Precision Adhesives for Laser Guided Industrial Manufacturing
Laser technology is proving critical in industrial manufacturing by enabling greater precision and faster production rates using fewer materials and resources. Reliable, high-performance laser systems are becoming essential to meet the growing demands of the market. As laser components become more miniaturized, advanced adhesive solutions are becoming increasingly important for joining these components.
Laser applications are being used in groundbreaking production processes and are likely to develop into a universal tool that can be used across a variety of industries. As quality standards and power requirements increase, advanced laser systems are expected to meet these needs, posing considerable challenges for laser manufacturers. Highly specialized adhesives offer innovative solutions where conventional joining methods reach their limits and are insufficient.
Precise positioning and alignment of fast axis collimator lenses (FAC) and slow axis collimator (SAC), mirrors and prisms using an active alignment process is crucial to meet the quality standards required by laser manufacturers. Epoxy adhesives are well suited for this purpose. These adhesives are both light- and dual-curing (light and heat) and exhibit high resistance to laser beams, low and controllable shrinkage, low outgassing and maintain precision performance over their entire lifetime. In active alignment processes, optical components can be fixed in one to five seconds, enabling efficient processing with shorter production cycle times.
Source: Adhesives Magazine / DELO