The new laser is ideal for structuring and ablating thin films in displays and photovoltaics, trimming of micro-resistors and capacitors, and high-contrast marking of medical devices, plastics and glass.
The firm now offers 20W, 40W and 80W versions of its Carbide laser
Ultra-thin glass is now being used in the flexible displays of foldable smartphones.
Ultra-thin glass offers exciting opportunities but poses exceptional manufacturing challenges, Matthew Dale finds
For some years now, laser cutting processes based on filament technology with ultra-short pulse (USP) lasers have been increasingly adopted in industrial applications.
The main reasons for this are the good edge quality that can be achieved with simultaneous easy automation and free-form capability. This ability to be automated is of critical importance, especially for applications that target the mass market with their end products.
However, the real advantage of the technology comes from its almost unlimited free-form capability. In addition to established manufacturing processes for glasses of medium thickness from 0.2-2 mm, an increasing number of applications with ultra-thin glasses of 30-100μm are entering the market. These applications also require further development of the process and fab technology.
This article describes the possibilities of laser technology based on applications for OLED-based lighting and glass components in the display area.
The laser system under development within LAMpAS could be used to create grease-repellent ovens that are far easier to clean. (Image: LAMpAS consortium)
Surface treatment via ultrafast lasers could lead to home appliances that remain clean for longer periods of time
The microPREP PRO uses an ultra-short laser pulse ablation technique to enable the processing of much larger volume tasks in failure analysis.
The synergy between both companies creates a solid base for significant time and cost savings in the failure analysis workflows when compared to the standard approach.
In addition to providing custom solutions, EO will also maintain a global inventory of standard UFI components that will reduce the typically long lead times of high-precision and high-power laser optics
The new F-theta lens is specially designed for the application of laser foil cutting for batteries with 1,064nm lasers
Applications of ultrafast, high-power lasers can be found in different fields, such as micromaterial processing and surface texturing. In this meeting, the needs of the system integrators towards the supply chain concerning new optics and mechanics for beam transport, laser sources and monitoring systems to obtain high-throughput will be presented and innovative applications fields of the technology will be discussed.
This brand-new FBG-based tunable pulse stretcher increases the stretching by up to 50 per cent, which enables an increase of energy per pulse by the same factor and equates a total stretching window up to 2,400ps
