April 18, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 18 April, 2015 Danbury, CT: Hamar Laser, U.S.-based manufacturer of the Stealth Series™ Shaft Alignment Lasers, announces an unprecedented 5-Year Manufacturer’s Warranty for its entire Stealth Series™ product line. In conjunction, Hamar has launched a new website (http://www.stealthalignment.com) dedicated solely to shaft alignment to showcase the clear advantages the Stealth Series™ laser systems have over competitor systems.

“It’s a warranty like no other in our industry, but it’s more than just a warranty. It’s a firm commitment to our customers that we will support them better than ever before, and strikingly better than any competitor in our space” states Mike Howard, Brand & Distribution Manager. He further describes the No-Worries philosophy as “a vehement passion for exceptional customer service and support.” Howard goes on to outline the customer-focused elements of the No Worries, 5-Year Manufacturer’s Warranty: “The No Worries philosophy incorporates a dedicated approach to delivering the best customer experience possible. Some key elements of our No Worries philosophy include:

• A 30-day No Worries return policy. If a customer is in any way dissatisfied with the performance of their Stealth Series™ instrument, they can return it in new condition, with all accessories in its original packaging, and we will tear up the PO.
• Free software & firmware updates for the life of the product.
• An easy laser system upgrade path where customers can trade up from one Stealth Series™ laser system to another.

The 5-Year Manufacturer’s Warranty sets the bar for warranties within the laser alignment industry:

• It is the only manufacturer-backed 5-Year warranty in the laser alignment industry.
• The Stealth Series™ warranty offers a free loaner instrument to customers in the unlikely event of their instrument requiring a warranty repair.”

In addition to the best warranty in the market, Stealth Series™ customers realize many other benefits, according to Rod Hamar, President of Hamar Laser Instruments, such as:

• “Stealth Series™ products are engineered, and manufactured here in the USA, while being sold and supported globally through a network of distribution partners.
• Modular Couple6™ software that enables customers to easily add new features and functions to existing equipment.
• There are no proprietary display boxes since the Stealth Series™ uses rugged, off-the-shelf Windows® tablets and PC’s, that are easily replaced if lost or broken for a fraction of the price of competitor proprietary display boxes.”

“Our Stealth Series™, industry-leading Dual-Beam™ and Dual-Fan™ technology allows us to offer high-performance, intuitive and yet affordable systems that are up to 15-times more accurate than competing products, which leads to faster alignments and happier customers” says, Rod Hamar. He adds “Our new website explains Stealth technology in detail, and nicely illustrates our many features and advantages via our informative product and Alignment Bytes™ videos.

“Our customers count on us to provide the most reliable, robust, rugged and repeatable product experience. The Stealth Series™ is poised to become the laser alignment system of choice for the shaft alignment industry,” states Martin Hamar, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer. About Hamar Laser Instruments: Founded and headquartered nearly fifty years ago in Danbury, Connecticut, Hamar Laser Instruments is the undisputed leader in precision laser measurement and alignment. Hamar Laser alignment products are proudly engineered, manufactured, and supported in the United States with sales and support capabilities worldwide. To learn more about the Stealth Series™ visit www.stealthalignment.com. 

March 1, 2015

Effective March 1, 2015, we will no longer support the S-640 and S-650 Shaft Alignment lasers due to a shortage of replacement parts and calibration station issues. As a way of saying thanks for so many years of success with these lasers, we are offering our S-640/S-650 customers a special trade-in discount toward the purchase of one of our new line of Stealth™ Series shaft alignment laser systems. This offer will expire on April 30th, 2015. Please contact our Sales Department at sales@hamarlaser.com(ext. 114) for details.                        

Here is a list of replacement lasers: 

January 1, 2015

As of January 1, 2015, Hamar Laser is discontinuing the Couple5 Win CE 6.0 PDA and Smart Phone Platform due to support and EOL issues with the Windows CE 6.0/6.5 operating system. This means we will no longer offer for sale the following Stealth Series™ model numbers: S-660S, S-660P, S-670P and S-680P. We will continue to support the platform for as long as possible. Please contact sales@hamarlaser.com to hear about our offer to trade in your PDA and Couple5 software toward the purchase of a new rugged tablet with our very popular Couple6 software.

