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LASER PROCESSING and MICROMACHINING
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Cutting • Ablation • Marking Welding • Drilling • Scribing www.aerotech.com Dedicated to the Science of Motion CAPABILITIES IN ADVANCED HIGH TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS FOR: Medical Device Fabrication Data Storage Components and Systems Semiconductor Wafer and Devices Military and Aerospace Components Automotive Parts Fabrication High Precision Discrete Parts Manufacturing Photovoltaic and other Alternative Energy Sources LASER PROCESSING and MICROMACHINING

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3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 30 32 32 34 36 38 39 40 42 43 Contents 2 www.aerotech.com WORLD HEADQUARTERS: Aerotech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Phone: 412-963-7470 Email: sales@aerotech.com CONTENTS High-Throughput Laser Manufacturing LASER CUTTING APPLICATIONS Flat Sheet Processing Ceramic Cutting/Diamond Cutting and Processing LASER MICROMACHINING Stents, Hypotubes, and Cylindrical Material Processing Stencils and PCB Micromachining Laser Micromachining Components LASER WELDING 2D and 3D Welding Hermetic Seam Welding Fuel Cell Welding Remote Laser Welding LASER...

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Aerotech, Ltd., United Kingdom • Phone: +44-118-9409400 • Email: sales@aerotech.co.uk Aerotech GmbH, Germany • Phone: +49-911-9679370 • Email: sales@aerotechgmbh.de Aerotech KK, Japan • Phone: +81-47-489-1741 • Email: sales@aerotechkk.co.jp Aerotech China • Phone: +852-3793-3488 • Email: saleschina@aerotech.com High-Throughput Laser Manufacturing 3 HIGH-THROUGHPUT LASER MANUFACTURING Since 1970, Aerotech has been dedicated to developing solutions for the laser processing industry. We continually enhance our existing product line and invest in new developments to address the most stringent...

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Flat Sheet Processing 4 www.aerotech.com WORLD HEADQUARTERS: Aerotech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Phone: 412-963-7470 Email: sales@aerotech.com SOLUTIONS FOR LASER CUTTING APPLICATIONS Laser cutting involves directing the focused light of a laser, which then either melts, burns, or vaporizes away material. There are numerous advantages of laser cutting over mechanical cutting, including higher cut quality, no blade wear (since it is a noncontact process), and a smaller heat affected zone that minimizes part distortion. CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers are the most popular laser selections, depending on the...

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Aerotech, Ltd., United Kingdom • Phone: +44-118-9409400 • Email: sales@aerotech.co.uk Aerotech GmbH, Germany • Phone: +49-911-9679370 • Email: sales@aerotechgmbh.de Aerotech KK, Japan • Phone: +81-47-489-1741 • Email: sales@aerotechkk.co.jp Aerotech China • Phone: +852-3793-3488 • Email: saleschina@aerotech.com Ceramic Cutting/Diamond Cutting and Processing 5 XYè Direct-Drive Axes • Extremely smooth velocity regulation for higher surface quality and decreased material waste • Precise multi-axis contouring for processing complex profiles while maintaining high product yields • Direct-drive...

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Stents, Hypotubes, and Cylindrical Material Processing 6 www.aerotech.com WORLD HEADQUARTERS: Aerotech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Phone: 412-963-7470 Email: sales@aerotech.com SOLUTIONS FOR LASER MICROMACHINING STENTS, HYPOTUBES, AND CYLINDRICAL MATERIAL PROCESSING Many laser cutting and welding processes require the handling of cylindrical or bar-stock-type materials. Aerotech’s extensive line of products includes component-level solutions as well as optimized, combination linear/rotary motion systems designed to automate the handling of these materials. Direct-drive technology coupled with a...

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Stents, Hypotubes, and Cylindrical Material Processing 7 LaserTurn® 2 • Tube capacity from 0.5 micron to 10 mm • Highest torque-to-inertia ratio in the LaserTurn series reduces processing time in complex contours • Low TIR ER collet system minimizes mechanical positioning induced errors during the laser cutting process •Wet-cutting option available to limit backwall and thermal damage to the material under process STENTS, HYPOTUBES, AND CYLINDRICAL MATERIAL PROCESSING LaserTurn® 5 • Interchangeable ER25 and ER40 collet system provides the widest material handling range of the LaserTurn...

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STENTS, HYPOTUBES, AND CYLINDRICAL MATERIAL PROCESSING VascuLathe® represents a revolutionary approach to satisfying the demanding requirements of stent manufacturing applications. The fully integrated motion system couples automated material handling functionality with high performance direct-drive linear and rotary motion capability. The integral linear-rotary design increases throughput by 2 to 5 times when compared to traditional screw-based or other manufacturing approaches, while still maintaining submicron tolerances on tight part geometries. The increased throughput gives much...

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Aerotech, Ltd., United Kingdom • Phone: +44-118-9409400 • Email: sales@aerotech.co.uk Aerotech GmbH, Germany • Phone: +49-911-9679370 • Email: sales@aerotechgmbh.de Aerotech KK, Japan • Phone: +81-47-489-1741 • Email: sales@aerotechkk.co.jp Aerotech China • Phone: +852-3793-3488 • Email: saleschina@aerotech.com Stents, Hypotubes, and Cylindrical Material Processing 9 STENTS, HYPOTUBES, AND CYLINDRICAL MATERIAL PROCESSING For a given part manufacturing tolerance, the VascuLathe produces 13 times as many parts per hour when compared to the entry-level LaserTurn 2. When cutting speeds and...

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10 www.aerotech.com WORLD HEADQUARTERS: Aerotech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Phone: 412-963-7470 Email: sales@aerotech.com STENCILS AND PCB MICROMACHINING The manufacture of stencils and PCBs presents unique challenges for a laser micromachining system. The relatively large size of the parts coupled with high feature density requires a positioning system with long travel, high rms force output and a stiff mechanical structure to ensure micron-level form accuracy. Aerotech’s AGS15000 series gantry has been optimized for stencil and other high-accuracy, high-throughput laser machining processes....

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