Creating the Perfect Cutting Edge – Making Use of USP Lasers
Creating the perfect cutting edge – making use of the advantages of ultrashort pulse lasers with motion, control, and software solutions for precision and dynamic positioning.
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Laser Materials ProcessingHigh-performance motion and control solutions for improving throughput and precision in laser applications.- Creating the Perfect Cutting Edge – Making Use of USP Lasers
- Keeping On the Right Track – Easy Controlling of Laser & Motion SystemsKeeping On the Right Track – Easy Controlling of Laser & Motion SystemsKeeping on the right track – simple, fast, accurate, and flexible control in laser materials processing for welding and cutting applications.
- Paving the Way for 5G – Fast & Precise Laser Drilling of MicroviasPaving the Way for 5G – Fast & Precise Laser Drilling of MicroviasPaving the way for 5G – enabling high functional density of printed circuit boards with motion control solutions for laser drilling.
- Making the Right Impression – Producing SMD Stencils Using LaserMaking the Right Impression – Producing SMD Stencils Using LaserMaking the right impression – platform and motion control solutions for high-throughput and high-precision laser-based stencil production.
- Creating the Perfect Cutting Edge – Making Use of USP Lasers
- Electronics ManufacturingElectronics ManufacturingMotion and control solutions for fast and precise positioning, processing, and testing of electronic components.
- Paving the Way for 5G – Fast & Precise Laser Drilling of MicroviasPaving the Way for 5G – Fast & Precise Laser Drilling of MicroviasPaving the way for 5G – enabling high functional density of printed circuit boards with motion control solutions for laser drilling.
- Making the Right Impression – Producing SMD Stencils Using LaserMaking the Right Impression – Producing SMD Stencils Using LaserMaking the right impression – platform and motion control solutions for high-throughput and high-precision laser-based stencil production.
- Paving the Way for 5G – Fast & Precise Laser Drilling of Microvias
- Test & InspectionMeasurement, Test & InspectionThe new dimension of quality assurance – flexible positioning solutions for fast and precise measuring and testing procedures.
- Capturing the Scene Perfectly – Motion Simulation for Testing Image QualityCapturing the Scene Perfectly – Motion Simulation for Testing Image QualityCapturing the scene perfectly – motion simulation with hexapods for reliable testing and improving image quality. Discover the advantages and the portfolio of hexapods for motion simulation.
- Ensuring Shape Accuracy – Fast & Precise Analyzing of LensesEnsuring Shape Accuracy – Fast & Precise Analyzing of LensesEnsuring shape accuracy – precision measuring of aspherical lenses – hexapods help to improve precision and speed in the analysis of aspherical lenses.
- Capturing the Scene Perfectly – Motion Simulation for Testing Image Quality
- SemiconductorSemiconductor ManufacturingPI offers motion and control solutions for the highest requirements of mask, wafer, and optics positioning in semiconductor manufacturing
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Simple, Fast, Accurate, and Flexible Control in Laser Materials Processing.
Lasers have been used for many years in materials processing for welding and cutting applications. Laser technology, however, was always considered to be a specialist area, requiring complex control systems for accurate manipulation as well as significant investment and expertise. Howeve, the cost for lasers has decreased immensely more recently and so this powerful technology is now becoming interesting for new application fields.
The commoditization of lasers, however, also means that it is becoming more and more difficult to gain a competitive advantage. Placement and control of the laser spot – as integral parts of the laser application – are the essential elements for this, but they put additional hardware requirements onto an automation system. Because for a uniform and high-quality processing, fast shutter speeds and exact firing of the laser pulses are essential in any application. For this purpose, a precise placing and an accurate energy control of the laser are of crucial importance. This can be achieved by coupling the automation and motion system with the laser power.
Typically, the machine manufacturer or system integrator has to literally redesign the entire control system to achieve motion and laser synchronization. This takes time and increases the cost because of additional hardware and larger control cabinets.
Advanced solutions, therefore, should pursue a modular approach. Users can design systems much easier and faster while saving costs, regardless of their experiences with lasers. Industrial control networks such as EtherCAT make these modular solutions even more flexible since components, which are not based on movement, such as height sensors or extraction systems can also be easily integrated.
PI supports laser machine manufacturers and laser system integrators in making advanced laser applications possible, for example, with a flexible programming and simplified, cost-saving control architecture or the synchronized control of the laser along the motion path for an accurate and high-dynamics processing.
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