{"id":5205,"date":"2015-06-05T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2022-11-16T10:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:08:54","slug":"laser-alignment-in-house-or-outsourced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/laser-alignment-in-house-or-outsourced\/","title":{"rendered":"Laser Alignment: In-house or Outsourced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should your laser alignment be done in your own laboratory with laser products or contracted out? A case could be made for either option but for most applications, in-house laser alignment equipment will be most useful.<\/p>\n<p>Laser alignment products are available to provide an easy and inexpensive method for keeping your laboratory tools accurate and results useful.<\/p>\n<p>Select from lasers that operate at 650nm wavelength, provide between 1mW and 5mW of energy, and are classified as either class II or class III devices. 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