Producing highest quality watch cases is RM Lifestyle’s passion. Renowned manufacturers of top-of-the-range watches such as JS Watch expect this quality. RM Lifestyle has thus acquired an automated and customised engraving and marking system for engraving cases bottoms according to customer wishes. The company has thus gained independence from external suppliers and gained process stability and flexibility for itself and its customers. JS Watch watches are highly appreciated by (…)

Laser blanking lines don’t require dies, but can’t match the productivity of conventional blanking lines: This commonly held assumption has now been proven false based on real production data collected by a Schuler customer. Over the course of the first year in production, Schuler’s newly developed systems outperformed the contractually agreed upon yields by 20 to 100 percent, depending on the specific part produced. This means that, in some cases, output was double the contracted amount. (…)

The LPKF ProtoLaser R is the first com-pact laboratory laser with an ultrashort-pulse laser source. Its unique strengths are most obvious in the cold processing of thin layers. In a re-cently presented tech paper, it demonstrated its precision on a special material. With a laser spot size of just 15 µm, it was able to structure and cut 0.2-mm-thick carbon tape for LTCC manufacturing. The tech paper presents the test layout as well as the results in the form of microscope images with (…)

For RF applications, the shorter the wavelength, the greater the effect of geometric deviations on the board. The LPKF ProtoLaser R uses an ultrashort-pulse laser for particularly precise and gentle processing. “CuFlon” is the name of the high-performance base material offered by US company Polyflon for use in challenging RF applications. The dielectric material is a pure PTFE; the coating is produced in a separate process with precise coating thickness control. This combination yields (…)

Electronica is one of the most important European trade show events for LPKF Laser & Electronics AG. In 2014 the specialist in micro-material processing with lasers will present its entire range of systems for electronics production and prototyping at Stand 419 in Hall A2. Since the beginning of the year LPKF has been busy planning the development projects it will present at electronic fair. First up are two new systems for UV cutting of circuit boards. The MicroLine 2000 P was designed (…)

The laser system manufacturer from Lüneburg will celebrate its jubilee this year with a very special in-house exhibition. In addition to their latest innovations, the company from Northern Germany will also present an extensive partner exhibition with many famous companies covering all aspects of the topic production process and process automation. Specialists for acrylic processes, industrial filter solutions, printing technology, packaging, automation technology, positioning systems and (…)

Trumpf is the largest global manufacturer of lasers for industrial manufacturing. Whether for cutting, structuring, abrasion or drilling: the laser is more and more used in microtechnology. It is precisely for this kind of machining that Trumpf offers solid-state lasers: Trumpf ultra-short pulses laser. Cold material processing With its extremely short pulses, the TruMicro 5000 series picosecond laser vaporizes nearly any material so quickly that no heat affected zone can be detected. (…)

Miyachi Europe, supplier of laser and resistance welding systems, laser marking products, and hot bar systems, announces its newly updated ML-73 D Series fiber laser markers, ideal for high power and high speed laser marking, laser engraving, laser ablation, and laser annealing of metals, plastics, and ceramics. The galvo scan head ML-73 D series markers are especially suited for implantable medical devices, as well as automotive and electronic component applications. For every need (…)

Making the technology accessible to the customer to the most possible extent – this is the declared objective of the eurolaser GmbH, located in Lüneburg (Germany). For this purpose, the well-known laser system manufacturer is now striking new paths. By using the video portal ‘eurolaser.tv‘, customers and interested people can be conveniently informed about laser cutting and laser engraving from home. They can choose the video, starting it by mouse click and experience the high-quality laser (…)

The generation of micro holes in different materials with laser has become a well-established process in the industrial sector in recent years. The production of structures with exactly defined geometries is thereby gaining increasing importance. The process is typically realized by using special drilling optics, which deflect the laser beam by rotary motion to create the desired drilling geometry and size. Deficiencies in the beam profile play a minor role and can even be accounted for (…)