MEMBER PROFILE Lasermet Inc. BY BETSY MARONE
Lasermet Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture and installation of laser safety cabins. While the company, located in Schaumburg, IL, specializes in all areas of laser safety and provides customers with products that meet the IEC 60825 and ANSI Z136.1 laser safety standards, it also offers laser safety consultancy, laser safety training and laser testing and classification as a UKAS accredited company. The Lasermet Group, which consists of Lasermet Ltd., Lasermet Inc. and the Lasermet Ltd. Manufacturing Facility, reaches from the UK to the United States. The Lasermet Group’s influence also extends globally, with authorized distributors in numerous countries, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, China and more.
Established in 1987, Lasermet Inc. is currently owned by Managing Director Paul Tozer, President Steve Geldard, and the company’s founder, Professor Bryan Tozer. An expert in his field, with 20 years of experience developing the IEC 60825-1 and 60825-2, Professor Tozer began the company with the goal of designing, manufacturing and installing laser safety systems and equipment.
At the time of its inception, Lasermet offered products and services centered on the measurement of lasers and the safety requirements associated with them, including warning devices – such as signs – and interlock control systems, specifically designed to prevent unintended laser radiation exposure. In addition to laser safety cabins that fully enclose lasers with interlock control, the company developed laser blocking curtains, screens and roller blinds during this time.
Today, Lasermet Inc. remains dedicated to producing the most up-to-date laser safety products. The interlock control systems and laser shutters that Lasermet Inc. designs, manufactures and installs meet the ISO 13849-1 PL ‘e’ standards and the company’s certified laser blocking cabins, curtains, screens and roller blinds are CE marked and certified to EN 60825-4. In addition to Lasermet’s active and passive laser safety cabins, which also conforms to IEC 60825-1, the company provides dual color LED warning signs, laser power meters and laser safety calculation software.
An Integral Part of the Laser Safety Industry
While the team at Lasermet Inc. creates numerous products that prove integral to the laser industry, two of their most important products are the ICS-6 Interlock Controller and the Laser Castle. The Laser Castle – a modular, rapid-build certified laser safety cabin – can withstand 5 kW lasers or, with the option of active guarding, can withstand 100 kW lasers.
Lasermet Inc.’s ICS-6 Interlock Controller provides an engineered laser safety solution that applies to the laser installations that the company completes. Used at numerous locations including research establishments, hospitals, manufacturing establishments and universities, this compact and versatile unit controls laser interlocks, door locks, illuminated warning signs, and other equipment. With feedback monitoring and fault detection, it can operate beam shutters and laser power, and can be interfaced to access control and fire detection systems. In addition, the ICS-6 is fitted with an override that allows controlled access through interlocked doors and also accepts emergency stop inputs. Its easy-to-use control panel, which can be wired directly to unlimited interlocks, its fault detection, which meets the latest standards, and its full dual channel architecture all ensure that the ICS-6 provides the highest levels of safety and functionality.
Driven to constantly develop new products that meet customer needs, Lasermet Inc. has recently unveiled the active laser guarding system, “Laser Jailer,” and active filter windows, “Glaser Jailer,” in addition to derivatives of these two products. These patented, failsafe laser safety systems are able to detect an inadvertent laser strike and isolate the laser safety input in fewer than 50 ms, through the interlock controller.
A member of Laser Institute of America (LIA) since 2014, Lasermet Inc. has taken part in the organization’s various trade exhibitions, including the annual Lasers for Manufacturing
Event® (LME® ). According to Lasermet’s
Marketing Manager, Phil Jones, “LIA has major recognition in the US and it helps Lasermet in being part of the laser industry. It is influential and respected.”
For more information, visit
www.lasermet.com.
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