LASER INDUCED PLASMA MICRO MACHINING

SEMINAR REPORT

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Bachelor of Technology
In
Mechanical Engineering
By
MOHAMMED ASHIQUE P S (B120292ME)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT
JANUARY 2016

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the report entitled Laser Induced Plasma Micromachining is a bonafide
record of the Seminar done by MOHAMMED ASHIQUE P S (Roll No.: B120292ME) under my
supervision, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of
Technology in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Calicut, and this
work has not been submitted elsewhere for the award of a degree.

Dr. M.L Joy

Professor
Dept of Mechanical Engineering

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am grateful to Dr. R. Ramachandran , Professor & Head of the Department of Mechanical

Engineering, for providing me the best facilities and atmosphere for the seminar completion and
presentation. I express my sincere gratitude to our seminar in charge Dr. M.L Joy, Lecturer,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, for his valuable guidance and help. I thank the faculty
of Mechanical engineering department, for their valuable support. I thank god almighty for his
blessings in completing this work. Also I thank all the friends and well-wishers for their healthy
criticism and valuable co-operation in all respect.

CONTENTS
Page No.

1. Introduction
2. LIPMM
3. Experimental Setup
4. Machining Of Microchannels
5. Conclusions
6. References

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

ABSTRACT
Surface micro texturing has found various applications in fields of metal cutting, tribology,
biomedical engineering etc. Many of these applications are material specific and include materials
like polymers & ceramics. Limitations in conventional processes like -EDM and LASER ablation
are requirement of conductive electrode and work piece and complex process control mechanisms
involved respectively.
This paper introduces Laser induced plasma micromachining (LIPMM) , a multimaterial tool-less
micromachining process which offers superior machining characteristics while preserving
resolution and accuracy. It uses an ultra-short tightly focused laser irradiation to generate plasma
through laser induced dielectric breakdown. The plasma generated absorbs energy and facilitates
material removal through plasma matter interaction spot through melting and vaporization. This
paper discuss the underlying principle of plasma generation through laser induced dielectric
breakdown and machining, and also based on the underlying principles , to present a procedure
and experimental setup for plasma generation and machining . The main benefits of the process
are micromachining with low subsurface damage, smaller HAZ and low roughness.

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