Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Nancy Edwards

Xinbing Liu

Chen-Hsiung Cheng

Christopher Rose

Dan Hogan

A method of determining compatibility of user input parameters for use with a laser drilling system includes providing compatibility data characteristic of a plurality of laser drilling operations, receiving input parameters characteristic of a desired laser drilling operation, and comparing the input parameters to the compatibility data, thereby determining whether the input parameters are incompatible.

Method of using a computer with a laser drilling system

A method of laser milling an aperture in a workpiece for use with manufacturing ink-jet nozzles includes initially illuminating a surface of the workpiece with a laser beam at a point within an outer perimeter of a desired aperture and a distance away from the outer perimeter sufficient to substantially avoid initial ablation of the outer perimeter. The laser beam is driven substantially in the direction of the outer perimeter at a variable rate controlled to avoid deformation of the outer perimeter. Material of the workpiece is ablated in a pattern designed to substantially remove material within the outer perimeter, thereby forming the aperture.

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Essex Junction, VT, United States of America

Nancy Edwards