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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.

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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 polymer, 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.

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50 micron hole in Kapton tubing

Potomac has some of the most advanced microhole drilling capabilities available including:

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Silicon Wafer Hole Drilling

Materials include:

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Laser Micromachining of microholes in glass

Specific Microhole Drilling Applications include:

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

For more information on Microhole Drilling Applications:

 

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Laser Microhole Drilling in Aluminum

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Diamond Shaped Holes in Metal Foil

 

 Hole Drilling in Brass

 Hole Drilling in Ceramic

 Hole Drilling in Copper

 Hole Drilling in Glass

 

 

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Small Holes in 0.015" thick stainless steel.

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Small holes in glass.

 

 Hole Drilling in HDPE

 Hole Drilling in Kapton

 Hole Drilling in LDPE

Hole Drilling in Molybdenum

 Hole Drilling in Metal

 

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Small Holes in Copper

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Microhole in Nylon Tube

 

Hole Drilling on Nitinol

Hole Drilling in PCB

Hole Drilling in PEEK

 Hole Drilling in Polycarbonate

 Hole Drilling in Polystyrene

 

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Laser Hole Drilling Polyimide

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Laser Micromachining of Cermaic

 

 Hole Drilling in Polyimide

 Hole Drilling in Polymers

 Hole Drilling in Silicone

 Hole Drilling in Silicon Wafers

 

 

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Probe card hole drilling in Polymer

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Small holes in copper substrate with minimal wall separation.

 

 Hole Drilling in Stainless Steel

 Hole Drilling in Tantalum

 Hole Drilling in Thermoplastics

 

 

 

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Micro Drilling in Aluminum

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Micro Drilling in Stainless Steel

 

 Laser Hole Drilling

Micro CNC Hole Drilling

 Micro Drilling

 Small Hole Drilling Acrylic

 Small Hole Drilling Cirlex

 

 

 

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Laser Micromachining of microholes in glass

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Laser Drilling small slits in stainless steel

 

 Small Hole Drilling Mylar

 Small Hole Drilling Rubber

 Small Hole Drilling Nitrile

 Small Hole Drilling Invar

 

 

 

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125 micron hole in 0.5mm thick metal substrate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News & Articles

  • News
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February 15, 2012

Potomac Photonics Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Join BU Photonics Center

January 23, 2012

Potomac Cover Story

January 5, 2011

Laser processing works on a micro scale, by C. Paul Christensen

January 5, 2011

Fine Diamonds With Laser Machining, by C. Paul Christensen

Case Studies

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Microhole Drilling Services

Mike Adelstein

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