Laser processing system and method
AssigneeNPS Corporation
InventorSeong Ho Bae
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Abstract
A laser processing system includes a processing machine for performing laser processing on a processing target using a laser beam according to a predetermined processing design; a setting module for preparing a processing recipe including a plurality of set values for testing of processing parameters for the controlling the quality value of a predetermined quality item; a controller for repeatedly performing test processing for the processing target in multiple implementation rounds by driving the processing machine by selectively using any one of the set values for testing as the set value of the processing parameters according to a predetermined order; and an analysis module for analyzing each of results of the test processing and individually measuring the quality value of each of the results of the test processing.
Claims11
A laser processing method, wherein laser processing is performed on a processing target using a processing machine according to a processing design, the method comprising:
- (a) preparing, according to predetermined setting criteria, a processing recipe comprising a plurality of set values for testing of processing parameters for controlling a quality value of a predetermined quality item;
- wherein the plurality of set values comprises one of power, frequency, pulse width, duty ratio or focal length of a laser beam,
- (b) repeatedly performing first test processing for the processing target in multiple implementation rounds by driving the processing machine by selectively using any one of the set values for testing as a set value of the processing parameters according to a predetermined order;
- (c) analyzing each of results of the first test processing and individually measuring a quality value of each of the results of the first test processing;
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- (d) selecting, among the set values for testing, a set value for testing used in a specific implementation round of the first test processing, at which a quality value that most satisfies predetermined reference quality is measured, as a set value for manufacturing a product from the processing target of the processing parameters, wherein the manufacturing is controlled based on the set value for manufacturing the product;
- wherein the processing design is provided to have a processing shape corresponding to a shape of the product, and
- wherein the processing shape is defined by a pattern to be processed, which comprises at least one of a line and a dot,
- in step (a), the pattern to be processed includes a plurality of sections each having different shapes, the pattern to be processed is divided into a plurality of processing units each including one of the plurality of sections and the processing recipe for each of the processing units is individually prepared;
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- in step (b), first test processing for each of the processing units is individually performed, wherein, first test processing for a specific processing unit among the processing units is performed by selectively using one of the set values for testing in the processing recipe for the specific processing unit based on a shape of a corresponding section of the specific processing unit.
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