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Quality assessment and features of microdrilled holes in aluminum alloy using ultrafast laser

Chatterjee, Suman orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5263-6930, Cholkar, Abhijit orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4608-3203, Kinahan, David J. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1968-2016 and Brabazon, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3214-6381 (2023) Quality assessment and features of microdrilled holes in aluminum alloy using ultrafast laser. In: 152nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, TMS2023, 19-23 Mar 2023, San Diego, CA, USA. ISBN 978-3-031-22531-4

Abstract
In this work, we present the use of an ultrafast laser system for the high aspect ratio micro-drilling of aluminum alloy thin foils. Hole sizes in between 20 and 40 lm were fabricated in arrays with sub-micron level precision in terms of diameter and hole location. The Design of Experiment approach was employed to analyze the influences of the laser process parameters like laser power, frequency, and exposure time on the resulting quality of the produced micro-holes. The outputs measured were hole size, location and the variability in these measures. The metallurgical and geometrical features were examined using a scanning electron microscope and optical microscope. Processing throughput is also important in industrial laser processes. The parametric effect on circularity and taper has been observed to understand the features of the hole. The features of holes help in fabrication in a plethora of industries to produce applications such as fins, filters, microgrid circuits, and biomedical devices.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Aluminium alloy; Femtosecond laser; Circularity; Taper; Microdrilling
Subjects:Engineering > Mechanical engineering
Engineering > Production engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Institutes and Centres > National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST)
Research Institutes and Centres > Advanced Processing Technology Research Centre (APTRC)
Research Institutes and Centres > I-Form
Published in: Broek, Stephan, (ed.) Light Metals 2023. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (MMMS) . Springer. ISBN 978-3-031-22531-4
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22532-1_53
Copyright Information:© 2023 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Funders:European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement No. 862100 (NewSkin), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under Grant Numbers 16/RC/3872 and is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund and by I-Form industry partners
ID Code:28817
Deposited On:25 Jul 2023 13:31 by Suman Chatterjee . Last Modified 11 Oct 2023 10:15
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