Laser Drilling Non-Metals Articles

Fraunhofer ILT-led group wins award for ultrashort laser pulses

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:44:00 GMT

A group of German researchers led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) have received the 2012 Stifterverband's Science Award for their development of an ultrashort-pulse laser platform that can scale up to several hundred watts.

Laser Services expands microelectronics work with new CO2 laser

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:43:00 GMT

The Westford, MA job shop now has four microscope-aligned CO₂ lasers for cutting and drilling substrates and printed circuit boards.

LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA 2012 a success

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:26:00 GMT

Shanghai laser conference sets records.

Ultrafast laser micromachining expands at JPSA

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:29:00 GMT

JPSA expands its product line for ultrafast pusle laser micromachining.

Ace Precision expands with two laser machining systems

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:11:00 GMT

Champlin, Minn. – Prima Power Laserdyne, a manufacturer of precision multi-axis laser machining systems, has announced that Ace Precision Machining Corp., Oconomowoc, Wis., has taken delivery of two Laserdyne 795XL seven-axis BeamDirector systems.

Laser drilling system supplier expands

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:55:50 GMT

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan – Tongtai Machine & Tool Co. Ltd. has shipped three laser drilling machines in the 1Q11 and expect to deliver 10 laser drilling machines by the end of June. Forecasters project the company will ship a total of 60 laser drilling machines in 2011, contributing $31.2 million to its total sales.

Lasers protect against forgery

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:30:00 GMT

Daventry, Northants, UK – Lasers have proven to be an indispensible tool in the fight against forgery. The ability of the laser to produce consistent and accurate micron sized holes in unique patterns provides enhanced protection against forgery in official documents such as passports.

Laser perforations open new possibilities

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:45:30 GMT

Daventry, Northants, UK – Micron sized laser produced holes are an essential part of many manufacturing processes. Often difficult to see with the naked eye, these tiny apertures are used in packaging to control and extend the shelf life of many fresh products. Hole size, shape and position are controlled to micron dimensions, providing the specific functionality required.

Laser shaping system triples drilling capacity

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:05:20 GMT

Milpitas, Calif. – Lenthor Engineering, a designer, manufacturer, and assembler of rigid-flex and flexible PCBs and electronic manufacturing services (EMS), has installed an Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI) FLEX5530 UV laser drilling system with a shaped beam.

Laser chemical doping system introduced

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:20:50 GMT

Stuttgart, Germany – At LASYS I renewed the acquaintance of Berthold Richerzhagen, CEO of Synova S.A., who I had first met when he introduced his laser water jet system for hole drilling at the Laser Munich show years ago. I had spotted this system as an innovation that could find a solid niche in industrial laser material processing. It took a few years – new technology innovations usually do – but Synova has had recent successes that have established the laser water jet as a viable processing tool.

Laser chemical doping system introduced

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:20:50 GMT

Innovation Award Laser Technology 2010 conferred on EdgeWave managing director

Fri, 07 May 2010 16:55:10 GMT

Aachen, Germany – The Innovation Award Laser Technology 2010, initiated by the associations Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute, was conferred on Dr. rer. nat. Keming Du, managing director of EdgeWave GmbH, Würselen, Germany, on May 5 in Aachen, Germany's town hall. Du won with his innovative proposal, "Q-switched INNOSLAB lasers for high quality micro-processing." Two other awards, for 2nd and 3rd place, were also conferred.

Innovation Award Laser Technology 2010 conferred on EdgeWave managing director

Fri, 07 May 2010 16:55:10 GMT

JPSA job shop offers vertical wall taper-less hole drilling

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:04:00 GMT

J P Sercel Associates (JPSA) has begun to offer hole drilling with excimer lasers with controlled hole tapering. This means that holes of varying sizes in a wide variety of soft or hard materials can be drilled with straight or vertical walls regardless of the thickness of the material drilled through, i.e., unaffected by a high aspect ratio. JPSA can also drill holes with a controlled taper (i.e., user-defined angle) as well as vertical ("taper-less") ones.

Pill drill

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:09:00 GMT

A laser tablet drilling system is implemented in a high-speed pharmaceutical production environment, where laser pulse characteristics affect process economics and hole quality

Precision drilling of alumina ceramic

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:02:00 GMT

There are a large number of lasers being used to drill and cut alumina ceramic for a variety of applications. The laser of choice for this application is CO2 as it is fairly cheap and easy to use and has a very high processing speed with respect to other sources.

Making holes in stone

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:08:00 GMT

As an alternative to traditional mechanical drilling processes for natural stone, multi-shot percussion drilling is faster, more flexible, and requires no chilling liquid

Are excimer lasers the ultimate drillers?

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:08:00 GMT

Excimer lasers are gaining ground on Nd:YAG lasers in drilling ceramic coated surfaces and stacks of composite material and in opening the structure of honed cylinder surfaces

Drilling rock

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 06:03:00 GMT

R&D activities may lead to a capability that impacts the multi-billion dollar business of drilling gas and oil wells