Process: a hypodermic needle is made by solid state laser cutting a tube non-radially
Industrial sector: medical equipment
Material: stainless steel tubing down to 0.2 mm diameter
Other notes: kerf widths down to approximately 12 microns are feasible in thin tube walls.
Kerf width is the material removed by the process. To put the scale into context, a human hair is approximately 80 microns thick.
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