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<< Figure 7a: CSEM is offering feasibility
studies, prototyping and small-series
production. Engineer Stefan Berchtold commissioning a
process at the ultra- short pulse laser
(photo: M. Frutig, Technica). >>
<< Figure 7b >>
The goal is to identify the most promising laser structuring process and corresponding equipment. Laser structuring is not isolated. Pre- and post-processing steps have to be considered: sample handling, automation of process or visual quality control. This in-depth analysis of manufacturing process chains is a part of CSEM’s services. In Switzerland CSEM and Trumpf started a collaboration by establishing a common application lab for laser micro manufacturing. CSEM uses two laser systems for micro manufacturing: an ultra-short pulse UV picosecond laser at 10 W and a short-pulse UV nanosecond DPSS laser at 2 W. Trumpf offers complementary systems in its labs: a green picosecond laser for fast (and more ‘coarse’) micro manufacturing with higher ablation rates, plus access to additional laser systems at Trumpf, such as a nanosecond laser (this one does not offer cold ablation) and Trumpf’s central application laboratory in Germany. Laser micro manufacturing is an up-taking technology with the potential to create new high-value jobs in Europe. Markets generating high added value will benefit from the new production technology. These markets include the watch industry, MEMS, medtech but also telecommunications or automotive, and the providers of special machineries.
Translation: Alexander Steinecker, CSEM Central Switzerland.
THE SWISS CENTRE FOR ELECTRONICS AND MICROTECHNOLOGY (CSEM)
www.csem.ch
21 | commercial micro manufacturing international Vol 6 No.6
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