Steven Hypsh • Jenoptik & Geoff Shannon • Miyachi America Microsecond fiber lasers have been used successfully for medical device applications, like hypo tube and stent cutting, for years. While precise and fast, the down side is that the parts require a number of post processing operations after they are cut, which adds to part…

by Dr. Geoff Shannon, Miyachi America It is a fact of life that components are getting smaller and smaller, especially in the medical, automotive and electronics markets. New micromachining technology, including advanced laser systems with superior beam quality, can give results similar to traditional machining technologies, but faster and more flexibly. The laser systems used…