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Materials Library
Below is a sampling of the many materials we have machined in our Applications Lab (click images to enlarge). Contact us if your are interested in our doing a rapid proof-of-concept experiment for your application.
Raydiance Bio-Absorbable Stent
This bio-absorbable stent with 150 um wall thickness and 3.48 mm outer diameter was machined with Raydiance Smart Light in approximately 3 minutes. There are no melt or other heat affected zones whatsoever. This part was taken from the Smart Light workstation and then was photographed without cleaning. (Click image to view )
SEM Images of Nitinol Stent
This Nitinol stent with wall thickness of 126 microns was machined with Raydiance Smart LightTM. As can be seen in the larger image, there is no recast, slag or other heat affected zones. The struts are approximately 92 microns across. The outer diameter of the stent is 711 microns. (Click image to view )
Raydiance Nitinol Stent
The ability to athermally ablate materials represents a significant advance in the manufacturing of medical micro-devices. Here a Nitinol stent was machined with precise features such as would be used in a commercial vascular stent design. (Click image to view )
Bar Code in Glass
A bar code pattern was uploaded into the Raydiance system and then machined below the surface of a glass sample. (Click image to view )
Life Sciences Glass Needle
This 120 um diameter life sciences glass needle, such as is used for in-vitro fertilization, was machined with the Raydiance platform. The hole in the side of the needle is 10 um in diameter. (Click image to view )
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Nanostructured Silicon
This silicon wafer was nanostructured with the Raydiance ultrafast laser. Structuring of this sort has application in the photovoltaic cell market. (Click image to view )
Nitinol
Nitinol tubing, much like would be used for a vascular stent, was machined with a Raydiance system. In this image, the edge detail of the cut is shown, revealing absolutely no heat affected zones. Note that the scale bar represents 10 um. (Click image to view )
Pig Cornea
Sub-surface ablation was used to create a 200 um thick flap in a pig cornea, much as would be done in a LASIK procedure. The flap is folded back to the left. From its transparency, it is evident that there was no thermal damage to the tissue. (Click image to view )
Polymeric Bioabsorbable Stent
A low melt, polymeric-base bioabsorbable stent was machined with no apparent thermal effects. The edge of the cut is shown here, with the polymer at left and the back lighting of the microscope to the right. (Click image to view )
Stainless Steel
Channels 75 um wide were machined in this surgical stainless steel (316). The sample was 50 um thick. (Click image to view )
Titanium
Two 20 um lines were machined in this 50 um titanium sheet. Notice that at the junction of the two features there is no recast or other thermal effects. (Click image to view )
Tungsten
Tungsten, one of the hardest materials known, was easily machined with the Raydiance 1552-10 system. This feature is approximately 700 um deep and 276 um wide. (Click image to view )