It is not possible to machine PET film using long pulse nanosecond lasers due to the thermal load long pulses deliver to the material.
Ultrafast femtosecond lasers provide a non-thermal cold ablation process due to their short pulses with high peak power, which makes them ideal for the micromachining of PET film.
In our application lab, we put our ORIGAMI XP to the test. We tested infrared wavelengths as well as green, to see which wavelength gave a better result.
Read the application note to see what we found.
