[转帖]Optomec makes first sale to China
<p>Optomec, based in Albuquerque, provides machines that use the company's optics-based manufacturing capabilities for the aerospace, medical and industrial markets. The $1 million LENS system was purchased by Beijing Purple Light Laser Technology Co., which will use the equipment to manufacture and repair industrial gas turbine components. </p><p><br/>Optomec has made sales in France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore, but this is its first in China. </p><p>Optomec's Chief Technology Officer, David Keicher, a former senior member of Sandia National Laboratories, invented the LENS process, which stands for Laser Engineered Net Shaping. </p><p>The technology produces metal parts directly from computer-generated designs by using a laser to "print" layers of metal that fabricate a part from the bottom up. The process allows manufacturers to make metal prototypes of parts that are more functional than conventional plastic ones. </p><p>David Ramahi, Optomec president and CEO, says about 40 percent of his firm's business comes from overseas customers. He praised the Technology Transfer Act, which U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, helped pass in 2005, for reducing the amount of bureaucratic red tape associated with lab-private sector partnerships (LENS is a registered trademark of Sandia Corp., Sandia National Labs' operator). </p>
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