Corning Incorporated

Michael Klein

Albert Roth Nieber

Richard Grundmueller

Thomas Hackert

Florian Spaeth

Frank Fabian Herrnberger

Marco Andre Wolfert

Florain Spaeth

Frank Fabian Hermberger

Albert Roth Niber

A glass sheet processing apparatus includes a first gantry assembly that extends across a glass sheet in a cross-machine direction. The first gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the first gantry assembly and includes a laser comprising an optical arrangement positioned in a beam path of the laser providing a laser beam focal line that is formed on a beam output side of the optical arrangement. A second gantry assembly extends across the glass sheet in the cross-machine direction. The second gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the second gantry assembly.

Substrate processing station for laser-based machining of sheet-like glass substrates

Methods of laser processing a transparent material are disclosed. The method may include positioning the transparent material on a carrier and transmitting a laser beam through the transparent material, where the laser beam may be incident on a side of the transparent material opposite the carrier. The transparent material may be substantially transparent to the laser beam and the carrier may include a support base and a laser disruption element. The laser disruption element may disrupt the laser beam transmitted through the transparent material such that the laser beam may not have sufficient intensity below the laser disruption element to damage the support base.

Methods and apparatuses for laser processing materials

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Gilching, Germany

Michael Klein