Welding and machining developer Amada Miyachi America Inc. has expanded its application laboratories. The newly enhanced application technical center features 25,000 sq ft of lab space situated in a new 85,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility. It is equipped with 11 application-specific labs that support each product line, processing nearly 100 samples per month. The newest laboratory updates include an ultrafast laser development center equipped with both femtosecond and picosecond lasers. Ten full-time application experts are available to help customers with a complete range of application development services for welding, marking, cutting, drilling, milling, ablation, scribing and texturing of metals, polymers, glasses and ceramics. Limited contract manufacturing work is also available. In addition to flexible technology selection, customers can see equipment options within the technology. Resistance welding choices include AC, CD, HF and Linear DC. Laser processing technology includes Nd:YAG and fiber welders. Additional equipment used in development includes a variety of scan heads, stent cutters and XY motion platforms. The lab also offers optical and scanning electron microscope inspection, a 3D digital microscope, and mini coordinate measuring machine dimensional measurement and verifier services. Amada Miyachi America manufactures equipment and systems for resistance welding, laser welding, laser marking, laser cutting, hermetic sealing, and hot bar reflow soldering and bonding.