Applications of lasers in materials processing

• Grant number: 98/07319-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: January 01, 1999
• End date: November 30, 2002
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Spero Penha Morato
• Grantee: Spero Penha Morato
• Company: Lasertools Tecnologia Ltda
• City: São Paulo
• Associated research grant(s): 04/13814-7 - Development of industrial processes with ND: YAG lasers for cutting, drilling and welding, AP.PIPE3

Abstract

The objective of the present proposal is, during the first Phase, to develop methods and advanced procedures for the use of Ipen’s Central Processing of Material by Laser (CPML) as a processing instrument (cutting, drilling, soldering and surface processing) for industrial materials (steels, ceramics, silicon etc.). It is also expected to identify those sectors of the metal/mechanics industry that are potential candidates for the use of the CPML as a job shop for the development of processes and for the delivery of specialized services in the areas of tooling and welding. In the medium and long term (phase 2), this proposal looks towards the use of a CO2 laser as a complementary tool for the processing of materials in line with results obtained with the CPML. In this second phase, the objective is to develop and consolidate methodologies and laser processes for use in industrial applications of greatest demand. For this purpose, it is intended to lay the foundations of a job shop at LaserTools, that will offer the productive sector an array of laser tooling services. Currently the main industrial uses of lasers are for cutting materials. However, other types of work using a greater variety of materials have expanded considerably. LaserTools is a limited company of shareholding partners who are involved directly or indirectly in developments undertaken in Ipen’s Division of Applied Optics. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

M.S.F. LIMA; J.-D. WAGNIÈRE; S.P. MORATO; N.D. VIEIRA JR.. Elimination of Lubricants from Aluminum Cold Rolled Products Using Short Laser Pulses. MATERIALS RESEARCH-IBERO-AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATERIALS, v. 5, n. 2, p. 205-208, 2002-06-00. (98/07319-0)