Key Takeaways
Our femtosecond laser technology delivers incredibly short light pulses (100-200 femtoseconds), providing high peak power with minimal thermal impact, creating virtually no heat affected zone in processed materials.
We achieve exceptional precision that traditional machining cannot match, including 10-micron diameter holes with micron-level tolerances for critical medical device components.
Our laser processing capabilities handle diverse medical materials from thin films to implants to polymer extrusions and even fully assembled catheters, with multiple wavelength options available to match your specific requirements.
Video Transcript
I'm an application engineer here at Spectrum Plastics Group. My focus is in laser machining, so I'm kind of the bridge in between our Technical Solutions managers and our Engineers on the floor that are developing laser processes for your medical device components.
Femtosecond lasers deliver very short pulses of light. We're talking between 100 and 200 femtoseconds, which is 10 to the minus 15 seconds. That's a pretty crazy short time scale to try and wrap your head around. So we can deliver high peak powers to the substrate in a very short amount of time, and that can really limit the thermal impact to the part that we're machining.
This allows us to create small, high-resolution features in these medical device components with virtually no heat affected zone. So we can laser process features in a wide variety of medical device components - anything from thin films to implants to polymer extrusions and even fully assembled catheters.
With femtosecond lasers, we can create small holes and other features in these polymer components and hold tolerances that traditional machining just can't achieve. We can drill holes down to 10 microns in diameter and hold tolerances at the micron level.
We specialize in laser processing in polymers. Our femtosecond lasers allow us to laser process virtually any type. We have multiple wavelengths at our disposal, so we can put your part in front of the right system to create those high-speed, high-precision features that you're really looking for.
