyne laser systems, these parts are produced accurately and with greater productivity than in the past.

With over 340 multi-axis laser systems in use worldwide, Laserdyne products have become the technology standard for the aerospace industry and are used in turbine engine manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe and Asia.