High-precision Processing Technology Drives the Development of the Laser Market
Since its inception, laser technology has made rapid progress. Its application covers almost all industrial fields. In addition to light industry, automotive, aerospace, power and energy industries, it is gradually expanding into fine and micro-machining fields, which has promoted electronics manufacturing. Development of integrated circuits, communications, mechanical micromachining, medical, dental, cosmetic equipment and emerging applications.
Even in the global economic downturn, the laser market is still performing well, and laser technologies including solid-state lasers and ultra-fast lasers continue to grow in the fields of precision machining and micro-machining.
In 2017, the global laser sales of nearly 12 billion US dollars (source: Laser Manufacture News), of which fiber lasers accounted for more than 51% of the global laser market share.
With the continuous advancement of technology, the global innovative electronic consumer products are changing with each passing day. They are not only dazzling and colorful, but also have various sophisticated and sophisticated integration technologies. Therefore, the rapid changes in the electronics industry have brought enormous opportunities and challenges to the laser manufacturing industry.
The data show that the high-precision processing technology represented by "cold processing" technology is developing rapidly in China, which greatly promotes the cutting of solid-state lasers and ultra-fast lasers in the field of fine micro-machining, such as chips for consumer electronics, polymer materials, and hard and soft circuit boards. Fields; fine marking such as polymer and transparent material marking, special metal surface treatment and 3D printing applications.
For example, sophisticated consumer electronics products and components such as mobile phones, microprocessors, displays, and memory chips are composed of a large number of different shaped and micro-materials, especially high-precision processing technology. In this case, ultrafast laser technology is favored for its significant advantages in fine processing, beam control and beam transfer technology. This technology is also the key to the successful manufacture of more complex consumer electronics devices in the future.
As a result, ultrafast lasers offer unprecedented levels of extreme manufacturing and precision manufacturing, designed to overcome the high, precise, sharp, hard, and difficult processing bottlenecks that are difficult to achieve with conventional processes. According to industry insiders, in the next three to five years, the consumer electronics market will put forward higher requirements for smart devices. At present, new technologies such as VR and AR will promote the further development of the ultrafast laser market.