• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.9-17
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• 2010

The FPCB is used for electronic products such as LCD display. The process of manufacturing FPCB includes a cutting process, in which each single FPCB is cut and separated from the panel where a series of FPCBs are arrayed. The most-widely used cutting method is the mechanical punching, which has the problem of creating burrs and cracks. In this paper, the cutting characteristics of the FPCB have been experimented using Nd:YAG DPSS UV laser as a way of solving this problem. To maximize the industrial application of this laser cutting process, test samples of the multilayered FPCB have been chosen as it is actually needed in industry. The cutting area of the FPCB has four different types of layer structure. First, to cut the test sample, the threshold laser cut-off fluence has been found. Various combinations of laser and process parameters have been made to supply the acquired laser cut-off fluence. The cutting characteristics in terms of the variation of the parameters are analyzed. The laser and process parameters are optimized, in order to maximize the cutting speed and to reach the best quality of the cutting area. The laser system for the process automation has been also developed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.23-28
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• 2010

Resistance trimming and cutting processes of printed circuit board by making use of high power UV laser with nano-second pulse width have been proposed and investigated experimentally. Also laser-based application system with high flexibility and complex has been designed and adopted power controller, auto beam size control, auto-focusing and control program developed for ourselves. The function of each module shows that they can be reliable for industrial equipments. Resistance trimming method used a plunge and double cut process with $20{\mu}m$ spot size beam. Results show that double cut process is more effective to control resistance trimming in precision than plunge cut process.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.132-140
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• 2000

Plasma arc cutting is one of the most widely used processes in metal cutting fields and is a process that produces parted metal plates by cutting them with an arc plasma established between the electrode tip and the plate(workpiece). When the tip-to-workpiece distance varies during cutting, the cut quality, for example the kerf width, is deteriorated by the change of plasma arc. The variations of tip-to-workpiece distance are due to the different factors such as inaccuracies in setting the torch or workpiece, thermal distortions during cutting, and uneven surface of workpiece. The control to keep the tip-to-workpiece distance constant is thus indispensable to improve the flexibility of automatic plasma arc cutting system applications. In this study, an arc sensor which utilizes the electrical signal obtained from the plasma arc itself was developed. The arc sensor has an advantage that no particular sensing device is necessary and real-time sensing of the tip-to-workpiece distance is possible directly under the plasma arc. The relationship between plasma arc voltage and tip-to-workpiece distance was determined through the repeated experimental results. The model was used for developing an automatic tip-to-workpiece distance control system of plasma arc cutting. It could be shown that the proposed system has a successful capability of tip-to-workpiece distance control.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.20-24
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• 2010

High speed cutting processes of rigid flexible printed circuit board by making use of high power UV laser with nano-second pulse width have been proposed and investigated experimentally. Also robust laser cutting system has been designed and developed in order to obtain a good cutting quality of rigid and flexible PCB with multi-layers (2-6 layers). Power controller module developed for ourselves is adapted to control the laser output power in the range less than 1%. The systems show the good performance of cutting speed, cutting width and cutting accuracy, respectively. Especially we have confirmed that the short circuit problem due to the carbonized contamination occurred in cross section of multi-layers by thermal effect of high power laser has been improved largely by using multi-pass cutting process with low power and high speed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.599-602
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• 2002

A novel rapid prototyping (RP) process, an automated transfer type variable lamination manufacturing process (Automated VLM-ST) has been developed. In Automated VLM-ST, a vacuum chuck and linear moving system transfer the plate type material with two pilot holes to the rotation stage. A four-axis synchronized hotwire cutter cuts the material twice to generate Automated Unit Shape Layer (AUSL) with the desired width, side slopes, length, and two reference shapes in accordance with CAD data. Each AUSL is stacked on the stacking plate with two pilot pins using the pilot holes in AUSL and the pilot pins. Subsequently, adhesive is supplied to the top surface of the stacked AUSL by a bonding roller and pressure is simultaneously applied to the bottom surface of the stacked AUSL. Finally, three-dimensional shapes are rapidly fabricated. This paper describes the procedure for generating the cutting path data (AUSL data) f3r automated VLM-ST. The method for the generation of the Automated Unit Shape Layer (AUSL) in Automated VLM-ST was practically applied and fabricated for a various shapes.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.30-37
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• 1996

