Drilling small holes through thick metal is always a problem.
Now imagine drilling ELEVEN HUNDRED 0.5 mm holes.
LaserCube easily and consistently drills clean holes with no tool breakage.
Like most machine shops, there is little room for downtime, especially when you are running 24/7 production. The facility spans 12,000 sq. ft. across 3 buildings and the team operates a combination of 50 traditional and laser processing tools.
Manufacturing a vacuum chuck is already a challenge because of the number of holes, nevermind the fact you have to drill through several millimeters of stainless steel. The team requires a process that delivers clean, uniform holes.
LaserCube is powered by IPG fiber lasers, which can drill fine holes in reflective metals without any issues. Not to mention each LaserCube comes preprogrammed with recipes, allowing your team to move on to the next project with little downtime.
If you're in the middle of drilling a vacuum chuck and your drill bit breaks, you have to scrap the part and start over. Not with the LaserCube. Laser drilling is a non-contact process, so there are no tools to replace and there's virtually no maintenance with fiber laser systems.
After implementing a LaserCube solution, the team was able to reduce vacuum chuck processing time by 70%. Based on a $100/hour operating cost, that's a cost savings of over $2,000 for 10 parts.
| Minutes/Part | Cost/Part | |
| Traditional Process | 180 | $300 |
| LaserCube | 50 | $83 |
The LaserCube can be equipped with an optional vision alignment system to improve yields and reduce errors when processing pre-patterned or pre-processed parts. Examples include screen-printed labels, punched parts, or chemically etched components. This option offers laser-punch combo capabilities at a fraction of the price.