Bio Nano Consulting has expanded its capabilities for advanced prototyping with a new laser micro-machining system for fabricating features down to 5 microns in almost any solid material
The new system facilitates BNC's rapid prototype fabrication capability for commercial organisations developing microfluidics and other novel biomedical applications of nanotechnology.
Housed within the BNC's new Imperial College London laboratories, the Oxford Lasers E-series laser micro-machining system is the latest asset in an investment of over ?50m in facilities and equipment that backs the BNC's world-leading product development capabilities.
Commenting on the new system, Bio Nano Consulting CEO, David Sarphie, said: "Access to state-of-the-art tools such as this allows us to improve the prototyping services we already offer our customers, enabling us to address our customers' needs rapidly and cost-effectively".
The new system can drill, cut and mill materials including silicon, glass, plastic, ceramic and metal with micron-level accuracy.
With increasing numbers of biomedical products and technologies dependent on sophisticated microfluidic systems, interest is expected to be high in healthcare product development organisations.
