LPKF Application Center expands production range. The new clean room in Erlangen, Germany started operations at the end of 2010. LPKF LaserWelding uses it for welding-process evaluations, especially for particularly sensitive plastic products. Microfluidic systems are tiny magic boxes used to carry out complex analysis or processes in a minimal amount of space. It is also obvious that tiny dust particles can cause serious problems with channels and welding seams only a few micrometers (...)
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Laser micro-machining
Laser welding assembly machine
May 2010
Recent developments now make it possible to have laser sources which combine performance with compactness – several hundred Watts in less than 20 cm high. These equipments produce a beam of such high quality that they are capable of welding spots just a few tens of microns in diameter. The same laser can operate in either pulse or continuous mode, making it possible to cover an extremely broad range of applications and to work on a large spectrum of conventional and precious metals. . (...)