Recent Projects and Services
Innovative concepts and new processes enable a defined laser processing of any material.
Ablation and Feasibility Studies
NAPho is well connected within academia and industry having access to laser sources from femto- to millisecond pulse duration and precision axes. For the characterization optical and electron microscopy with analytical assessments are available. Laser machining on all material classes with sub micrometer precision can be established and characterized.
Laser Machining of Ceramic Materials
For rapid-prototyping ultra-short pulsed laser ablation enables a straightforward path to generate complex geometries with custom-tailored surfaces for functionalization on e.g. alumina-toughened zirconia usable as implants with increased performance.
Laser Conditioning of Grinding Tools
Ultra-short pulsed laser machining produces high-precision tools with set free abrasives like metallic-bonded diamond and borazon. A scan-head free axes configuration enables an industrially transferable manufacturing process. Read more.
Defined Microstructuring
Using ultra-short pulses mitigates heat input to the specimen. This makes micro-structuring smaller than the focal spot size possible with sub micro-meter precision on sensitive materials, which can undergo e.g. phase transformations. Combining micro- and nano-structures functionalizes the surface tailoring the optical, tribological, and wetting towards application.
Laser Marking and Coloration
Marking products by means of laser is broadly used and the generation of defined oxide layers on metals can be used creating vivid color marks e.g. usable in medical applications and jewlery. Ultra-short pulses enable high-contrast marking following the UID mandatory following the MDR.
Combination of Ablation and Cutting
Laser machining with combined ablation and cutting processes point to high precision in little time. This can be used to speed up sample preparation, generate hard mask for clean room processing, produce special micro nozzles and enable micro patterns for droplet condensation.