This white paper introduces a neoLASE Ytterbium MOPA System with switchable femtosecond or picosecond laser pulse emission. Therefore, this system represents a universal tool for several machining processes such as drilling, cutting, structuring and ablating. Pulse energies of up to 500 µJ and average output powers of up to 100 W, open a wide field of laser applications.
GFH-CEO Florian Lendner gave a lecture at the laser application workshop, korea on the topic: "Smart Ultrafast Laser Processing with Rotating Beam - Laser Micro Drilling, Cutting and Turning"
For the 12th Jena Laser Conference - on January 14th and 15th, 2021 - more than 250 experts from industry and research, education and politics came together to discuss current trends and challenges in the laser industry.
"Rotosymmetrical components are in the course of miniaturization even smaller and more sophisticated," reports Florian Lendner, CEO of GFH GmbH. “This is where conventional manufacturing technologies reach their limits, because the cutting forces, that act on the component and the tool size, make machining more difficult and even make it impossible with particularly sensitive geometries. This is especially true when materials are needed that are considered difficult to machine.” Several years ago, GFH GmbH therefore demonstrated the possibility of turning and grinding with lasers on its universal laser micromachining systems and delivered the first productive solutions. However, the full potential of the new manufacturing technology could be only partially exploited because the machines were not designed for these applications. There were limitations, for example, in terms of the speed of rotation of the components, the efficient use of laser radiation and generally the complete workflow. These limitations has been eliminated with the new machine: "After several years of intensive development work together with reference customers and supported by European research funding as part of the Horizon 2020 project, we can proudly present our new turning and grinding solution," reported Lendner. “It is available as a double spindle in short and / or long turning design, optionally with a rotating swivel unit as a counter spindle. This means there are no limits to the complexity of the components, and even end machining is possible.”
The GL.smart turning tool elevates cutting technology with non-contact, wear-free machining for small, rotationally symmetrical precision parts.
