Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zum Schneiden, Ausschneiden und Perforieren von bahnförmigen oder bogenförmigen Substraten (100). Die Vorrichtung (10) hat eine oberhalb oder unterhalb der Transportebene (E) angeordneten Laserschneideinrichtung (1) zum Bearbeiten des Substrats (100) wobei erfindungsgemäß die Laserschneideinrichtung (1) mindestens ein sich über die Breite des Substrats (100) erstreckendes Laser-Array (2) mit einzeln ansteuerbaren Lasern aufweist. Das Laser-Array (2) setzt sich insbesondere aus einer Mehrzahl von Einzel-Arrays (3) zusammen. Die Laser sind insbesondere als Vertical-cavity surface-emitting Laser (VCSEL) ausgeführt. Hierdurch wird eine Bearbeitung des Substrats bei hohen Transportgeschwindigkeiten ermöglicht.
Abstract:
Methodology for using laser machining techniques to modify a tissue for use in a medical device. In a representative mode of practice, relatively low energy laser machining is used to thin down at least a portion of a valved jugular vein. The thinned down vein may then be sutured to, or otherwise integrated with, a corresponding stent to make a percutaneous heart valve.
Abstract:
A process for providing a protection against damages in a machine head, wherein the machine head launches a transparent liquid jet guided laser beam LB by means of a nozzle 3 along an optical axis for treating a work piece is claimed. The process comprises the following steps: First a blind steel plate (protection plate 20) is fixed to a front of a protection chamber (10) prior to the liquid water jet (WJ). Then the transparent liquid jet (WJ) guided laser beam (LB) is stared, which impinges on the blind steel plate (20) blank and drills a transit-hole into the blind steel plate blank. The transit-hole (23) has a size which substantially corresponds to a cross-section of the laser beam (LB) guiding transparent liquid jet (WJ). The steel plate (20) with the transit-hole (23) provides a protection plate (20) having the transit-hole (23) precisely arranged on the optical axis. Therefore no further alignment is required. Further an apparatus for treating a workpiece by means of a laser beam (LB) which is guided in a transparent liquid jet (WJ) is claimed. The apparatus comprises a laser head with a coupling unit (CU) for producing a liquid jet (WJ) guided laser beam (LB), a protection chamber (10) mounted on the output (5) of the coupling unit (CU) and a protection plate (20) replaceable fixed to the first chamber (10) and mounted at a distance from the outlet (15) of the first chamber (10) and having a hole (23) for passage of the laser beam (LB) guiding transparent liquid jet (WJ) and protecting the outlet (15) of the first chamber (10) from debris sputtered from the treated workpiece.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing a sheet joined body, the method enabling an improvement in productivity of the sheet joined body. The method of producing a sheet joined body according to the present invention includes blowing gas (70) against sheet members (10,11) so as to bring the sheet members (10,11) into tight contact with each other to form tight contact parts and, at the same time, irradiating the tight contact parts with laser light (5) to join the sheet members (10,11) with each other, thereby producing a sheet joined body.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an inorganic fiber mat that is able to well reduce scattering of fibers not by increasing an amount of organic binder. Another object of the present invention is to reduce a sense of irritation and a feeling of discomfort caused in assembling the inorganic fiber mat to another member to manufacture a product, thereby improving working conditions of an assembling operator. An inorganic fiber mat of the present invention is formed by cutting an inorganic fiber aggregated body, wherein inorganic fibers existing on at least part of a surface of the inorganic fiber aggregated body are heat-treated and fused to one another.
Abstract:
The present application relates to a method of manufacturing a laser processed part (10) by using a protective sheet (2) for laser processing which is capable of effectively suppressing contamination of a surface of a workpiece (1) by a decomposition product, and processing at high precision, when processing the workpiece (1) by optical absorption ablation of a laser beam (7). The protective sheet (2) applied to the workpiece (1) has an extinction coefficient of 20 cm -1 or more at a wavelength of 532 nm, and the method is carried out by irradiation with a laser beam at the wavelength of 532 nm.