Laser Micro Drilling

Laser micro drilling is the technology used to drill small holes, precise and clean holes down to few microns in almost any material with thickness ranging up to 2 mm along with the ability to achieve wide hole dia. It is a great alternative to standard mechanical drilling, broaching and punching.

Lasers offer a number of drilling advantages to its users over other more conventional forms of laser processes. The benefits include:

• Non-contact – Lasers use a non-contact process, meaning that it causes little change to the materials it is working with (except to drill holes of course!)

• Precision – Lasers provide precise control of beam intensity, heat output, and duration, meaning it consistently produces accurate results

• Hole shape variation – This level of control means that lasers can drill shallow angles and different shaped holes

• Small but high aspect ratio drilling – Lasers can produce holes with small diameters but high aspect ratio (this is where the depth-to-diameter is greater than 10:1)

• Automated process – This is an automated process and can easily be programmed for different uses. It allows for fast setup times and quick production rates

• Machine multiple use – The same laser that is used for drilling can also be used for laser welding and laser cutting, making it an extremely versatile process

• Material diversity – Lasers can work with a number of different materials, including plastics, rubbers, silicon, various metals and even diamonds

• Multiple simultaneous drilling – Some laser processes can drill multiple features at the same time

• Flexibility – also offers flexibility when it comes to changeovers for prototypes or small-batch manufacturing