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Taiwan company installs laser-based TFT-LCD glass cutting equipment
Applied Photonics, Inc. (AP) has announced that it has installed its LaserMagic TFT-LCD glass cutting equipment at one of world's largest TFT panel suppliers in Taiwan and that the system has been used successfully in production for over six months.
Applied Photonics, Inc. (AP) has announced that it has installed its LaserMagic TFT-LCD glass cutting equipment at one of world's largest TFT panel suppliers in Taiwan and that the system has been used successfully in production for over six months.Based on technologies developed by scientists and engineers at AP, the LaserMagic Gen 5 In-line system (LM1500) uses powerful laser beams to fully separate TFT-LCD glass in a one step process in an automated clean room environment. "Since beginning production, our LM1500 system has cut over a half million panels," said Brian Hoekstra, CEO and President of AP. "This demonstrates our technology's maturity and product's reliability. We are extremely proud of and excited about this latest accomplishment. And we will continue to commit ourselves to helping our customers achieve lower total cost of ownership and higher profitability through implementation of our technology."
