Laser machining is the core competency of our business. Thin wall tight tolerances is our NICHE business model. Tube or Flat application - ON-AXIS or OFF-AXIS. We can execute. Prototypes in 3-5 business days flat. We strive to meet your desired price point and timelines on each and every project we undertake.
Consider us as your extended LASER SOLUTIONS APPS LAB.
We have developed specific programming, processing techniques and laser parametres/recipes that enable us to efficiently laser cut designs that our competition cannot execute. Whether your design is an intricate, tight tolerance, fragile part, or a tube with a few features with wide tolerances, we can make cost-effective parts to your specifications, in prototype and production quantities. In addition to laser cutting of tubular materials (both on-axis and off-axis), we also offer laser cutting of small parts from flat materials up to roughly .050” thickness.
If you have LASER ABLATION / WIRE STRIPPING, MICRO-LASER CUTTING, MICRO-LASER WELDING (Low power), MICRO-DRILLING, SOLAR WAFER SCRIBING or LASER MARKING needs please feel free to get in touch with us.
Our ISO CERTIFIED (9001 and 13485) engineering team is here to assist you through the entire manufacturing process (request for quote, design for manufacturing, documentation, & shipment verification).
HYPOTUBES WE CAN PROCESS:
- Medical grade - PEEK
- Stainless Steel
- Nitinol (NiTi)
- Cobalt Chromium
- Titanium
- Tantalum
- Hastelloy
- Magnesium
- Elgiloy
- Platinum
- Gold
- Silver
- Brass
- Copper
FLATS WE CAN PROCESS:
- Medical grade - PEEK
- Stainless Steel
- Mu Metal
- Inconel
- Nitinol (NiTi)
- Cobalt Chromium
- Titanium
- Tantalum
- Hastelloy
- Magnesium
- Elgiloy
- Invar
- Kovar
- Platinum
- Brass
- Copper
- Gold
- Beryllium Copper
DETERMINE CUT WIDTH
(LASER KERF WIDTH)
- Thin wall (.002” - .005”) .0005” - .001” Kerf
- Normal Wall (.006” - .009”).001” - .002” Kerf
- Thick Wall (.010” - .025”).0015” - .004” Kerf
TUBING LIMITATIONS
- Wall = .001” - .030”
- Diameter = .008” – 0.75” OD
- Tubing Length: We can accommodate most tubing lengths over 4”
FLAT LIMITATIONS
- Thickness = .001” - .080”
- Size = 16” x 18” MAX
CALCULATING YIELD FROM RAW MATERIAL
(Supplied Tubing Length - 6”) / (Part Length + .015”) = Maximum Part Yield / Tubing Length
LASER SYSTEM LIMITATIONS
- Holes cut in tubing create a slight taper effect
- Cuts are made “normal” to surface of tube
- Laser cannot cut “off-axis”
- Material rotates under fixed laser beam
- Our lasers do not like highly reflective materials such as SILVER
- For Intrinsic and High precision work the thinner the sheets the better the yield.
FLAT OR “UNROLLED” DRAWING FORMATS
- + DWG
- + DXF
- + IGS
- + PDF (for quoting purposes only. INOTECH LASER cannot program from PDF files)
