ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,856, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MOUND LASER & PHOTONICS CENTER INC. (Nashua, N.H.).
"Laser strip processing" was invented by Daniel B. Miller (Roberts, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method of laser processing a section of web, or "strip" in a "step and repeat" manner while doing so with a continuously moving web during laser processing. The combination of continuous laser processing with a step and repeat manner of cutting parts from the strip, increases throughput for parts. The method includes retracting and indexing a web between passes of continuous laser processing of the web of material and alternating ...