Small Hole Drilling
Small Hole Drilling:
If you are looking for a quick and cost-effective way to get small holes drilled in almost any substrate, you have come to the right place.
Small hole drilling in stainless steel.:
Potomac Photonics has the capability to drill precision microholes as small as 1 micron with submicron positional tolerances in a variety of materials such as plastics (polymers), metals, ceramics and glass. Our Engineers will work closely with you to fully understand the requirements for your micro-holes (eg. materials, part thickness, desired feature geometries, taper, etc.) and recommend a process that will satisfy both your prototyping and production needs.
We have extensive experience partnering with Medical Device, Biotech, Electronics and Alternative Energy (solar) companies to help them develop processes to meet some of the most difficult micro-hole drilling requirements in their respective industries.
Applications such as leak testing, probe card drilling, disposable biotech products, and microholes for catheters are just some of the thousands of microhole drilling projects that we have successfully completed.
In addition to laser systems, we have micro-CNC and micro-drilling systems that are capable of drilling micro holes through extremely thick substrates with high precision.
50 micron hole in Kapton tubing
Potomac has some of the most advanced microhole drilling capabilities available including:
- Microholes from 1 micron to large diameter holes
- The ability drill microholes in almost any material.
- Angled and shaped holes
- High speed drilling processes
- Material thicknesses from very thin films to several mm’s.
- Multi-axis microhole drilling systems
- Rapid turnaround on prototyping and production projects.
Silicon Wafer Hole Drilling
Materials include:
- Microhole drilling in polymer films and tubes
- Microhole drilling metal sheets and tubes
- Microhole drilling in ceramic
- Microhole drilling in silicon wafers
- Microhole drilling in diamond
- Microhole drilling in glass
- Microhole drilling in transparent materials
- Microhole drilling in PCB
- Microhole drilling for leak test defects
Laser Micromachining of microholes in glass
Specific Microhole Drilling Applications include:
- Microhole drilling for probe cards
- Pinholes for photographic applications
- Leak test holes
- Catheter hole drilling
- Fuel injection components
- Optical fiber alignment
- Ink jet printer nozzles
- Fuel cells
- Inhaler products
- Nebulizers
- Via hole drilling
- Calibrated flow holes
We have a full range of small hole drilling capabilities and are continually developing new ones.
In addition our high precision motion system can achieve extremely tight pitch and positional tolerances.
We can provide rapid turnaround on prototyping projects and have the facilities to run large production projects.
We also carry or can procure many materials quickly from our list of qualified suppliers.
Please see some of the examples of the small holes that we have drilled at: Microhole Drilling
Small Hole Drilling equipment includes, lasers, Micro-CNC and Micro-Drills. In addition Potomac Photonics has partnered with Kyocera Microtools as an authorized supplier for its products.
For more information on Microhole Drilling Applications:
Laser Microhole Drilling in Aluminum
Diamond Shaped Holes in Metal Foil
Hole Drilling in Brass
Hole Drilling in Ceramic
Hole Drilling in Copper
Hole Drilling in Glass
Small Holes in 0.015″ thick stainless steel.
Small holes in glass.
Hole Drilling in HDPE
Hole Drilling in Kapton
Hole Drilling in LDPE
Hole Drilling in Molybdenum
Hole Drilling in Metal
Small Holes in Copper
Microhole in Nylon Tube
Hole Drilling on Nitinol
Hole Drilling in PCB
Hole Drilling in PEEK
Hole Drilling Plastic
Hole Drilling in Polycarbonate
Laser Hole Drilling Polyimide
Laser Micromachining of Cermaic
Hole Drilling in Polystyrene
Hole Drilling in Polyimide
Hole Drilling in Polymers
Hole Drilling in Silicone
Hole Drilling in Silicon Wafers
Probe card hole drilling in Polymer
Small holes in copper substrate with minimal wall separation.
Hole Drilling in Stainless Steel
Hole Drilling in Tantalum
Hole Drilling in Thermoplastics
Hole Drilling Acrylic
Micro Drilling in Aluminum
Micro Drilling in Stainless Steel
Laser Hole Drilling
Laser Hole Drilling Plastic
Laser Hole Drilling Metal
Micro CNC Hole Drilling
125 micron hole in 0.5mm thick metal substrate
Micro Drilling Stainless Steel
Small Hole Drilling in Plastic
Micro Drilling
Small Hole Drilling Acrylic
Small Hole Drilling Cirlex
Pinhole Drilling
Silicon Wafer Hole Drilling
Small Hole Shadow Mask
Small Hole Drilling Mylar
Small Hole Drilling Rubber
Small Hole Drilling Nitrile
Small Hole Drilling Invar
Micro Drilling Complex Parts
125 micron hole drilled in center of 3D part.
Precision small hole drilling in custom fabricated PCB material.
200 micron hole in Delrin
50um aperture in 75um thick Tantalum
Blind holes in stainless steel tubing.
Small Hole Drilling in metal cones
News & Articles
Laser processing works on a micro scale, by C. Paul Christensen
Fine Diamonds With Laser Machining, by C. Paul Christensen
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