METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRILLING CERAMIC MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:EP4137271A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-22

    申请号:EP22188828.2

    申请日:2022-08-04

    摘要: A method of machining includes mounting a component in a drilling machine. The component has a target region where the hole is to be drilled. The component and a jet head are situated relative to each other in a drilling arrangement in which the target region is at a first position that is vertically equal to or vertically above a second position at which the jet head is located. A liquid stream is jetted from the jet head and contains either abrasive particles or a laser beam. The stream impinges the target region, and the abrasive particles or the laser beam cause removal of material from the component to form the hole. The liquid stream rebounds off of the component as back-splash. The drilling arrangement causes gravitational draining of the back-splash from the target region to reduce interference between the back-splash and the liquid stream.

    WATERJET-GUIDED LASER MACHINE WITH INLINE OPTICAL FEEDBACK CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:EP4209300A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-12

    申请号:EP23150790.6

    申请日:2023-01-09

    摘要: A waterjet-guided laser machine (20) includes a laser source (22), an LED (24), a waterjet head (26), and a light sensor (30). The waterjet head (26) includes a water inlet (26a) and a nozzle (26b) having an outlet (26c) for a discharging a waterjet. There is a laser optical path (34a) along which a pulsed laser beam (34) travels to the nozzle outlet (26c). There is also a light beam optical delivery path (36a) along which the light beam (36) travels from the LED (24) to the nozzle outlet (26c). The light beam optical delivery path (36a) is coincident with the laser optical path (34a) in the nozzle (26b). There is a light beam optical return path (36b) along which the light beam (36) that is reflected off of a workpiece (W) travels to the light sensor (30). The light beam optical return path (36b) is coincident with the laser optical path (34a) inside the nozzle (26b) and coincident with the light beam optical delivery path (36a) inside the nozzle (26b).