articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2010 visotek inc type private industry photonics founded 2001 headquarters livonia michigan united states area served worldwide key people sheila jensen president & ceo products lasers website official website visotek headquarters visotek inc. is an american company located in livonia michigan that designs develops and manufactures individual fiber coupled diode laser modules complete turnkey systems and peripheral components used in industrial military medical and research applications . 1 visotek also provides high volume laser processing services and is a tier two supplier to the automotive industry manufacturing up to a half million pieces annually . company profile edit the company was established in 2001 originally as a spin off of fraunhofer usa center for laser technology clt plymouth michigan . 2 3 today it is a privately held woman owned business that works together with its research and development partner fraunhofer usa on various projects to create new laser applications and laser sources for direct materials processing research defense and homeland security applications . 4 5 under a long term technology transfer agreement 6 visotek manufactures fiber coupled diode laser systems patented by fraunhofer usa 7 8 and special laser optics . 9 since its inception visotek s goal has been to address the new technology economy emerging in michigan . 1 it is concentrating on unique customized smart tools for laser cladding laser cleaning laser welding laser ablation and laser soldering . visotek s dlf series high powered fiber coupled diode lasers and process expertise are incorporated into the new solid lubricating polymer film technology developed by tribocorelogic in dundas on canada . after laser curing with the dlf series system and special optic this new coating maintains extreme adhesion to a metal substrate and provides a very low coefficient of friction high load carrying capacity and exceptional corrosion resistance . a significant advantage of the technology is its chamber less application and portability of the system making it highly suitable for surfaces of large heavy and expensive equipment components such as turbines compressors and centrifuge shafts journal bearings hydraulic parts . wc seals and pump plungers etc. another core product of visotek the lower power dl series fiber coupled diode laser has been utilized in advanced technology research performed at the university of kansas and western michigan university in kalamazoo mi for laser assisted milling of silicon nitride ceramics and micro laser assisted machining respectively . 10 11 12 13 14 in 2003 based on funding from the office of naval research 15 visotek led a team consisting of fraunhofer usa clt and bender shipbuilding & repair that enabled bender to become the first u.s. shipyard to successfully laser weld a structural steel panel from one side without flipping it over utilizing the shipyard s production equipment . 16 it was proven that laser welding is not only feasible in shipbuilding ; it is the future of welding in shipbuilding . 17 a proprietary special laser processing tool flo flexibible laser optic was developed for this application that enables rapid two dimensional scanning and auto focus using a variety of laser sources with output powers up to 15 kw . welding of thick plates with variable weld seam width was achieved successfully overcoming the gap and tight tolerance fit up issues . 18 this is a particular breakthrough as the barriers to effective laser welding implementation in shipbuilding are formidable . the same laser processing tool was also successfully applied in the automotive industry for 3 d robotic remote welding . the process achieved 250 welded spots per minute with 6 kw of laser power . 19 20 in its newest endeavor visotek has partnered with biotherapeutics company laser tissue welding inc. ltw to bring new lifesaving surgical techniques to patients in the operating suite and on the battlefield . ltw s patented technology combines laser assisted tissue welding with human serum albumin as the solder which together quickly stops bleeding and fluid leaks without using mechanical compression sutures haemostatic clotting factors platelets thrombin fibrin or thermal ablation diathermy radiofrequency ablation all of which damage surrounding tissues . 21 a custom dl series laser and handheld optics is being developed by visotek and tested by ltw so the surgeon can efficiently coagulate an albumin icg solder together with a solid transparent albumin scaffold and provide quick and accurate hemostasis and biliary sealing . special areas of unmet clinical need are rapid hemostasis of solid visceral organs liver kidney spleen involved in trauma tumors and transplantation and specifically in patients with coagulation failure or therapeutic anticoagulation . there are many advantages to the ltw method . it saves lives because it quickly repairs and controls hemorrhage in patients who can not clot and it conserves blood based on a lowered requirement for transfusions . the new method is capable of repairing without burning thus salvaging organs and tissues . it shortens required operating times and the reduced trauma to tissue speeds healing and reduces required hospital stays . this technique simplifies split liver transplants thereby doubling the liver transplantation pool . the technique is minimally invasive because it is fiber optically delivered . 22 visotek is a second stage start up company and was nominated by the readers of corp magazine as one of the best companies in michigan january february 2010 print issue of corp magazine and online . 23 references edit a b zacharias lynne r. feb 18 2010 . best of michigan business honorees earn accolades corp magazine . retrieved on june 25 2010 fraunhofer spin offs nov 1 2003 industrial fiber lasers produced . optoiq . retrieved on june 25 2010 jan 21 2008 . visotek and bookham team to introduce ultra high brightness 350w pump block at photonics west 2008 retrieved on june 25 2010 april 2008 . fiber coupled laser ultrahigh brightness single emitter . photonics.com . retrieved on june 25 2010 fraunhofer annual report 2004 . retrieved on july 8 2010 united states patent . retrieved on july 8 2010 fraunhofer annual report 2003 retrieved on july 8 2010 zemke jon mar 19 2009 . livonia s visotek aims for 10 15 new hires in next 18 months metromode . retrieved on june 25 2010 may 14 2010 . experimental study on operating temperature in laser assisted milling of silicon nitride ceramics retrieved on june 28 2010 october 2009 . laser assisted milling of silicon nitride ceramics retrieved on june 28 2010 october 2009 . laser assisted milling of silicon nitride ceramics . journal of manufacturing science and engineering . retrieved on june 28 2010 patten john phd . may 2009 . micro laser assisted machining lam . manufacturing engineering magazine . may 2009 vol . 142 no. 5 may 2009 . micro laser assisted machining retrieved on june 28 2010 1 retrieved on june 28 2010 nov 1 2003 . laser breakthrough in u.s. shipyard industrial laser solutions optoiq . retrieved on june 28 2010 feasibility of laser welding in a shipyard environment national shipbuilding research program retrieved on june 25 2010 2005 fraunhofer ilt annual report 2005 . retrieved on june 25 2010 2004 partnerships come in all shapes and sizes transitions winter edition . retrieved on june 28 2010 jun 1 2005 going with the flo optoiq . retrieved on june 28 2010 laser tissue welding inc united states patent retrieved on june 28 2010 best of michigan 2010 winners.corp magazine . retrieved on june 25 2010 external links edit visotek official website fraunhofer usa official website laser tissue welding inc official website national shipbuilding research program official website bender shipbuilding & repair co. inc. official website list of laser types sam s laser faq by samuel m. goldwasser diode laser laser applications brazing and soldering retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title visotek & oldid 733786230 categories companies established in 2001engineering companies of the united stateslivonia michigantechnology companies of the united statescompanies based in wayne county michiganhidden categories orphaned articles from september 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as 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