by Tom Kirkland, Dukane Intelligent Assembly Solutions, St. Charles, Illinois, USA Laser welding of thermoplastics has been a hot topic for the past ten years, and many applications are now in production around the world. While there is a lot of interest in laser welding, many manufacturers are not sure whether they have laser welding applications or how to sort through the … [Read more...] about Straight Talk About Laser Welding of Thermoplastics
2004 Jan/Feb
Estimating Pad Printing Costs
by John Kaverman, Innovative Marking Systems It is interesting that a lot of people have no idea what it really costs them to pad print an application. You have to consider capital equipment, tooling, labor, overhead, consumables, utilities, scrap, packaging, material handling and shipping. You dont have to be an accountant to perform some cost analysis. Pretend we want to … [Read more...] about Estimating Pad Printing Costs