Intense harnesses video measurement as it moves to mass production
27 June 2005 ~ NEXIV to help ensure high-performance of laser modules ~
The precise position of delicate components at the heart of laser modules are now being more accurately measured than ever before by Intense using a newly installed Nikon NEXIV VMR 3020 video measuring system.
Intense is a UK-based global provider of laser module solutions for the digital printing industry.
"This new technology is key as we move to volume manufacture of laser modules for our customers," said Adrian Kendall, Engineering Manager for Intense. "Since many of the key features of the laser that we need to measure are extremely fragile they would not survive the use of contact measurement techniques. We could potentially make the measurements with other precision tools, such as a toolmaker’s microscopes, but it would be very time consuming. Furthermore, we certainly would not be able to carry out the intensive measurements that we currently make on every part."
For more information please contact the Sales Office at Nikon (email: discover@nikon.co.uk) or for press information, Gina Worthington of De Facto Communications plc, Tel: +44 (0) 207 940 1000, Fax: +44 (0) 207 940 1001, Email: nikon@defacto.com
About Intense
Intense Ltd is a UK-based global provider of laser module and optoelectronic integration solutions for a broad range of industry sectors including printing, medical and defence. It works closely with customers to ensure they create next-generation custom-built products that help them dominate their markets. The company owns core intellectual property in revolutionary new technologies in photonic integration, including Quantum Well Intermixing (QWI), making it even easier for firms to use laser modules in an industrial setting. Intense was formed in 2000 and is ISO-9001: 2000 certified. It owns and operates a Class 1 capable clean room near Glasgow in Scotland where it designs and manufactures optoelectronic solutions.
Intense is also winner of the ‘Innovation and Creativity Award’ from the Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards 2005 and recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe, a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that play a leading role in innovation and technology.
For further information about Intense please contact Katie Jamieson or Giles Read at LEWIS:
Telephone: +44 (0)207 802 2626
Email: katiej@lewispr.com / gilesr@lewispr.com
Website: www.intenseco.com
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