Laser Engraving and Laser Etching

Featuring a 3 axis, 45 watt, CO2 laser with a 12” by 24” bed, IMF specializes in bar-coding parts and decorative sheet metal work. We also offer UID marking, serializing, and contour engraving capabilities, and our services are appropriate for applications ranging from automotive components and medical devices to switches and dials. We’re happy to work with a variety of materials, including anodized aluminum, stainless steel, plastic, acrylic, rubber, glass, and wood. IMF services a broad range of locations such as Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Syracuse.To learn more about laser engraving with IMF, please contact us.

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Laser Engraving and Laser Etching Specifications:

Industry Focus	Aerospace Art Automotive Electronic Industrial Marine Medical Military Promotional
Intended Application	Awards/Trophies Automotive Components Bearings Bottle Caps Branding Dials Gauges Instructions Medical Devices Surgical Tools Implants Microelectronic Components Part Numbering Scales Serial Numbers Shafts Signage Switches Tooling
Engraving Capability	Barcoding Circumferential Contour Micro Serializing Texture UID Marking
Diameter	Min:	Max: 12 in
Length	Min:	Max: 24 in
Width	Min:	Max: 12 in
Tolerance (+/-)	0.001 in
Power Rating	Min:	Max: 45 Watts
Materials	ABS Alloy Steel Aluminum Brass Carbide Delrin Glass Plastic Polycarbonate Rubber Stainless Steel Steel Stone Titanium Wood
Industry Standards	FDA - Compliant - Food And Drug Administration ISO - Compliant - International Organization for Standardization Mil-Spec - Compliant - Military Specifications
Production Volume	Specialty Production Shop Prototype Low Volume Small Run High Volume Large Run Long Run Large Scale Production Volume Run
Equipment	CO2
File Formats	Adobe Illustrator (AI) AlphaCAM (AMD,ATD) AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ) BMP - Bit Mapped Graphics Catia (CATDrawing,CATPart) Delcam (DGK, DMT) DXF - Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format GIF - Graphics Interchange Format IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format. Inventor (IDW, IPT) IronCAD (ICD,ICS) JPG or JEPG - Joint Photographic Experts Group MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET) PDES - Product Data Exchange using STEP, Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data. A standard format for exchanging data between advanced CAD and CAM programs. PDF - Portable Document Format Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW,PRT,XPR) SAT 3D ACIS Model File SolidEdge (DFT) SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT) STEP - Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data SurfCam (DSN) TIFF - Tagged Image File Format TurboCAD (TCW,TCX) Unigraphics (PRT)