Dr Tony Hoult Joins SPI.SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Fiber laser manufacturer Southampton Photonics, Inc. (SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. ) today announced the appointment of Tony Hoult as Applications Manager. Hoult brings a wealth of industrial experience in real-world laser applications to SPI. He has published over 30 papers and has worked on a range of advanced process developments, including the development of novel laser processes for polymer joining, bonding polymers/polymer composites to metals and adhesive curing. He has also worked on novel laser wavelengths for cutting polymers and high speed welding welding, process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. using low power CO2 lasers. Most recently with Coherent Inc. he was a Senior Specialist working on high power direct diode and Q-switched CO2 lasers. Prior to joining Coherent in 1999, he was Senior Research Fellow at Warwick University in the UK where he established and ran the Industrial Laser Facility. For the last two years he has been Chairman of the ICALEO ICALEO International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics Laser Materials Processing Articles on Materials processing include:
LIA Laser Institute of America LIA Labrador Inuit Association LIA Lock in Amplifier LIA Logistics Integration Agency LIA Live Impact Area LIA Licensed Insurance Advisor LIA Liability Insurance Administrators LIA Life Imitating Art ). Hoult will be playing a key role in expanding the fiber laser application space for SPI's industrial fiber lasers. "We are delighted that Tony has joined us", said John Tinson, SPI's Vice President of Sales "and I am confident that he will be a real asset to both SPI and our customers". Ends About SPI (Southampton Photonics) SPI develops and manufactures state-of-the-art CW, modulated mod·u·late v. mod·u·lat·ed, mod·u·lat·ing, mod·u·lates v.tr. 1. To adjust or adapt to a certain proportion; regulate or temper. 2. and pulsed fiber lasers, components and subsystems, with powers ranging from Ws to kWs for a variety of industrial applications, such as cutting, welding, micro-machining, materials processing, marking and printing. The advantages of fiber lasers are their superior beam quality, a greatly reduced footprint, and no maintenance - radically reducing the costs of ownership. The company's specialty-fiber based optical design enables these compact laser modules to deliver optimum power density with high beam high beam n. The beam of a vehicle's headlight that provides long-range illumination. Noun 1. high beam - the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination quality to the point of use and are the ideal replacements for the more expensive, bulky, traditional laser systems. http://www.spioptics.com |
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