Founded in 2014, LaserFlow Labs is a contract laser-marking facility in Eden Prairie, MN. We don't fabricate parts — we put the permanent identity on them. Twelve people, seven lasers, one mission: every part shipped is one your auditor would approve of.
LaserFlow started in 2014 in a 1,200 sq ft unit with a single fiber laser, two engineers, and a backlog of orthopedic-instrument work that no local job shop wanted to touch. The medical OEMs we serve don't have time to chase down marks that don't pass passivation — and the aerospace tier-1s can't ship a part without an IUID plate they can read.
We exist because marking is the part of the process where great parts get scrapped. A turbine fastener that fails its dot-matrix grade is a $40 piece of inventory turned into landfill. A surgical instrument with a smeared UDI is an FDA finding. We took the problem seriously, built a shop around it, and now it's the only thing we do.
Today we run seven laser stations across two shifts. The work is split roughly 55% medical, 25% aerospace and defense, and 20% precision industrial. About a third of every month's revenue comes from customers who've been with us five years or longer.
A walkthrough of the production floor — the mark cells, fixturing area, and QC bench in motion. Best watched with sound on.
video-frame on about.html to replace this placeholder.The right laser for the substrate — we don't try to anneal titanium with the same beam that color-marks ABS. Every station has its own enclosure, fume extraction, and traceable parameter log.
| Station | Laser type | Power | Wavelength | Work envelope | Primary use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFL-MK-1 | Fiber MOPA | 30 W | 1064 nm | 175 × 175 mm | Color mark on Ti, fine anneal |
| LFL-MK-2 | Fiber MOPA | 50 W | 1064 nm | 175 × 175 mm | UDI / DataMatrix on instruments |
| LFL-MK-3 | Fiber Q-switch | 50 W | 1064 nm | 300 × 300 mm | Large-format engrave |
| LFL-MK-4 | Fiber Q-switch | 100 W | 1064 nm | 175 × 175 mm | Deep engrave (≤ 0.030″) |
| LFL-MK-5 | UV solid-state | 5 W | 355 nm | 110 × 110 mm | Plastic foaming, color on polymer |
| LFL-MK-6 | UV solid-state | 10 W | 355 nm | 200 × 200 mm | Glass & electronics marking |
| LFL-MK-7 | Fiber MOPA | 50 W | 1064 nm | 175 × 175 mm | Demo station / first-article runs |
We are actively working toward ISO 13485:2016 certification. Full traceability documentation — drawing revision, machine ID, operator initials, mark-cycle parameters, first-article photo, and verification logs — ships with every lot today. Capability statement available on request.
Your drawing doesn't get parsed by a robot or kicked over to a sales rep. An ME with marking experience looks at it, flags anything funky, and replies with options.
We mark one, photograph it, and send for sign-off. Nothing else moves until you say yes. If the first article isn't right, we redo it on our dime.
Drawing rev, machine ID, operator ID, cycle parameters, first-article photo — in the box and emailed to your QA inbox. PPAP, FAI, DHF support on request.
We'll mark a sample on the spot. Lunch nearby is on us.