If you can imagine the process, we can build the machine.
Spark Laser Inc. designs and builds custom automation in Richmond, BC: lasers, robotics, AI machine vision, maglev handling and precision motion, engineered as one machine in our own shop.
Trusted by
- Salient Energy
Every machine starts with a blank page.
We combine building blocks most shops only offer one of. Pick what your process needs and we'll engineer it into one machine.
Specialty lasers
Fiber, UV and CO₂ cutting, welding, micro-machining and marking. Our specialty since 2014.
Maglev motion
Planar Motor XBots carry each part through the process without contact.
AI machine vision
KEYENCE AI vision finds, inspects and reads every part.
Robotics
Universal Robots cobots for load, unload and assembly, guided by vision.
Precision motion
Linear motors, precision ball screws, air bearings and granite bases.
Electronics + software
Custom electronics, embedded control and data with Combination Technologies.
Machining + weldments
5-axis machining, steel fabrication and post-machining from Spark Fabrication.
AI where it pays off
AI inspection that learns from a few dozen images, AI-guided robot picking, and robotic laser welding with inline inspection.
You name it, we'll build it.
Medical devices, battery lines, deep-sea hardware, lab automation or a process nobody has automated before.
Tell us your ideaProduction that floats.
Every part rides its own levitating mover, past lasers, cameras and robots, in whatever order the process needs.
Explore our technologiesOne machine. Every step.
A Spark cell links robotics, vision, motion and laser processing into a single flow, with data on every part. Each step names what does the work.
- LoadRobot + vision
- TransportMaglev or precision stage
- AlignVision
- ProcessLaser
- Inspect3D measurement
- UnloadSort + trace
Best-in-class components, engineered as one machine.
We build with the technologies that lead their fields, including the AI now built into vision systems and robots, and design the machine that makes them work together. See all our technologies
Fiber, UV + CO₂ lasers
- Continuous-wave fiber lasers for cutting and welding
- Pulsed fiber lasers for marking and engraving
- Green and UV lasers for micro-machining
- Cutting, welding, wobble and scanning heads
AI vision + 3D measurement
- VS series vision with built-in AI
- CV-X and XG-X vision, 2D and 3D
- LJ-X and LJ-S 3D laser profilers
- Code reading for traceability
Collaborative robots
- Cobots for load, unload and assembly
- Vision-guided and AI-assisted picking
- Robotic laser welding and inspection
- Safe to work alongside people
Maglev + precision motion
- Planar Motor XBots, 6 degrees of freedom
- Linear motors and precision ball screws
- Air bearings and granite bases
- Motion designed around the process
COMBINATIONA world of possibilities.
Combination Technologies brings decades of electronics, robotics, AI and HardTech product development. Darius Sahebjavaher has spent 15 years building companies and taking hardware to market; Ramin Sahebjavaher led AI and imaging technology at Prenuvo. Paired with our lasers and machine shop, the machine can think as well as it moves.
- Custom circuit boards + power electronics
- Embedded firmware + real-time control
- AI vision + imaging
- Data, dashboards + traceability
- Medical-grade product development
- Prototype to low-volume production
Building alongside Kardium as they scale.
Kardium, the Burnaby medical-technology company, is scaling production of its heart-rhythm treatment system. We've been part of that process, designing and building custom production equipment and continuing to build with them as they expand.
See more of our work
Six steps. One point of contact.
Most projects go from first call to installed machine in about three months. We build in Richmond, offshore with our partners, or a mix of both, whichever fits your budget, and every machine is integrated, tested and certified here.
- Identify needsWe learn your process and exactly what needs to improve.
- Plan + designA full proposal: layout, laser source, key components and cost.
- CAD modelA complete 3D model of your machine for sign-off.
- BuildMachined and assembled in Richmond, or built with our offshore partners.
- Install + testProven on our floor, then installed and run at your site.
- Train + supportOperator training, documentation and fast local service.
Everything it takes to build a machine.
Spark Laser builds the machines. Our sister companies make the parts and keep proven laser machines ready to ship.
Machining, steel fabrication + welding
5-axis machining, weldments and post-machining in a 4,000 ft² Richmond shop.
Ready-to-ship lasers
Our own CO₂ and fiber machines, configured and tested before they ship.
Imported, inspected, certified
Industrial laser markers and cutters we source, inspect and support in Canada.
Have a process that needs a machine that doesn't exist yet?
Tell us what you're making. We'll set up a free 30-minute call with an engineer.
Book a discovery call