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Radian Laser Automation API

A true production solution — not a software plug-in.
Radian Laser Automation API Server diagram — e-commerce, ERP, WMS/MES, kiosks, and order management systems flowing into the API Server, with optional, automated cobot load, laser engraving, and finished parts out.

Your order data pours into the Radian API Server — the hub between your business software and your lasers — which sorts every order, preps every job, and runs your machines automatically. It masters the constantly-changing variable data behind direct-to-consumer (D2C) personalization and automates high-volume business-to-business (B2B) marking at the same time — with nothing done by hand.

Modern manufacturing needs more than a standalone laser. It needs a clean connection between your business software and your production floor. Whether orders come from your ERP, WMS, MES, order management system, or e-commerce platform, the Radian Laser Automation API turns them into laser-ready jobs — sorted, prepped, and ready to run with minimal operator interaction.

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Overview

What Is the Radian Laser Automation API?

It's a software integration platform that connects your business systems directly to Radian laser systems. Instead of building a laser job by hand for every order, the job information comes from software you already run and is processed through the centralized Radian API Server.

The server prepares each job using predefined production settings and makes it available to the laser for engraving. Your software never has to talk to individual laser controllers — it talks to one API Server that manages job creation, machine communication, and production status.

Not a Plug-In

A True Production Solution

The Feature
The API runs the full production loop — it captures the order, prepares the job, runs the laser, drives automated part handling, tracks the run, and reports the result.
The Advantage
A software plug-in bolts one feature onto a program you already use. A true production solution runs your production — from the moment an order arrives to the finished, marked part, and can even load and unload it with a cobot.
The Benefit
Minimal human intervention, without the need to stitch tools together. One system takes an order and returns a part, with full visibility the whole way. That's the difference between adding a feature and automating production.
Two Data Problems, One API

B2B and D2C

Not all laser marking data is equal. The difference between business-to-business (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (D2C) production is the difference between easy data and hard variable data — and it's exactly where the Radian API earns its place.

High Volume, Stable Data

Business-to-Business (B2B)

B2B work runs at high volume, and the data barely changes, if at all, from part to part — the same logo, part number, and layout, over and over. Even where it does vary, it varies predictably: sequential serial numbers, date codes, and asset tags for serialization and traceability. Rule-based data like this is straightforward to automate, and the API handles it at scale — including high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) runs — without breaking stride.

Every Order Is Different

Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)

D2C is the hard problem — true mass customization. The data changes with every single order — a different name, message, or graphic — and the product itself can change too. Orders arrive one at a time from your e-commerce store, each a lot size of one. That constant, unpredictable variability, at a batch of one, is where most automation breaks down.

The Advantage
The Radian API is built to speak directly to this hard, always-changing D2C data. It captures each order's unique information — straight from your e-commerce platform or order system — and turns it into a ready-to-run job automatically, one part to the next. That's on-demand engraving at production speed.
The Benefit
If the API masters the hard case, the easy case is effortless. You automate your one-of-a-kind D2C orders and your high-volume B2B runs through a single pipeline, with no operator retyping anything.
The Opportunity
For a B2B shop, this opens a new revenue stream. You can add on-demand personalization — the fast-growing D2C side of the market — without adding headcount, because the API absorbs the labor that used to make one-off orders unprofitable. A batch of one runs as smoothly as a batch of a thousand.
Real-Life Examples
  • Our customers run personalized drinkware on our CO2 lasers — a classic D2C job where every piece is different.
  • Engraved data tags and nameplates on Rowmark® or Trolase® material, where serialized B2B production runs at volume. Same API, both jobs.

Why this matters: most automation can push stable B2B data to a laser. Very little can handle D2C variable data that changes on every order and every product. That capability is the Radian API's edge.

Integration

Two Ways to Integrate

Every customer has different software capabilities, so the API supports two integration methods — one for teams with developers, one for teams without.

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The Native Interface

JSON Integration

Feature
The Radian interface is built around JSON. Your ERP, WMS, MES, order management system, or custom software generates structured JSON job definitions and sends them straight to the API Server.
Advantage
JSON is a reliable, standardized way to move production data between your software and your lasers — no proprietary middle layer to wrestle with.
Benefit
Teams with developers build exactly the workflow they need and own the integration end to end.
No Development Required

Excel-Based Job Import

Feature
Production data exported from your ERP or order system is imported into the API Server, which automatically converts it into the required job structure.
Advantage
No custom software interface and no programmers required to reach production automation.
Benefit
If your team can produce a spreadsheet, it can drive the laser(s).
The Pipeline

From Order Data to Laser Production

Every job routes through the Radian API Server — one hub from order data to finished part. A typical workflow runs like this:

01Production Data — Kiosk, E-Commerce
→
02JSON or Excel Data
→
03Radian API Server
→
04Laser Job Creation
→
05Cobot Loads Part
→
06Radian & Other Galvo Lasers
→
07Cobot Unloads Finished Part
→
08Production Status Returned

Once the server receives the job information, it prepares the engraving job using your defined production data, artwork, and validated processing parameters — automating the repetitive job-prep work while leaving you in complete control of your production process.

Personalization at Scale

Variable Data & Personalized Production

The API is built for work where every part carries different information — the core of variable data marking and direct-to-consumer (D2C) personalization. That data is supplied straight from your business system instead of being keyed in by hand, job after job.

