Absolem - Laserevent 2018
- 1. Innovatieve laserprocessen van labo tot productievloer Absolem ProLab Ing.Jurgen Adriaensen Process architect laser applications
- 2. HISTORIEK Start De Valck Engineering - 1986 De Valck Engineering wordt deel van Altran 2003 MBO De Valck Engineering / Start Absolem - 2010 2016 Doorstart laserlabo als Absolem ProLab 2011 PInS focust op externe business 1995 Eerste Laser in Philips Tht / start kennisopbouw 1998 Start laserlabo (Meco PInS) Engineers (58FTE) ProLab (4FTE) In-house (3FTE) Absolem situatie begin 2018
- 3. OUR COMPANY ABSOLEM founded in 2010 (MBO of De Valck Engineering, founded 1986) Based in Mechelen, Belgium (head office) Lab & Facilities in Turnhout, Belgium (acquired from Philips in 2016) Absolem Inc. USA office founded 2017 (South Carolina based) Activities: project sourcing, consultancy and in-house projects for mechanical design, process development, production equipment, lasertechnology Over 60 engineers with on average 20 years experience Annual Turnover 2016: 4 mio EUR Industry independent: automotive OEM & Tier1, additive manufacturing, industrial equipment, bio tech, food, etc
- 4. OUR OFFER Being Your R&D partner with engineering expertise. Bridging the gap between product development and production. Delivering: Project sourcing Consultancy In-house projects For: Mechanical design Process development Production equipment Laser technology R&D Production ABSOLEM Yield / Lean / waste / SMED / Flex / New / technology / Make one make a good one make lots of good ones
- 5. ABSOLEM @ YOUR SERVICE Customer + ProLab Product & Process development / How to make it? Make one / make a good one / make lots of good ones Sample production FAB lab (Laser technology, measuring equipment, ) Background (= Philips product development): At the Philips site in Turnhout 賊 170 lasers are operational in production to do material processing for different materials and applications. Metals, glass, ceramics, polymers, Welding, Shaping, cutting, dosing, marking, ablation, recrystallization, These are: Yag, CO2 and diodelasers (The industrial workhorses) Pulse durations :ps tot CW Laserpowers from 5 up to 2500W Laser portfolio: 0
- 6. PROLAB AANPAK Het ProLab stappenplan: 1. Concept voorstellen 2. Concepten aftoetsen 3. DOE (proces onderzoek) 4. Variatie onderzoek 5. Sample productie 6. Functionele specificaties machine 7. (helpen) bouwen machine 8. Proces op machine zetten 9. Machine in productie
- 7. LASERTECHNOLOGY HIGH LEVEL Its all about . How you deliver the energy package Femto Pico ns ms CW Laser price:/W: High High Med. Med. Low kHz Hz Cont. W. msec nano pico femto UV Green NIR 940 1060 IR/CO2 10600 Available in our lab Available in partner lab kHz kHz
- 8. 8 PROLAB EQUIPMENT Pulsed Nd:YAG lasers =>Trumpf Trupulse Different optical configurations (1x100%, 2x50%, 3x33%) Cont. W. msec nano pico femto UV Green NIR 940 1060 IR/CO2 10600
- 9. Continues CO2 lasers :Rofin en Universal laser Different powers:(60W, 300W, 600W) Universal ULR 60 (60W) Rofin SCx60 (600W) Rofin SCx30 (300W) Cont. W. msec nano pico femto UV Green NIR 940 1060 IR/CO2 10600 PROLAB EQUIPMENT
- 10. Diode lasers Powers from van 30 to 1200W Cont. W. msec nano pico femto UV Green NIR 940 1060 IR/CO2 10600 PROLAB EQUIPMENT
- 11. Q-switched marking lasers - @1064nm and 532nm with ns pulses Cont. W. msec nano pico femto UV Green NIR 940 1060 IR/CO2 10600 PROLAB EQUIPMENT
- 12. Pico second laser - Infra Red - Green - UV Cont. W. msec nano pico femto UV Green NIR 940 1060 IR/CO2 10600 PROLAB EQUIPMENT
- 15. Drilling holes to a certified flow Texturing for strong connections Battery and ultra cap assembly Microfluidics:part manufacturing and welding Filling / vacuum and sealing REFERENCE PROJECTS
- 16. DRILLING HOLES TO A CERTIFIED FLOWRATE
- 17. DRILLING HOLES TO A CERTIFIED FLOWRATE
- 18. TEXTURING FOR FUNCTIONAL SURFACE INTERACTIONS
- 19. ABSOLEM PROLAB CHECKLIST / APPROACH: Define battery type / shape / material properties: TAB material known (specification sheet)? If not analyse with SEM/RX. Good enough for laser welding? Feasibility tests if needed Busbar or bridge / material properties: TAB material known (specification sheet)? If not analyse with SEM/RX. Dimensions/geometry Feasibility tests Additional bridge construction needed? Battery pack construction: Electrical connection: TAB-TAB TAB-busbar TAB-bridge-busbar TAB-PCB Sensing wire Mechanical build-up: Individual battery casing Battery pack casing Pack to pack casing Measuring: Vibration? Electrical? Thermal? Define/develop laser welding parameters (DOE)
- 20. FILLING / VACUUM AND SEALING container Laser Window Vacuum/Pressure Laser Vessel
- 21. MIRCOFLUIDICS 1) Manufacturing of micro fluidic components. Polymers:Transparent / opaque Glass Metal 2) Laser welding of fluidic chanels to a lid or a foil
- 22. The possibilities of lasers in material processing are tremendous but it is very difficult for an unexperienced of occasional user to understand all the variables and the different types of lasers. Defining the correct process window in a lab environment is a necessary step to build the best suited, most cost effective tooling or mechanization. The learnings / failures during the lab phase are very important to the process owner.This enables quick problem solving on the production floor. Be creative to balance the investments in equipment with the growth path of the product CONCLUSIONS
- 23. Prolab@absolem.be Slachthuisstraat 120 bus 1 2300 Turnhout Belgi谷 QUESTIONS?