A new novel high speed laser drilling technique, capable of drilling up to 100 holes per second in metals will be described.
This technique utilize commercial available lasers and drilling in 1-3 mm steel as well as in polymers and ruby will be described, showing aspect ratios of up to 15:1.
The technique not only offers a very high drilling performance, comparred to conventional laser drilling, but furthermore quality improvements can be obtained. The investments in laser sources for this hyperdrilling technique is comparable or lower than for conventional laser drilling systems. However, operating costs per hole are orders of magnitude lower than for conventional laser drilling.
Therefore a significant market increase for laser drilling is a result of this invention.