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Benefits Of Femtosecond and Picosecond Laser Micromachining

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Today, the world of laser micromachining has made it possible to carry out things in many different fields. Several circumstances cannot be achieved by standard methods, except for laser micromachining . Right from precision to getting quality work done, you can be sure that you can get it all done with the help of lasers. The concept of using various lasers such as Femtosecond or picosecond laser to micromachine the finer parts is unique, cost, and time-saving. Precision Drilling When you need to create machines that have precision parts and need to have components moving smoothly, then you should consider laser micromachining. With this, you can expect to get the kind the precision that your machine might require for the job that it is expected to perform. For critical task machines, like when you are using the device in some medical field, you will need to have such kind of usable and reliable tools that can get the job done for you. With laser engraving, you can be assured t...

Picosecond Laser Micromachining VS. Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) Of Tungsten Carbide

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                               Tungsten carbide (WC) is very well recognized as a hard-to-machine material but is commonly used as a tool material. Tungsten carbide is used in the industry due to its unique properties such as dimensional stability, extreme hardness, excellent wear resistance, and chemical inertness. Due to material durability and strength, traditional mechanical machining techniques, such as electrical discharge machining (EDM) and grinding, can experience problems such as tool damage, fast tool breakage, and time-consuming repairs. If EDM is used in processing WC, there would be many machining problems, including a heat-affected layer formed on machined surfaces and a discharge-induced rough surface. As a consequence, a post-polishing process is necessary, which makes the whole manufacturing process very sluggish and raises the cost of production. Besides, for the EDM operation, a sh...

Picosecond Laser Processing For Medical industry

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Lasers have been proven to be versatile industrial tools, providing robust and reliable performance that is effective for a wide range of industrial applications beyond those mentioned in any article. And the new UV picosecond lasers are especially beneficial for the precise, small feature sizes. The combination of fast picosecond pulses, excellent pulse-to-pulse consistency, and high levels of repetition produces precise cuts and patterns with smooth, clean edges, and sometimes without post-process cleaning. As an alternative to current laser and non-laser methods, picosecond laser is gaining market share in emerging applications. Picosecond laser micromachining for the medical industry: Bioabsorbable stent cutting In the U.S. alone, over half a million stents are used to open blood vessels each year. Restenosis was one complication of early, all-metal stents, where plaques grow on the stent, re-blocking the opened blood vessel. In response, stent manufacturers produced the...

Femtosecond Lasers For Micromachining Applications

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Short pulsed Femtosecond laser solutions are continuously growing and developing across a range of market areas, including micromachining, bio, medical, and research & development. Ultrafast lasers are mainly used in applications where a conventional CW, long-pulsed fiber, nanosecond and picosecond laser systems do not achieve the necessary HAZ and efficiency. A femtosecond laser represents 10 to the −15 of a second, which is one-millionth of a billionth of a second. At given pulse energy, the laser’s peak power increases as the length of the pulse becomes shorter. Femtosecond lasers, therefore, have a much higher peak power than longer pulsed picoseconds, millisecond or nanosecond pulsed lasers.  Since more of total energy is transmitted to the substance and less is drawn into heating the material, these higher peak powers result in higher removal rates in a given material. These femtosecond lasers’ high peak power, sometimes several-MW, disrupts the atoms and electrons...

Insight Into Laser Cutting Projects

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                                  The importance of lasers has grown by leaps and bounds ever since its invention. Not only can lasers cut easily, but they can do so with precision and efficiency in speed, all for a minimal cost. Laser cutters have replaced various other kinds of cutters that were available before their invention, and their demand has been growing every year with the growth in the number of laser cutting jobs. Laser cutting jobs are flexible, and from fragile materials such as cloth, plastic, and paper to other more robust materials such as wood, metal, and stainless steel, practically anything can be cut using a laser. Perhaps best of all, most of the laser cutting jobs on high-quality, precision laser cutting systems take no time and involve minimal human intervention. The various benefits offered by lasers have led to their use in different laser cutting jobs. Several examples...