Preco, Inc.

Kevin Mitchell

James J Bucklew

Kevin Noeldner

David Plourde

Laser cutting a metal foil by providing a polymer film as a carrier layer for the metal foil where the metal foil is ablated by the laser beam wavelength selected for laser cutting and wherein the polymer film is a polymer film that is transparent to the laser beam wavelength selected for laser cutting such that laser cutting produces metal foil cut parts in a substrate while the polymer backing remains intact for supporting the cut parts for subsequent separation of the cut parts from substrate.

Laser cutting metal foil with a polymer backing layer

A system and method for laser processing a complex pattern and a perimeter around the complex pattern on a moving web, the complex pattern and the perimeter processed continuously with a single laser. The complex pattern may be a plurality of holes such that cutting of the perimeter forms a disk having multiple holes. The plurality of holes are interior to the disk and laser processed using a camming program while a web of material is continuously moving. The laser is then repositioned to cut the perimeter while the laser remains on and the web is continuously moved. The multi-hole disk may be cut from a continuous roll of abrasive material.

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New Richmond, WI, United States of America

Kevin Mitchell