Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co Ltd has completed delivery of its very first ABLASER laser micromachining system. The ABLASER, the first product developed by the company in its laser machining system business, was delivered to a leading Japanese manufacturer of precision instruments. With this achievement, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool now aims to expand sales of the ABLASER by bringing its high-speed, high-precision machining performance, enabled by innovations such as the adoption of a proprietary optical head, to the broad attention of the North American and European markets, the leading forces in laser machining technology today; and by proposing laser micromachining solutions which employ the ABLASER in the semiconductor manufacturing process to the markets of Asia.

The precision instrument manufacturer that took delivery of the first ABLASER will use the system primarily for precision machining of very hard or brittle materials. The new system will enable micro-precision machining of difficult-to-cut brittle materials, and by eliminating the conventional need for pre- and post-processing when etching, the ABLASER will also reduce running costs.