High precision welding and cutting of thin materials

StarFibre series of lasers from Rofin-Baasel are designed for fast, simple and efficient high precision welding and cutting applications on thin metal sheet or foil materials. Offering laser sources of either 100 W or 200W nominal output power with fundamental mode beam quality, StarFibre lasers can be used in either pulsed or cw mode. This combination of high beam quality, choice of power and operational mode selection means they are suitable for a broad spectrum of precision welding and cutting applications. A low inertia scanning head enables extremely high welding speeds to be achieved over a large processing field. An optional camera and coaxial illumination system enable viewing of the weld area via the scanning head. Delicate and precise welding applications are possible due to the extraordinarily small spot size and low heat input, enabling StarFibre lasers to produce precision welds on components such as batteries, fuel cells, sensors, electro-mechanical components and medical components. These same characteristics also enable the laser to be used for a wide range of precision cutting applications including mobile phone components, medical implants and other medical components such as guide-wires.