Comparison of dry and wet fibre laser profile cutting of thin 316L stainless steel tubes for medical device applications

Comparison of dry and wet fibre laser profile cutting of thin 316L stainless steel tubes for medical device applications

In medical coronary stent fabrication, high precision profile cutting with minimum post-processing is desirable. Existing methods of profiling thin tubular metallic materials are based mainly on the use of Nd:YAG lasers. In recent studies fibre lasers have been used for stent cutting. However, for p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of materials processing technology 2010-11, Vol.210 (15), p.2261-2267
Hauptverfasser: Muhammad, N., Whitehead, D., Boor, A., Li, L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Austenitic stainless steels
Cutting
Dross
Drying
Fibre
Heat affected zone
Heat resistant steels
Laser cutting
Lasers
Precision
Stainless steels
Stent
Surgical implants
Tubes
Water
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Zusammenfassung:In medical coronary stent fabrication, high precision profile cutting with minimum post-processing is desirable. Existing methods of profiling thin tubular metallic materials are based mainly on the use of Nd:YAG lasers. In recent studies fibre lasers have been used for stent cutting. However, for profiling thin (
ISSN:0924-0136
DOI:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.08.015