Lasers are good for far more than slicing sheet metal and defending against alien space invaders. Without them, many of today's high-tech products would be impossible to manufacture. Microfluidic devices, integrated circuits, medical stents and catheters, automotive fuel injector nozzles are all drilled, milled, surface-textured and ablated via laser micromachining.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2016-05-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/benefits-micromachining-lasers/
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