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Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc. (MLPC) began as part of the defense conversion of Mound Laboratory in October 1995. The company was subsequently purchased in 1998 by Laser Fare, Inc. of Smithfield, Rhode Island. After about three and a half years, Dr. Larry R. Dosser purchased the company back from Laser Fare in order to pursue the direction of laser-based microfabrication; the direction the company pursues to this date. At the time of the purchase, MLPC had 3 employees and a part-time bookkeeper, occupied about 3,000 square feet, and had one laser workstation.
Today, MLPC has over 60 employees, greater than 12,000 square feet of laboratory. Class 10,000 clean room, and twenty-two laser workstations; five micromachining--picosecond, nanosecond, and femtosecond, three laser marking, eight laser welding, four laser microcutting/machining, one high-speed welding system, and one ablation system.
Mound Laser offers complete laser processing solutions beginning at the prototyping phase through contract manufacturing. Mound Laser’s core competencies include laser welding, laser microcutting, laser micromachining, and laser marking. Support services offered by Mound Laser include: CNC fixture fabrication, post processing, non-destructive/destructive analysis, material management, outsourced part manufacturing, nitinol heat setting, modeling and design. The company is ISO 9001:2008 Registered and EN ISO 13485:2012 Registered.
5 Community Reviews 4.40/5 Overall Rating
We were experience issues with one of our products in the sense that we could not find a tool that was small enough or precise enough to perform some machining we needed. One of my colleagues recommended we look into Mound Laser and Photonics Center for their laser machining services. Turns out that was exactly what we needed. As soon as we met with the folks over there we knew that they would be able to do exactly the service we were looking for. The finished product turned out great. Their turn times were amazing and cost was reasonable. Overall had a great experience with them and we will continue doing business with them.
Strengths: Laser Machining
Needs to improve: None
Very precise laser-marking, but the color itself was not as clear and white as we would have liked. Great staff who were generally easy to deal with and provided feedback and discussion during the process.
Strengths: Staff readily organized conference calls to discuss laser-marking a rather difficult part that needed to be rotated when marked. Pricing was comparable to other vendors.
Needs to improve: They suddenly moved last year, which took us by surprise when they needed to be offline for a few weeks. Luckily we did not need huge quantities yet, or else that would have meant rushing to find another vendor. Their laser-marking was also not as white and clear as we would have liked.
They were brought in to help laser weld a a very small stainless steel cap on a hypotube. Their expertise was absolutely essential for this tricky job. The crew at MLPC are a great partners to have fo laser welding.
Strengths: fine wire welding
Needs to improve: none
Great laser welding partner with access to specialized technology that sets them apart from the competition. MLPC is willing to take on very challenging projects - which is refreshing after getting a bunch of "No-Quotes".
Strengths: Laser Welding
Needs to improve: None
MLPC took on a challenging laser welding project and came thru with good results. They were able to reliably tack wires .003' diameter to one another which made our assembly possible.
Strengths: Laser Welding
Needs to improve: none
