Fiber laser can provide a range of unique properties and be applied in a wide range of material processing. For example, a reliable Gaussian beam distribution map (TEM00) is crucial for achieving and maintaining consistent spot sizes on the surface. Fiber lasers perform well in this regard, with all output powers exhibiting a particularly high-quality beam distribution, thus allowing for a large working distance (independent). Another advantage is the small size of the light spot and the high brightness light that converts high-quality beams into focal points, achieving reliable processing, high accuracy, and minimal HAZ.
Fiber lasers can achieve maximum reduction in operating costs through several methods: reducing maintenance costs, lack of alignment or calibration requirements, longer normal operating times, and improving production quality at higher yields. Fiber lasers have a compact structure and are sturdy and durable, making them suitable for the most challenging industrial environments.
Synchron's proprietary technology has broken through new areas of technological progress in industry, namely the inability to match the processing of other materials in consumer electronics production. There are relatively few industry giants, on the one hand, the cost of competition is high, and on the other hand, it is necessary to maintain flexible changes in customer needs. Faced with this situation, any technological progress may lead to winning important markets.
The combination of fiber laser and proprietary surface modification technology achieves a reduction in morphology and size, opening the door to more precise marking in electronic product level ceramic processing. The monthly production usually exceeds 10 million pieces, easily meeting the production needs of large-scale consumer electronics products such as cellular phones and music players, as well as high-density LEDs for backlighting and automotive applications. In fact, some industries are requiring ceramic substrate holes to be less than 0.003 inches and have an accuracy better than 0.0005 inches. It is not easy to achieve this resolution using CO2 laser marking machines, but Synchron's new method has already reached this level in large-scale production.
Surface treatment can be achieved through spraying, immersion, or rolling, without requiring a significant amount of drying time. The application of ceramic surface treatment will not add other process steps, as some types of coating steps (usually splash proof layers) are more common for established CO2 processing processes. In addition, the residual material generated by the new process has lower activity and fewer quantities, which will only eliminate the splashing problem.
Processing ceramic substrates at higher speeds with finer morphology has brought advantages to the electronics industry in terms of design, performance, and cost. Fiber lasers can help achieve a better balance between important standards of feasible competitive requirements, typically effective optical performance, process flexibility, high yield, long-term system operation, and reliability. For the case of Synchron, fiber lasers help ensure ceramic processing performance levels that were previously unattainable.