Typical Variable Data

  • Customer names and variable text
  • Logos and personalized graphics
  • Serial numbers and product identification
  • 1D and 2D barcodes including QR codes and data matrix
  • Dates and batch codes

Well Suited For

  • Personalized D2C goods and made-to-order products
  • Drinkware, awards, and promotional products
  • Signage and industrial identification
  • Serialization and high-mix manufacturing
  • Automated, lights-out production cells with cobot part handling
  • Engraved data tags, nameplates, and asset tags on Rowmark® or Trolase® two-ply materials
  • IUID (Unique Identification) tags and nameplates to meet MIL-STD-130 specs for Aerospace and Defense
  • UDI (Unique Device Identification) marking to GS1 standards for medical devices
Equipment Reach

One API Across Your Galvo-Based Equipment

The Feature
The Radian API speaks to galvo-steered laser systems — the same beam-steering technology used across a wide range of marking and engraving equipment.
The Advantage
Upon evaluation, Radian can assess the galvo-based equipment already on your floor — including possibilities of systems from other manufacturers — and, where compatible, bring that equipment under the same API.
The Benefit
Instead of a mixed floor of disconnected machines, you get one automation layer across your galvo lasers — one pipeline, one set of controls, one source of production data. Talk to us about your existing equipment and we'll evaluate what can be integrated.
Automated Part Handling

Cobot Integration

The Feature
The Radian API controls more than the laser — it integrates with a cobot too. The same API Server that preps and runs each job commands a collaborative robot (cobot) to load raw parts and unload finished ones, in step with the marking cycle. Order data in, the cobot loads the part, the laser marks it, the cobot removes it — no hands in the loop.
The Advantage
Most automation stops at the laser and still needs an operator to load and unload every part. When the API orchestrates the cobot, part handling is automated end to end — pick, place, mark, and remove — turning a tended machine into a self-running production cell. This is true robotic laser marking, where the same pipeline that creates the job also moves the material.
The Benefit
Lights-out manufacturing. Parts move themselves, the laser runs unattended, and one person can oversee several machines instead of tending one. Cobot laser integration removes the last manual step between order and finished part — the payoff of load/unload automation and robotic part handling applied to marking and engraving.

Watch the Radian API drive the cobot and laser together — live trade-show demo

Job Retrieval

Barcode-Driven Production

The platform supports barcode- and QR-code-driven job retrieval. An operator scans a code at the laser, the laser requests the matching job from the API Server, and the server returns the right job for engraving. Less manual job selection, fewer wrong-file errors, better accuracy.

Fleet Control

Multi-Laser Management & Production Visibility

One API Server communicates with multiple Radian lasers from a single location and reports production status in real time. That information can feed your own dashboards or manufacturing software for full visibility.

Job Status

Ready • Engraving • Complete • Error

Machine Status

Laser Status • Error • Cabinet Status

Usage Statistics

Laser Hours • Galvo Hours • Job Count • Reset Count
Security

Secure Network Architecture

The API connects your lasers to the server over standard, secure network communication. Each laser talks to the API Server through its own authenticated client connection, while job and status management stay centralized. The platform supports:

  • Secure HTTPS communication
  • TCP/IP networking
  • Client authentication and individual client identification
  • Secure file transfer
API SERVER GALVO LASER
The Case for the API

Why Manufacturers Choose the Radian API

Reduce Manual Job Setup

Generate laser-ready jobs automatically from the business systems you already run.

Improve Production Accuracy

Structured production data replaces manual entry, so the right job runs on the right part.

Scale Your Production

Drive multiple laser systems through one centralized API Server — grow by adding machines, not process.

Automate Part Handling

Bring a cobot under the same API for hands-free load and unload — unattended, lights-out production cells.

Increase Visibility

Monitor machine status, job progress, and production activity from a single location.

Simplify Integration

Choose modern JSON integration or Excel-based import, depending on what your team is ready for.

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See the Radian API on Your Floor

Tell us about your order flow, your business systems, and the parts you produce. We'll show you what an automated pipeline looks like for your operation.

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a laser automation API?
It's a software connection that lets your business systems — ERP, WMS, MES, or order management — send jobs directly to your lasers through a centralized Radian API Server, instead of an operator building each file by hand.
What is the difference between B2B and D2C laser marking?
Business-to-business (B2B) marking runs high volume with data that stays largely the same part to part. Direct-to-consumer (D2C) marking changes with every order — different names, graphics, even different products — which is much harder to automate. The Radian API is built to handle the constantly-changing D2C data, which makes stable B2B work effortless.
Do I need programmers to use it?
No. If you have developers, they integrate directly using JSON. If you don't, the Excel-based import gives you production automation with no software development required.
Can the API integrate with a cobot or robot?
Yes. The Radian API can control a collaborative robot (cobot) directly — triggering automated load and unload in sync with the marking cycle. We have demonstrated the cobot, API, and laser running together as one hands-free cell, enabling lights-out, unattended production and true robotic laser marking.
Can the API control other manufacturers' lasers?
Possibly. The API works with galvo-steered laser systems, so upon evaluation Radian can assess your existing galvo-based equipment — including other manufacturers' systems — and, where compatible, bring it under the same API.
What kinds of parts can the Radian API produce?
Anything your lasers mark or engrave, driven from your order data — from personalized drinkware and promotional products to engraved data tags, IUID nameplates, and asset tags on materials like Rowmark® or Trolase®. If the part carries variable information, the API can automate it.
Does the API support compliance marking like IUID and UDI?
Yes. The API applies the variable identification data behind compliance standards automatically — IUID tags and nameplates for aerospace and defense, and UDI marking to GS1 standards for medical devices. Because the data comes straight from your business system, every serial number and identifier matches the record, every time.