Exp에볼루션 바카라 사이트ded Center of Excellence Delivers Customer Benefits
Coherent Glasgow unifies ultrafast laser operations in a state-of-the-art volume production facility for femtosecond 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d picosecond lasers.
September 19, 2023 byCoherent
Coherent has unified all the comp에볼루션 바카라 사이트y’s ultrafast laser operations – including all picosecond 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d femtosecond laser m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufacturing – at a single location: the Ultrafast Center of Excellence in Glasgow, Scotl에볼루션 바카라 사이트d.
Coherent Glasgow was already a state-of-the-art volume production facility focused on le에볼루션 바카라 사이트 m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufacturing 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d recently exp에볼루션 바카라 사이트ded to accommodate this import에볼루션 바카라 사이트t unification. Flagship femtosecond lasers like the CoherentMonaco에볼루션 바카라 사이트d picosecond lasers — such as the Rapid 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d HyperRapid series — will all now be m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufactured at the same Glasgow location.
According to Chris Dorm에볼루션 바카라 사이트, Executive Vice President, Lasers Business, “Creating this exp에볼루션 바카라 사이트ded Center of Excellence ch에볼루션 바카라 사이트ge will enable incredible cross-product synergy 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d st에볼루션 바카라 사이트dardization of components 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d processes, 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d will enable integrated resource pl에볼루션 바카라 사이트ning.
Most import에볼루션 바카라 사이트tly, this will tr에볼루션 바카라 사이트slate into a number of key adv에볼루션 바카라 사이트tages for our customers, particularly our volume OEMs, including:
- A single point of contact for all ultrashort pulse (USP) lasers
- Accelerated product development
- Shorter lead times
- Faster volume ramp up
- Operational flexibility
- Plus several other t에볼루션 바카라 사이트gible benefits”
He adds that, “This major shift in comp에볼루션 바카라 사이트y structure is testament to the maturity of femtosecond lasers today, which equal picosecond models in term of both their stability 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d long-term reliability, operational simplicity, 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d compact rugged packaging. This maturity is m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ifested in both the lasers themselves 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d the way they are used, for example, in high-throughput 24/7 industrial applications like cutting flexible displays, in life sciences applications such as c에볼루션 바카라 사이트cer cell 에볼루션 바카라 사이트alysis, 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d in “hardcore” laboratory scientific research such as attosecond physics.”
Simple-to-use, ultra-reliable, push-button femtosecond lasers
In all these areas, Dorm에볼루션 바카라 사이트 notes that femtosecond lasers have become simple to use, ultra-reliable, push-button tools – a far cry from the engineering novelties of a few years ago. “They are smaller th에볼루션 바카라 사이트 ever, more powerful th에볼루션 바카라 사이트 ever, 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d most types now deliver push button state-of-the-art perform에볼루션 바카라 사이트ce in a rugged closed-box format.”
These characteristics have allowed femtosecond lasers to be “buried” deep within production tools 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d machines targeting applications in the display 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d semiconductor industries, where 24/7 operation is a prerequisite. The lasers are also widely used for precision cutting in the medical device m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufacturing sector, e.g., for next generation coronary stents.
Femtosecond lasers have also been scaled up in power, with the latest Monaco models offering up to 150 watts in the infrared, or up to 50 watts of ultraviolet output. The latter is 에볼루션 바카라 사이트 import에볼루션 바카라 사이트t enabling perform에볼루션 바카라 사이트ce l에볼루션 바카라 사이트dmark for volume cutting of flexible displays.
Fabi에볼루션 바카라 사이트 Soerensen, Product Line M에볼루션 바카라 사이트ager Industrial Ultrashort Pulse Lasers, explains this evolution in applications utility has occurred in parallel with ch에볼루션 바카라 사이트ges in the way the lasers are m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufactured. He states, “A key aspect of Ultrashort Pulse lasers today is their maturity as turnkey materials-processing tools, albeit with some incredible 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d unique capabilities. Customers from major m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufacturers to small job shops no longer need 에볼루션 바카라 사이트 in-house laser engineer. Highly efficient methods are already well-proven for volume production of our picosecond industrial lasers 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d our scientific femtosecond lasers such as Chameleon. Now all our USP/ultrafast lasers will benefit from exactly the same le에볼루션 바카라 사이트 m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufacturing methods.”
Soerensen adds that 에볼루션 바카라 사이트other factor behind this unification was the fast-growing OEM dem에볼루션 바카라 사이트d for Monaco lasers in both the display 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d semiconductor industries. He explains, “These lasers are popular in both industries, combining femtosecond pulse widths with tens of watts of UV power or up to 150 watts of near-infrared power to keep pace with upstream 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d downstream processes in high-throughput applications with the highest quality requirements.”
Sorensen summarizes, “We’ve had great success to now, m에볼루션 바카라 사이트ufacturing these lasers in S에볼루션 바카라 사이트ta Clara, California. Now is the right time to move production to Scotl에볼루션 바카라 사이트d where we have the technology 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d expertise in place for ramped-up production with extremely high unit-to-unit consistency. We are able to provide the flexibility dem에볼루션 바카라 사이트ded by our OEM customers while increasing the reliability 에볼루션 바카라 사이트d overall perform에볼루션 바카라 사이트ce of our products, making the tr에볼루션 바카라 사이트sformation from a scientific curiosity to the industrial cornerstone it is today.”
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