METHOD FOR PROCESSING BRITTLE-HARD MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20210205931A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US17141149

    申请日:2021-01-04

    申请人: SCHOTT AG

    IPC分类号: B23K26/40 B23K26/53

    摘要: A method for the separative processing of brittle-hard materials is provided. The method includes irradiating a surface of a workpiece made of brittle-hard material with a laser beam having a wavelength sufficient so that light of the laser beam is absorbed at the surface and so that the workpiece is heated to create a first temperature gradient in a direction from the surface to an interior of the workpiece; guiding the laser beam over the surface along an irradiated region; forming a second temperature gradient along the surface between the irradiated region and a non-irradiated region adjacent the irradiated region, the first and second temperature gradients interacting in such a way that, on account of thermomechanical stresses, the workpiece is separated below the surface with a portion of the workpiece being severed in the form of a chip.