A Method of Drilling Non-Straight Holes Using Laser Ablation and Plasma Amplification
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a novel manufacturing technique for creating non-straight microholes called laser ablation and plasma amplification (LAPA). Its essential physical process is the interaction among a picosecond laser pulse, plasma generated by a prior nano- or picosecond laser pulse, and a microhole sidewall. LAPA promises a solution for fast, cost-effective, high-quality manufacturing of non-straight microholes with arbitrarily varying diameters. This will have a broad impact on many related areas such as fuel efficiency improvement and the reduction of toxic gas emission to the environment.
Perform machining operations that were previously impossibleFaster than existing methods Create precise holes in non-conductive materials
Diesel engine fuel injector fabrication Aerospace engines Precision manufacturing
Yung ShinPurdue Manufacturing LaboratoriesPurdue Mechanical Engineering
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