High Laser Beam Quality is One of the Factors Driving Demand For CO2 Lasers.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39603) has announced the addition of Laser Machine Market 2006 to their offering. As the IT bubble collapsed and economy slumped, and a wave of overseas transfer of production facilities in the background, domestic capital investment had been rapidly decreasing for several years. In fiscal 2002, however, the economy bottomed out in various industries and started to show gradual recovery. In recent years, capital investments in production facilities have been activated, supported by the industry-wide economic recovery and the movements to return the production of high performance, high added-value products back to Japan again. Especially increasing is the demand for the laser machines capable of high quality machining in the production of high performance, high quality parts and products. As a result, the shipment volume of every type of laser machines has exceeding become greater than the preceding year, indicating the fact that individual enterprises are positively investing in the production facilities, which could be an evidence of economic recovery. 2. CO2 laser machine market In fiscal 2000, CO2 laser market recorded the shipment of 1,630 units which is the highest in recent years, supported by the favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. domestic economy. With the impact of IT bubble corruption, however, the market shrunk shrunk v. A past tense and a past participle of shrink. shrunk Verb a past tense and past participle of shrink shrunk, shrunken shrink down to 760 units in fiscal 2002, less than the half of its peak. Afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , domestic capital investment recovered in the areas centered on automobile related industries, and the demand for CO2 laser machines increased. Especially, as parts design with free-curve shapes is becoming popular, and micro-fabrication by press operation a practical production process, the demand for CO2 laser is increasing for replacing conventional technologies such as punching press which could not meet with the advanced technological requirements. Another factor for the increase of demand for CO2 laser is its high laser beam quality and capability of high precision cutting of aluminum parts as increasing number of automobile related parts are made of aluminum, which used to be made of steel. As a result, the market recovered in fiscal 2005 to the size exceeding 1000 units since fiscal 2001, and expected to reach to 1,080 units or so. In the future, it is expected that CO2 laser will be employed for remote 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. (scan welding) applications by utilizing the conventionally recognized CO2 laser advantages, such as high output capability, high laser beam quality and superior light-harvesting quality. 3. YAG laser YAG laser Yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser, Nd:YAG–neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet–laser. See Laser. machine market In the YAG laser machine market, the demand for spot welding Spot welding A resistance-welding process in which coalescence is produced by the flow of electric current through the resistance of metals held together under pressure. Usually the upper electrode moves and applies the clamping force. of optical and related parts suddenly increased in 2000 due to the rapid growth of optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. centered on the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market. Also, the strong demand for IT market related micro-machining sectors contributed to achieving the record shipment of 3,867 machines. However, same as for CO2 lasers, the market was influenced by the corruption of IT bubble and shrunk down to 2,204 machines in fiscal 2002, close to one half of the peak year. After having bottomed in fiscal 2002, however, the economy of electronics industry, a major user segment for YAG laser machines, started to recover in fiscal 2003 or so, increasing the demand for laser machines for micro-machining of semi-conductor and electronic parts, such as marking, cutting, drilling, spot welding, repairing, trimming and so forth. The demand for sheet metal works is also increasing in the automobile and steel mill related industries. As a result, the market size in fiscal 2005 is expected to expand to 2,901 machines or so, which is the second largest since its peak in fiscal 2000. It is expected that the demand will keep growing in the future centered on the micro-machining of electronic parts for booming digital electric home appliances. 4. Noteworthy high-tech lasers THG THG Tom's Hardware Guide THG Tetrahydrogestrinone THG Third Harmonic Generation (laser physics) THG The Humble Guys (hacker group) THG The Holmes Group YAG laser has outstanding features derived from its laser characteristics not available on the other lasers such as capabilities for ultra micro machining Making microminiaturized devices using the same manufacturing techniques employed by the semiconductor industry. See MEMS. and for machining difficult-to-process materials like hard or transparent materials. The demand for THG YAG laser machines is basically in the increasing trend, although the shipment volume was once decreased in fiscal 2002 when Japanese economy suffered with the industry-wide depression, and the market is expected to grow from 285 units in fiscal 2000 to 495 units or so in fiscal 2005. In the background of this demand increase for THG YAG laser machines, there is a need for ultra-micro machining to meet the increasing requirements for downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing of digital home appliances and related products while improving their performance at the same time. In particular, the employment of THG YAG laser machine is increasing in the applications such as repairing of photo-masks or circuits of LSI/LCD, scribing scribe n. 1. A public clerk or secretary, especially in ancient times. 2. A professional copyist of manuscripts and documents. 3. A writer or journalist. 4. See scriber. v. or dicing dicing Trauma surgery Multiple 0.5-1.0 cm, cube-like lacerations of the skin seen in MVA victims who strike shattered tempered glass car windows of Si wafers and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. substrates, drilling of printed circuit boards, and so forth in the semi conductor and LCD industries. It is expected that the employment of THG YAG laser will continue to progress in the application areas herein above mentioned, and the demand will increase corresponding to the trend of electronics industries such as semi conductors and flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time . Fiber laser and disk laser can be characterized by their capability for higher beam quality, lower electricity consumption and miniaturization min·i·a·tur·ize tr.v. min·i·a·tur·ized, min·i·a·tur·iz·ing, min·i·a·tur·iz·es To plan or make on a greatly reduced scale. min of equipment compared to the other lasers.
Topics Covered:
Chapter 1: Overview of the Laser Market
- 1. CO2 Laser Machine Market
- 2. YAG Laser Machine Market
- 3. Trends in Leading Edge Oscillators and Machines
Chapter 2: Market Trend of Leading Edge Laser Oscillators/Machines
- 1. Diode-pumped High-power YAG Laser Machine Market
- 2. UV Laser Oscillator/Machine Market: THG YAG Laser
- 3. UV Laser Oscillator/Machine Market: Excimer Lasers
- 4. kW-class Semiconductor Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
- 5. Several 10 W-class Semiconductor Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
- 6. Fiber Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
- 7. Femtosecond Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
Chapter 3: Overview - Outlook for Leading Edge Laser
Oscillators/Machines
- 1. Market for Diode-pumped High-power YAG Laser Oscillators/Machines
- 2. UV Laser Oscillator/Machine Market: THG YAG Lasers
- 3. UV Laser Oscillator/Machine Market: Excimer Lasers
- 4. Semiconductor Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
- 5. Fiber Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
- 6. Femtosecond Laser Oscillator/Machine Market
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