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In no other market do industrial standards, product and process safety, absolute precision and maximum reliability play such an important role as in medical technology.

Since surgical interventions should be accompanied by as little injury to healthy tissue as possible and the dimensions of products such as vascular supports may well be in the micrometer range, precision processing with the use of laser technology has become a crucial basic technology for cutting, joining, drilling or structuring microscopically small metallic and non-metallic components.

In addition to the classic standards for product and process safety, the watch and jewelry industry poses unique challenges in terms of precision, aesthetics and material diversity of sometimes very small components. 

This is where the laser can show its advantages over classic processes. Particularly clean and parallel cutting edges as well as low surface roughness generate a high optical value and quality. The flexibility of the tool allows the gentle processing of metals such as gold, platinum or durnico. In addition to cutting, drilling and structuring metallic materials, non-metallic materials such as ceramics or gemstones can also be processed.

The ongoing trend towards miniaturization is constantly presenting new challenges to electronics manufacturing. In particular, trends such as the IoT (Internet of things) mean that products have to combine ever more extensive functions in ever smaller spaces. And competition is also demanding maximum cost-effectiveness from product manufacturing.

This is where flexible laser technology can show its strengths, as it allows µ-accurate processing of a wide variety of materials and geometries. The sensitive components do not experience thermal stress and remain dimensionally stable.

For example, electrical connections can be welded, printed circuit boards and ceramic foils can be cut, or contacts in multilayer structures can be exposed by laser ablation without damaging adjacent layers. Likewise, the laser allows alternative surface processing of silicon wafers and can thus complement classic etching processes.

Alongside medical technology, the automotive industry makes the highest demands in terms of compliance with industry standards and product and process safety. In addition, there are special requirements regarding durability and service demands on manufacturers and suppliers.

Aufgrund der hohen Komplexität moderner Fahrzeuge, die aufgrund zunehmender Digitalisierung weiter steigt, sind die Einsatzmöglichkeiten der Lasertechnologie im Automobilbereich enorm. Egal ob es um Einspritzdüsen für Verbrennungsmotoren geht oder um Komponenten für Elektromotoren, um Beleuchtung und Elektronik oder um das Interieur, Lasermikrobearbeitung zählt zu den zentralen Technologien für das Schneiden, Schweißen, Bohren und Strukturieren der vielfältigen im Kraftfahrzeug eingesetzten Materialien.