Microperforation of Three Common Plastic Films by Laser and Their Enhanced Oxygen Transmission for Fresh Produce Packaging

Three different plastic films of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) and low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) were perforated using Nd‐YAG laser. Effects of laser pulse energy were examined by varying energies from 50 to 250 mJ where the pulse duration and pulse repetition were kept constant at 10 ns and 1 Hz, respectively. It was found that perforation diameters of all films increased with increasing pulse energies. Observed perforations were different among the three film types. Explanation was contributed to material inherent property and its interaction with laser. Incorporation of an inorganic filler (i.e. silica based anti‐blocking agent used in packaging film) of 0.5 wt% into the LDPE films (0.5Si‐LDPE) could improve perforation performance for LDPE. This was attributed to an increased thermal diffusivity of the 0.5Si‐LDPE film. Commercial BOPET and BOPP films containing 97 microholes/m² (hole diameter of ~100 µm) showed an improvement in oxygen transmission rates (OTR) of 18 and 5 times that of the neat films without perforation. In the case of perforated 0.5Si‐LDPE films having similar perforations of 97 microholes/m² and perforation diameter of 100 µm, a two‐fold increase of OTR was obtained. Gas transmission rates of the microperforated films were measured based on the static method. Measured OTR and CO₂TR values of the three films with varying perforation diameters in a range of ~40–300 µm were compared and discussed. Overall results clearly indicate that perforation by laser is an effective process in developing breathable films with tailored oxygen transmission property for fresh produce packaging. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

电解多孔铁镍薄板结构的吸声性能

对具有不同参数的单层电解多孔铁镍薄板结构及双层复合结构的吸声特性进行了试验和分析,将电解多孔铁镍薄板理想化为超细微孔结构,采用平均孔距和平均孔径利用微穿孔理论计算了电解多孔铁镍薄板结构的吸声性能,并与实测值进行了比较,结果表明,单层空腔电解多孔铁镍薄板结构具有很强的共振吸声特性和良好的吸声性能,吸声系数大于0.6的频带超过2个倍频程,双层复合结构可明显拓宽吸声频带,进一步提高吸声性能.对于单层电解多孔铁镍薄板结构,采用平均孔径和平均孔距根据微穿孔理论获得的吸声系数计算值与实测值吻合得良好;对于双层复合结构,吸声系数计算值与实测值的频率特性相近,最大值接近,但存在一定的频率偏移.     

板膜耦合微穿孔板消声器的性能试验分析

为了使微穿孔板消声器具有低频宽频带吸声性能，文章提出一种将刚性微穿孔板与柔性微穿孔薄膜复合而成的微穿孔平面，并利用平均速度法预测了其吸声效果。文章分析了薄膜面积占比、薄膜厚度、背腔深度对吸声效果的影响。由分析结果可知：板膜耦合微穿孔板消声器与刚性微穿孔板消声器相比，吸声频带宽度从260 Hz拓宽到了650 Hz，与柔性微穿孔板消声器相比，在一定频率范围内吸声系数从0.55提高到0.75，通过适当改变薄膜厚度、背腔高度以及薄膜面积占比能控制微穿孔板吸收峰和薄膜共振吸收峰的相对位置，消声器可获得较好的吸声效果。研究成果可进一步拓宽微穿孔板消声器在低频降噪领域的应用范围。     

Hybrid stamping and laser micromachining process for micro-scale hole drilling

Micro-scale hole drilling on metallic sheets has been employed in a wide range of personal computing devices, such as smart phones and tablet computers. Laser machining, micro-electro-discharge machining, and chemical etching are the methods used for fabricating micro-scale holes. In this paper, we propose a hybrid sequential stamping and laser machining process. The alignment in the hybrid process is critical, and a patented device called the ball-cone-hole magnet was used in the experiments to achieve an alignment error of less than 1?µm. The fabrication results obtained by laser-only, stamping-only, and the proposed hybrid process were compared. The diameters of inlets and outlets, as well as the cross-section of holes, were compared herein. The surface roughness of the sidewalls’ inside holes was measured. The proposed hybrid stamping and laser machining process provides an alternative fabrication method for the micro-scale hole drilling process with better hole quality than a laser-only machining process.