Lasermet Ltd

One of The World’s Leading Suppliers of Laser Safety Equipment

Lasermet is a privately owned ISO 9001 registered company that has been instrumental in the development of the recognised safety standards IEC/EN 60825 over a period of many years.

We provide our expertise to a wide range of organisations, institutes and industries to ensure their personnel are kept safe from the harmful and potentially damaging effects of laser radiation. This has resulted in Lasermet designing and manufacturing a large range of innovative products to cover all aspects of laser safety.

The equipent Lasermet design, manufacture, install and certify is one of the most extensive ranges anywhere in the world.

The range covers virtually all aspects of laser safety, from laser beam shutters, laser blocking curtains, laser protective enclosures, filter windows, LED warning signs and laser interlock systems, to laser warning labels, laser safety software, power meters, laser protective screens and roller blinds.

Lasermet is one of the only companies globally to manufacture active laser guarding enclosures which are used when more powerful lasers are employed e.g. laser cutting, laser welding, laser cladding in engineering which are used heavily in the automotive industry.

Lasermet's safety enclosures come in the form of the Laser Castle which is a safety cabin that protects personnel from the dangers of high powered laser beams by means of absorbing the laser power in the specially designed roof and walls.

The “Laser Castle” and “Laser Jailer” from Lasermet are modular Class 1 room sized enclosures which are tested and certified to international standards (IEC 60825-4 Safety Laser Products Part 4-Laser Guards) all of which can be designed and manufactured and quickly installed by Lasermet.

Small Class 1 Enclosures for Class 4 Lasers-CE Certified to EN 60825-4
Lasermet can supply and install Class 1 small laser enclosures for high power lasers which can be designed and manufactured to meet the customers own specifications.

We offer two types of small class 1 products depending on the construction and these include both panel enclosures and metal enclosures.

The purpose of a laser interlock system is to prevent harm to personnel from potentially hazardous lasers. Typically the laser will be disabled if a door is opened to the room where it is operating, unless an authorised user uses the override keypad.

The laser interlock systems from Lasermet are able to operate laser interlocks, beam shutters, laser power and warning signs and can be fitted with entry/exit overrides and emergency stop switches. Additionally a key-lock prevents unauthorised use.

Lasermet’s interlock controllers are widely regarded as the industry standard in use in thousands of laboratories, clinics, hospitals and anywhere where hazardous lasers are being operated. All have been designed to provide a comprehensive and highly versatile laser safety environment which is easy to install, operate and maintain.

Lasermet’s most advanced interlock controller is the ICS-6 “ELISe” (Expandable Laser Interlock Controller – to performance level ‘e’ of ISO 13849-1).

All laser products that enter the USA must be registered with the FDA to legally enter the country because in the USA laser safety is dealt with by regulations which are part of federal law as opposed to Europe whereby manufacturers are able to self-certify to various standards.

To legally enter the USA a laser product must have an accession number which needs to be quoted on the importers declaration. To obtain an accession number a laser product must be submitted to the FDA who will not make a charge for this service.

Lasermet is the UKs leading test house for the following standards:

EN 60825-1/IEC 60825-1*
EN 60825-2/IEC 60825-2
EN 60825-12/IEC 60825-12*
EN 60601-2-22/IEC 60601-2-22*
21 CFR 1040.10

Lasermet is also the only test house with UKAS Accreditation for laser and LED testing.

All personnel using Class 1M, Class 2M, Class 3R, Class 3B and Class 4 lasers should receive laser safety training. For Class 1M, 2M and 3R lasers the training may be quite concise.

All organisations using Class3B, Class 4 or invisible Class 3R lasers must have a laser safety officer who should have received the appropriate training.

Lasermet provides a number of laser safety training courses that have been specifically designed for each of the above so to find out more about this service please contact us or visit our website.

Lasermet ISO 9001 Certificate