January 1, 2015

Hamar Laser Instruments, Inc. introduces the Stealth Series™ S-660CRT 3-Axis Shaft Alignment System package. The S-660CRT is now the most feature-rich and powerful, entry-level, laser alignment system on the market. With up to 5-times higher accuracy, a large 20-mm PSD and an 8” Consumer-Rugged display box, the S-660CRT offers the features and power of competitive mid and high-end systems for a fraction of the price. That combined with our intuitive and easy-to-use Couple6 software, and upgradeability to advanced features, means the S-660CRT is the choice for most motor shaft alignment applications.

“We are constantly striving to provide the most accurate, intuitive and best system for the lowest price possible,” says Rod Hamar, president of Hamar Laser Instruments, “and the S-660CRT is our newest offering in our unique, high-tech Stealth Series™ Shaft Alignment lasers.”

January 1, 2015

Hamar Laser Instruments, Inc. introduces the Stealth Series™ S-670BCRT shaft alignment system package. The S-670BCRT is a powerful, high-end laser alignment system with modular upgrades available via simple software updates applied to the Couple6™ alignment software. With up to 10-times higher accuracy, a large 30-mm PSD, 30-foot operating range and an 8” Consumer-Rugged display box, the S-670BCRT offers the features and power of competitive high-end systems for a much more budget-friendly price. That combined with our intuitive and easy-to-use Couple6 software, and upgradeability to advanced features, means the S-670BCRT is the right choice for customers with tight budgets but more advanced coupling alignment applications. 

“The Stealth Series™ S-670BCRT combines our Dual-Beam™ tehchnology with robust industrial hardware and an excellent alignment feature set to enable customers to align almost any motor application and also easily upgrade features as needed” stated Rod Hamar, President of Hamar Laser Instruments.

November 15, 2014

As of November 15, 2014, Hamar Laser will release a final build of our Couple6 software for our customers who still use Windows XP. Due to support issues with foreign language versions of Win XP, we need to switch to .Net 4.5 Framework, which is not supported in Win XP. All future updates to Couple6 will only support Win 7/8 operating systems. To continue to receive future Couple6 updates, upgrading to Windows 7 will be required. Of course, this will not affect users who currently run Couple6 on a Windows 7/8 machine.

September 22, 2014

Hamar Laser will be exhibiting at this year’s Turbomachinery show & Pump Symposia from September 22 through the 25th at the George Brown Conventions center in Houston, TX. Please stop in to booth #1906 to see our fully wireless, IP67 line of Stealth Series(tm) shaft laser alignment products, all of which run on Win 7/8 off-the-shelf tablets. We will also be showing our bore alignment and leveling lasers. In addition, we will display some new software, enhancements and laser fixtures for our products.

September 8, 2014

Hamar Laser will be exhibiting at this year’s IMTS show from September 8 through the 13th at McCormick Place Convention center in Chicago, IL. Please stop in to booth #N-6314 to see our full line of laser alignment products as well as some new software, enhancements and laser fixtures.

June 30, 2014

Please visit our YouTube channel to see 2 new videos on our best-of-class, entry-level shaft alignment system, the S-660ST. Part 1 focuses on the features and benefits and Part 2 shows an actual demonstration.

May 15, 2014

Please visit our YouTube channel to see our new line of Couple6 Software videos called Alignment Bytes™. Each video focuses on one of our advanced shaft alignment software features and shows how it’s used.

April 7, 2014

Hamar Laser Instruments, Inc. has ended its distribution relationship with Hyatt Industries, LLC of Vancouver, Canada. Hyatt is no longer an authorized distributor for Hamar in any country. Please contact Hamar Laser directly if you are interested in purchasing our products.

We are also looking for qualified distributors for our Stealth Series™ Shaft alignment products in the U.S. & Canada. If you are interested in becoming a distributor, please contact Rod Hamar at sales@hamarlaser.com or call our main number.

March 17, 2014

We are pleased to announce we have a new video on our S-680T Wireless 5-Axis Shaft Alignment system. Please click below to see it and be sure to check back on our You Tube Channel for more videos coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0oVY8Yjdlc

January 4, 2014

Hamar Laser is pleased to announce we have launched a new blog, called Zeroing in on Alignment. We plan on posting interesting (we hope!) articles on the do’s and don’t’s of laser alignment, tips, case histories and some general comments on the lasers in our industry. Please visit the blog and sign up today! We look forward to hearing your comments!

December 15, 2013

Designed primarily for deep-bore, large-diameter cylinders, such as gun barrels, the A-516 2-Axis Target features, a 20×20 mm PSD, self-centering and roller-bearing measuring tips for easy insertion into a bore. 

