InImpact: The Journal of Innovation Impact |
| Publisher |
Future Technology Press |
| Vol. 7 No. 2 |
KES Transactions on SDM I - Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014 |
| Volume Editors |
KES International |
| Journal ISSN |
2051-6002 |
| |
| Article Title | Laser transmission welding of polymers and ceramics demonstrated on PMMA and LTCC |
| Primary Author | Kohler Robert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) |
| Other Author(s) |
Maika Torge; Heino Besser; Hans Jürgen Seifert; Wilhelm Pfleging
|
| Pages |
950 - 960
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| Article ID |
sdm14-097 |
| Publication Date |
01-May-16 |
| Abstract | Joining technologies for incompatible materials are of high interest in many application areas as they allow the combination of the advantages of different materials. This study demonstrates a joining technique for transparent polymers and ceramics using commonly applied materials as examples, namely polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC). The concept is to use pre-structured ceramic surfaces with cavities that can be filled with polymeric material locally molten during laser transmission welding. The laser processing used to create appropriate surface textures is described. A variation of the surface pattern was performed and analysed with respect to mechanical bond strength. It was discovered that an increased structure density leads to and increased bond strength reaching a maximum value of 5.2 MPa. Furthermore a technique based on laser transmission welding to replicate surface topographies down to the nanometre scale is described. |
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