Sponsored by MKS NewportReviewed by Olivia FrostSep 2 2026
Laser-processed materials are used in a variety of end applications, including automotive and medical device manufacturing. The applications of precision-part-making equipment rely on technical knowledge such as lasers, optics, and motion, as well as process expertise.
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Market Solutions
MKS Newport is driving technological innovation around market-driven solutions. Their unique, multi-mode in-house expertise in materials processing, lasers, and motion control enables MKS Newport to provide the most comprehensive single-point solutions for system integrators, manufacturers, and research institutes.
Technical development is motivated by the synergy of all three groups working together to create the highest-value solutions that consider all areas of the process, as requested by the market, while preserving the independent expertise available to the client through any single modality.
Third-Party Motion Control
Customers who are currently in tool production typically do not want to change controllers or develop meaningful software for new control systems.
In such cases, MKS Newport can offer motor specifications, wiring, configuration, and specialist tuning support. Newport motor and encoder signals adhere to industrial standards and are easily integrated with third-party controllers.
Newport stages are often easier to tune than other stages due to their patented machining processes and design. Customers developing novel processes can take full benefit of the entire Newport laser materials process ecosystem.
Newport-based systems offer the most powerful and cost-effective options for many laser-processing applications.
MKS Newport can offer a complete application-optimized solution with both technical benefits and competitive pricing. Newport provides software consultation to customers who want to convert all their tools.
- Effective and user-friendly laser material processing software
- High laser trigger speed (12 MHz)
- Low-latency laser synchronized movements (less than 100 ns)
- On-the-fly galvo synchronization for unlimited field of view
- Extensive tool synchronization, including autofocus, machine vision, and surface profiler
Ablation
Precision laser ablation requires a combination of stage, motion controller, and/or galvo performance, as well as essential software concerns.
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In precise industrial ablation operations, MKS Newport proposes IDL Stages for debris protection, dynamic trajectory performance, repeatability, and straightness and flatness properties. IDL stages can be integrated to perform synchronized on-the-fly processing with galvo scanners.
Ultrafast Micromachining
As a manufacturer of high-performance ultrafast lasers, MKS Newport has extensive knowledge and world-class skills in ultrafast materials processing; every motion system benefits from advanced in-house material-processing capabilities.
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Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM)
Laser additive manufacturing is a highly sought-after technology that allows for the production of complicated parts in a single step. MKS Newport has developed proprietary software capable of operating a wide range of devices for multi-layered constructions that use laser processes such as sintering and ablation.
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Novel Microfabrication
MKS Newport has experimented with a wide range of microfabrication processes and materials. This involves interacting with lasers and direct material deposition devices used for direct ink writing and 3D Printing.
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MKS Newport’s Laser Materials Process software is designed to work with these devices and can be tailored to innovative processes for developing novel microfabrication tools.
This information has been sourced, reviewed, and adapted from materials provided by MKS Newport.
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