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December 15, 2013

A-1307KS Readout Stand for all R-1307 Readouts to allow the readout to be mounted in several different ways.

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October 15, 2013

Hamar Laser’s new Lathe9 software supports our L-700 Spindle Alignment system equipment to create a powerful tool for aligning the spindles on lathes or other turning-type machines. This comprehensive and easy-to-use program displays live readings of the horizontal and vertical center (offset) and the horizontal and vertical angular (slope) readings of the tailstock to the headstock and also checks the straightness of the bed ways and parallelism to the main spindle axis. 

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September 6, 2013

Dear Hamar Laser Customers,

Thank you for your continued loyalty to Hamar Laser over the years. We truly appreciate it!

We are sad to announce an end to an era of our popular scanning lasers, the L-719 and L-720 Series lasers. They were our first series of scanning diode lasers and served us and our customers very well over the 12 years we made them and the 10 years we continued to support them. However, the replacement parts are getting hard to find and, more importantly, so are the techs with the skills necessary to fix them, so we have decided it is time to call it quits.
Accordingly, effective December 24, 2013, we will no longer support the L-719, L-720, L-720M, L-722 and L-723 lasers. As a way of saying thanks for so many years of success with these lasers, we are offering our L-719 and L-720 Series customers a special trade-in discount toward the purchase of one of our new line of scanning lasers. This offer will expire on December 24, 2013. Please contact our Sales Department at sales@hamarlaser.com (ext. 14) for details.

Here is a list of replacement lasers:

We truly appreciate your continued support and use of our products and we look forward to serving you for many years to come!

Sincerely,

Roderick M. Hamar

June 1, 2013

Effective June 1, 2013, Hamar Laser will no longer sell the A-1532 and A-1533 Single Axis Targets. The replacement target is the A-1519-2.4ZB Single-Axis Wireless Target and R-1308 Single-Axis Readout. Please note, the R-1308 can be replaced with the R-1355-2.4ZB PDA Readout (displays the data for up to 10 A-1519-2.4ZB targets) or R-1307W-2.4ZB Readout (displays the data for up to 2 A-1519-2.4ZB targets).
Please contact sales@hamarlaser.com or support@hamarlaser.com for pricing and answers to any questions you may have. 

December 15, 2012

For those complex applications that demand precision, the S-680BT utilizes super-linear PSDs combined with our Dual-Beam™ Technology and highly advanced electronic design to produce the most accurate system in the world today – up to 15x more accurate! Utilizing our S-680 laser and target, the S-680B has all the power of the S-680T system but without all the extra features to make this powerful laser more affordable than ever. 

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December 15, 2012

Hamar Laser’s T-1220 Universal Target is a 2-axis, large-range target with “see-through” capabilities. The target provides high accuracy and measuring range for large-bore centering applications. The T-1220 can be used with the T-1255L 

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November 15, 2012

Designed for applications where long-term monitoring of flat surfaces is needed, such as aircraft wing assembly or deflection monitoring of large machines, the S-1401 Multi-Readout Software can support up to 15 A-1519-2.4ZB targets simultaneously. 

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October 15, 2012

Hamar Laser’s new Bore9 software supports all of Hamar’s past and present bore alignment equipment to create a powerful tool for measuring and aligning multiple bores. This comprehensive and easy-to-use program measures bore straightness (axis centering) and diameter change 

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September 15, 2012

Used primarily with the S-670 and S-680 Stealth™ Series shaft alignment lasers, the A-986 Coupling-Flange Slider bracket is used on large diameter coupling flanges where the shaft cannot rotate. Read More

May 15, 2012

Hamar Laser is pleased to announce our our newest addition to our popular Stealth™ Wireless shaft alignment systems: the S-660 Wireless 3-Axis Shaft Alignment System,designed for the entry-level end of the market. The S-660 features standard wireless communication, Dual-Fan™ Technology, PDA smart phone, color software and 5x higher accuracy, which makes it the best value in entry-level shaft alignment lasers. Over 45 years of laser alignment experience has gone into the design of the S-660 to produce a system that is unparalleled in the entry-level class of the laser alignment market. More info…

Hamar Laser is pleased to announce the opening of our new national training facility located in sunny Sarasota, FL. The new training center offers specialized training courses for students in various areas of our laser alignment and software products.

