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Micromachining Polycarbonate

Our clients include universities engineers and researchers in the medical device microelectronics military and aerospace industries. Lml can machine all common engineering polymers polyimide pi polycarbonate pc and polyester pet peek nylon pmma ptfe fep acrylics and many more.

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Micromachining Of Microchannel On The Polycarbonate

Does this plastic peek part look see through.

Micromachining polycarbonate. Micro machining torlon 4301. The profile of the microchannel on the polycarbonate substrate ablated with the co 2 laser was viewed and measured with a non contact 3d optical profiling system wyko nt1100 veeco instrument inc usa and an optical microscope u 5re 2 olympus japan. Micro machined plastic components. All the laser micromachining was performed in air. Most lasers used in micromachining are below 100 w with the frequency shifted solid state lasers being less than 10 w. Potomac stocks many types of polymers in dupont kapton polyimide mylar pet peek polycarbonate and others potomac has almost every laser wavelength in house including uv systems at 193nm 248nm and 355nm. It does because it nearly is not there. The same is true for material thickness. Potomac can offer expedited polymer machining services with turnaround times as quick. Aspect ratio and taper the ils definition of micromachining is that feature sizes are below 1 mm usually on the order of a couple hundred microns or less. Along with our micromachining capabilities we offer precision plastic micromolding insert micromolding micro subassembly and manufacturing engineering assistance. 0008 0001 wall thickness for a medical device in peek optima makes this one of our toughest parts yet. Low power co 2 laser direct writing ablation was used to micromachine a microchannel on the polycarbonate substrate in this work. With an array of customize laser equipment mlts laser micromachining services offer a wide range of materials to fit your project or part requirements. Laser micromachining materials polycarbonates pclexan polycarbonates are used in applications such as.

Machining of torlon 4301. Part is 375 diameter. Potomac photonics has a broad range of technologies and processes to micromachine almost any type of polymer material on the market with features both small down to a micron and large. The influence of the process parameters the laser power the moving velocity of the laser beam and the scanning times on the micromachining quality the depth the width and their aspect ratio of the microchannel was experimentally studied. Tight tolerance peek machining. Other high precision uses of polymers include their use as deposition masks for the production of high resolution features such as micro electrodes. Contact mikrotech to learn more about designing and manufacturing mis devices utilizing micromolding or micromachining.