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This paper proposes an effective processing method for fabricating microchannels on the polycarbonate (PC) substrate with CO2 laser. The width of microchannel has close relationship with CO2 laser parameters including laser power, laser moving velocity, and length of microchannel. In order to optimize the width of the microchannel, the orthogonal experiment method is successfully applied in this experiment with L9(33) orthogonal test table. Then, the optimal machining parameters are obtained and a verified experiment is confirmed. Finally, the optimal microcahnnels on the PC can be obtained with the presented process parameters.
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Chen, X., Hu, Z. An effective method for fabricating microchannels on the polycarbonate (PC) substrate with CO2 laser. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 92, 1365–1370 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-0182-8
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