The center is managed by our worldwide laser alignment expert, Mr. Darel Ford. Mr. Ford has more than 30 years of laser alignment experience, not only as a trainer but also as a long-time service technician, which gives Mr. Ford an unparalleled depth of knowledge to impart to his students. He has expertise in all applications utilizing our world-renown laser alignment products. In addition, he is an expert at achieving the highest accuracy possible out of our laser products and knows from hard-earned experience, what works and what does not.

All of Mr. Ford’s experience has gone into the content of our training courses. Each course covers the basics, such as setup, calibration, laser theory and troubleshooting. In addition, we can customize each course to the specific needs of the students, providing valuable time saving short- cuts and hands-on training for almost any laser alignment application.

The courses are structured to offer an intensive mix of hands-on,workshop-style practice and in-depth analysis of alignment methodologies, which will teach the students the practical skills necessary to maximize the benefits of our lasers. The courses feature the latest,advanced laser alignment technology and methods employed in the laser industry. On completion of training, each student will be able to correctly setup the laser on various different kinds of machinery; conduct precision measurements; identify symptoms of misalignment; understand precision standards; undertake appropriate calculations and where necessary,conduct acceptance testing and commissioning of complex equipment utilizing our lasers.

Class duration varies from 4 – 40 hours depending on the area of application and the details included in the course.Each participant will receive a certificate of achievement to acknowledge their enhanced maintenance skills.

More details about the training programs offered by Hamar Laser can be found here.

May 15, 2012

Our newest offering in the shaft alignment industry, the S-660 features standard wireless communication, PDA smart phone, color software and high accuracy that makes it the best value in entry-level shaft alignment lasers. Our Dual Fan™ technology produces a laser fan with very little divergence that allows the use of fan-type laser for distance up to 15 feet but without having to increase power, a typical problem with fan-type lasers. The S-660 offer accuracy that is 2-3 times more accurate than our competitor’s mid-level units! 

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April 15, 2012

Hamar Laser’s new T-1218 Universal Target is a 2-axis, large-range target with a x0x20 mm PSD that provides high accuracy and measuring range for large-bore centering applications. The T-1218 can be used with the T-1225(L) flange(s) adapter, the T-1230 target stand or custom fixtures.

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March 15, 2012

Hamar Laser’s T-220 Small-Bore, Self-Centering Target is designed specifically to measure the straightness of small bores, from .70″ (18 mm) to 1.5″ (38 mm). This small, lightweight, compact target self-centers to an accuracy of .0005″ (0.013 mm) and has a sensor area of 4 x 4 mm. 

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February 15, 2012

Hamar Laser’s T-219 2-Axis Front-Mount Bore Target is designed to work with bore adapters for small bore applications, where the target needs to be mounted at the far end of the bore, such as heat exchanger tube support plate alignment. 

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January 15, 2012

Hamar Laser is pleased to announce our new customer application and support forums. We want to hear from you so please register and let us know if you have any application questions or ideas you’d like us to know. We’d also like to hear your success stories and creative ways you have used our lasers to solve problems. Also our support forums will have lots of information on troubleshooting and fixing systems problems. 

October 26, 2011

Dear Hamar Laser Customers,

Thank you for continuing to use our laser alignment products. We truly appreciate it!

Due to the extreme difficulty sourcing component parts for circuit cards for these products, effective January 1, 2012, Hamar Laser will no longer support the products listed below. The replacement products are listed below as well.

August 15, 2011

Hamar Laser’s R-1355 Wireless PDA Readout combines a Trimble Nomad PDA with a Zigbee® RF module operating at 2.4 GHz. The R-1355 Readout operates with Hamar Laser’s A-1519-2.4ZB and A-1520-2.4ZB radio wireless targets and any continuously rotating laser in our product line. The radios employ a frequency-hopping protocol to avoid interference with other radio devices that might be operating at the same frequency. 

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August 13, 2011

The A-910-2.4ZB computer interface is a small, compact USB dongle wireless receiver that communicates with up to 99 2.4GHz Zigbee® targets. Power is supplied by the laptop computer’s USB port and the system IDs can be changed in the software, unlike those of the A-910-900/2.4, which are changed via switch settings. Read More

March 15, 2011

Designed specifically for those applications where it is hard to mount a bore laser externally, such as stern tube bearings, the L-708 offers the ability to be inserted directly into a bore for very fast, high-accuracy bore alignments.

October 15, 2010

2-Axis Bore Target for use with A-514 Self-Centering Bore Adapters with See-Through Capability and 20×20 mm PSD. The world’s only see-through, self-centering target, the T-1240 is used in large ship marine applications where the bores are large and the distances long. 

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