Hello

Can anyone recommend a US-Based repair service for air-cooled Co2 laser tubes? Our 3.5 year old GCC LaserPro Explorer seems to have a problem with it's tube made by Coherent; the problem was isolated via telephone with GCC America's excellent tech support; also, machine has a new power-supply and we've confirmed that the tube is getting 48 Watts of power.

Machine does ALMOST everything correctly (powers up, initializes, home position, auto-focus, receives job via USB, proper X/Y/Z movement) but NO laser output!

Can anyone recommend a fast and affordable company offering tube repair? We tend to think the tube still has a strong charge since we did NOT experience any power-drops before the tube suddenly stopped output and the machine has been used sparingly since its last meter-reading of 30 + watts in June '05.

If anyone has required tube repair, what did it cost and how long was the wait?

Thanks in advance for ANY help, Regards, JB Lynn