On-line process control equipment for CO$_{2}$ laser cutting is not available for industrial applications. The major part of the industrial laser cutting machines are adjusted off-line by highly educated engineers. The quality inspection of the sample is visual and referred to different quality scales. Due to the lack of automation the potential laser users hesitate to implement the cutting method. The first step toward an automation of the process is the development of a process monitoring system and the research is cincentrated on the area of on-line quality monitoring during CO$_{2}$ laser cutting. The method is based on the detection of the emitted light from the cutting front by photo diode. The developed monitoring system consists of the OP Amplifier, A/D convertor, power supply and PC. The signal from the photo diode has been undertaken from Fourier analysis and statistical analysis with real time. The photograph of striation pattern was taken by metallurgical microscope. As a result, it is possible to predict the striation pattern according to the beam traveling speed.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.129-134
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• 1994

A Laser Cutter is designed for the precise fabrications in the shipyards recently. The cutter is a gantry type one with specified functions of movability and strength in order to satisfy the workability. The gantry frame should move with a certain velocity in a relatively short time for the proper cutting of the object materials. The gantry is fitted with ball screw and the acceleration field is formed by actuating this ball screw. The relative displacement should be within the allowable design criteria to make sure the precise cutting of the materials by the laser. In this paper, modal and structural analysis for a Laser Cutter which is commonly used in the shipyards, is carried out to check the design criteria of the system. The system is modeled by placing the proper shell and soils finite elements and fictitious mass properties to represent the real one. The way how to extract the loading conditions based on the given velocity criteria of the system is presented. Static structural analysis is performed and the results came out as expected. Modal analysis for finding eigen-values and mode shapes of the system is performed and it is shown that the time dependent dynamic analysis is unnecessary for this system for its operating circumstances.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.178-186
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• 2005

In this study, the PSC girder bridge retrofitted with external tendons is tested to verify the strengthening effects. We measure the variations of the displacement and strain at mid-span of each beam as external tendons are removed in sequence. The structural behavior of the bridge are examined using controlled truck load tests for the systems before and after all external tendons were removed. From the test results, the characteristics of structural behavior of the bridge do not change significantly, but the natural frequency is decreased after the external tendons are removed. The strengthening effects of bridges can be exactly estimated by analytical methods some extent. As a result of this study, when a PSC girder bridge is deteriorated, the bridge can be retrofitted effectively by External Prestressing Strengthening Method, and the strengthening effects can be predicted through accurate structural analysis.

• The Optical Journal
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• s.125
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• pp.28-31
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• 2010

지구 온난화 혹은 에너지 고갈 문제에 대응하기 위하여 새로운 소재에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 또한 국내 제조업의 국제적인 경쟁력을 확보하기 위하여 고강도강, 비철재료 등 고기능 소재의 산업 적용이 증가하고 있다. 종래의 철강소재에 비해 새로운 소재들은 가공이 까다로울 뿐만아니라 상대적으로 높은 정밀도를 필요로 한다. 레이저는 높은 에너지 강도를 갖는 일종의 빛이며, 비접촉으로 재료를 가공하는 것이 가능하다. 또한 동일한 장치를 이용하여 용접, 절단 열처리 등 대부분의 재료 가공이 가능하며 기존의 가공 방법에 비하여 가공속도가 빠를 뿐만 아니라 가공품질이 우수한 장점이 있기 때문에 산업 적용이 급격히 증가하고 있는 기술이다. 레이저를 이용하여 재료를 가공하는 방법에는 MEMS 등의 초미세 가공으로부터 조전용 후판에 이르기까지 다양하지만 본 보고에서는 출력 1kW 이상의 레이저를 이용한 금속의 용접 및 절단 가공에 대해서 서술하였다. 금속의 가공에 이용 가능한 출력 1kW 이상의 레이저는 $CO_2$ 레이저, YAG 레이저, Diode 레이저 등이 있다.

• 기계와재료
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.30-35
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• 2010

전자부품산업이 빠르게 발전하고 있기 때문에 고기능성 PCB의 수요 또한 많이 늘고 있다. 이러한 PCB는 전자제품의 굴곡성(flexibility) 있는 형태로 발전하여 전자제품의 소형화 및 고밀도화가 가능하고, 반복적인 굴곡에 높은 내구성을 갖는 연성(flexible) PCB(FPCB)의 사용이 증가하고 있으며, 이런 시장의 요구에 맞춰 연성 다층 구조의 FPCB에 대한 정밀 고속 가공 기술에 대한 수요도 급격히 확대되고 있다. 따라서 장비 운영의 효율성 극대화 및 설비 투자를 최소화하고 단일 장비로 절단(half cut, full cut), 제거, 트리밍, 리페어 고정 등을 수행할 수 있는 장비 개발을 위한 스캐너/스테이지 고정밀 제어, Z축 스텝가공, 멀티포인트 비전 인식을 통한 왜곡 최소화 등의 요소기술 개발관련 내용을 소개하고자 한다.