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Spark Laser fiber laser cutting gantry, built in Richmond, BC
Industrial laser stations · Cutting · Welding · Marking

Industrial laser stations, built around your part.

Enclosed laser cutting, laser welding and laser marking stations for production floors, designed and built in Richmond, BC for Canada and the Western US. 30+ laser machines delivered since 2014.

Built for

  • Kardium
  • Ocean Infinity
  • Rio Tinto
  • Arc'teryx
  • Watson Gloves
  • Salient Energy
What we build

Laser stations for cutting, welding, marking and micro-machining.

Each station is designed for one process and one part family, so it runs the same way on the thousandth part as on the first.

Laser cutting stations
Cutting

Laser cutting stations

Fiber lasers for steel, stainless, aluminum and thin foils; CO₂ for fabric, leather, wood and acrylic. Flatbed, gantry, roll-to-roll or robot-fed.

Laser welding stations
Welding

Laser welding stations

Fiber laser welding with wobble heads, shielding gas, fixtures that hold the fit-up, cameras that find the seam and 3D checks of every weld.

Laser marking stations
Marking

Laser marking stations

Galvo marking with part feeding for serial numbers, UDI, lot codes, 2D codes and branding, read back by a code reader.

UV micro-machining stations
Micro-machining

UV micro-machining stations

Fine features in plastics, films and thin metals with very little heat, aligned by vision.

Roll-to-roll stations
Continuous

Roll-to-roll stations

Material fed, tensioned, cut and collected continuously, for foils, films and sheet materials.

Combined

Cut, weld and check in one cell

One station can cut, weld and mark, with a robot loading parts and vision or 3D measurement checking each one before it leaves.

Industrial laser source inside a Spark Laser machine
Inside every station

The laser is only part of a good station.

Fixturing, part handling, gas, fume extraction and process checks decide whether a laser process works once or every time. We design all of it together.

  • IPG fiber, UV or CO₂ laser sized to your material, with the right cutting head, welding head or galvo scanner
  • Class 1 laser enclosure with interlocked doors, laser-safe windows and fume extraction
  • Motion matched to the job: gantry, galvo, rotary, roll-to-roll or precision stages on granite
  • KEYENCE vision to locate each part and check the cut, weld or mark
  • Beckhoff controls, a touchscreen for the operator and results logged to each part's serial
  • Built mainly to UL and cUL, with CSA on request

The lasers we integrate

Laser cutting and welding

One laser, two jobs.

Cutting melts a narrow path and blows it out with gas. Welding melts two surfaces and lets them fuse. The same fiber laser can do both, so a station can cut, weld or do both on the same part.

  • Laser cutting: clean edges with nitrogen on stainless and aluminum, faster cuts with oxygen on mild steel, thin foils fed and tensioned without damage
  • Laser welding: narrow, strong welds with very little distortion, wobble heads for a wider melt pool, seam finding and inline weld checks
  • Trials first: we test on your parts, then build the station around the settings that work

How laser cutting and welding work   Six decisions before you buy a welding cell

Fiber laser welding head in a Spark Laser station
Stations we've built

Laser stations running in production.

From battery foils to whisky barrels. Arc'teryx runs an 80 W CO₂ cutting system we built in 2019, and Kardium has trusted us with production equipment for their medical-device manufacturing.

Roll-to-roll laser sheet cutting station
Battery production · Salient Energy

Roll-to-roll laser sheet cutting station

Thin-metal cutting with clean edges for battery production: continuous roll feeding and collecting, automatic tensioning and a chopping station.

IPG 300 W fiberRoll-to-rollUL certified2023
UV laser micro-machining station
Medical devices

UV laser micro-machining station

A compact, camera-assisted station for micro-machining delicate plastics in a regulated production environment. Client details under NDA.

IPG 6 W UVVision-assistedUL certified
Automated glove marking station
Textiles · Watson Gloves

Automated glove marking station

A CO₂ galvo system with automated part feeding, built for marking delicate fabrics consistently at production speed.

“He was able to take my concept of a semi automated laser brander and turn it into reality at a fraction of the cost.”
Shane Heron, Director of Capital Projects
CO₂ galvoAuto feedingCSA certified
Rotary marking for full-size whisky barrels
Spirits · West Coast Barrel Co.

Rotary marking for full-size whisky barrels

A custom rotary attachment for a CO₂ galvo laser that turns full-size barrels for precise, repeatable marking.

“Yousef was professional, responsive, and delivered exactly what we needed.”
Peter Archambault
CO₂ galvoRotary axis
Compact 1 kW fiber cutter
Spark Laser · in-house

Compact 1 kW fiber cutter

A modular, fully CNC-machined fiber cutting system with a specialized table and portable handheld controller, cutting up to 10 mm steel.

1 kW fiber10 mm steelCSA approved

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Buying a laser station

Custom station or ready machine?

Custom laser station

For a production process: built around your part, its handling, your cycle time and your line. Proposal, CAD sign-off, build, testing with your parts, installation and training.

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Ready-to-ship laser machine

For common cutting and marking jobs: the Spark Laser Mini, a compact 1 kW fiber cutter and the Spark Certified markers and cutters, configured and tested in Canada.

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Financing available

How it works

From first call to a station on your floor.

Most projects take about three months from the first call to an installed machine.

  1. Identify needsWe learn your process and exactly what needs to improve.
  2. Plan + designA full proposal: layout, laser source, key components and cost.
  3. CAD modelA complete 3D model of your machine for sign-off.
  4. BuildMachined and assembled in Richmond, or built with our offshore partners.
  5. Install + testProven on our floor, then installed and run at your site.
  6. Train + supportOperator training, documentation and fast local service.
Quick answers

Questions about industrial laser stations.

What is an industrial laser station?

A self-contained machine built around a laser source for one production job, such as cutting, welding, marking or micro-machining. It holds the laser, the optics, the motion, the part fixturing or feeding, a Class 1 safety enclosure with fume extraction, and the controls. It can run on its own or as one station in a production line.

Can I buy a laser station ready-made?

Yes, for common jobs. Our ready machines include the Spark Laser Mini, a compact 1 kW fiber cutter and the Spark Certified markers and cutters. Production processes usually need a station built around the part, its handling and the cycle time, which is what we design and build.

Which laser should our station use?

Fiber lasers for cutting, welding and marking metals, UV lasers for micro-machining plastics and fine features, and CO₂ lasers for wood, acrylic, fabric, leather and many plastics. We are an IPG Photonics integrator and size the source to your material. See how to choose a laser source.

Can one station do both laser cutting and laser welding?

Often, yes. The same fiber laser can cut or weld depending on the head, focus, power and gas, so we can build one station that does both, or separate stations when cycle time matters. Read how laser cutting and welding work.

Is a laser station safe on our production floor?

Yes. Our stations are fully enclosed Class 1 laser enclosures with interlocked doors, laser-safe viewing windows and fume extraction, so no special room is needed. Custom machines are built mainly to UL and cUL, with CSA available on request.

Can you test our parts before we commit?

Yes. Send us sample parts or material. We test the process on our floor first, then design the handling and controls around the settings that work.

How long does a custom laser station take, and what does it cost?

Most projects go from first call to installed machine in about three months. The cost depends on the process and how much automation you need; after a free discovery call we send a written proposal with the layout, the laser source, the key components, the cost and the schedule. Financing is available.

Where do you build and support laser stations?

We design and build in Richmond, BC, and install, train and support machines across Canada and the Western United States.

Laser cutting head on a Spark Laser gantry machine
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