Manufacturing with laser light
We produce microstructured glass components using ultrafast laser radiation, as well as the microscanner suitable for their productive production – the “LightFab.” The founders (Dipl.-Phys. Martin Hermans, Dipl. Ing. Jürgen Ortmann, and Dr. rer.nat. Jens Gottmann) have many years of experience with the ISLE process, in the development and use of microscanners, and their unique experience in software development for scanner and system control form the basis for our innovative products.
Our goal is to make the processing of transparent materials with high-performance ultrafast lasers widely used.
LightFab – 3D production with light.
News
- New project: Fort OP
More information will follow soon.
- Compamed 2025
17.-20.11.2025
Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibition hall 8A
stand F19-8 - Photonics West 2026
17.-22.01.2026
St. Francisco, California
Booth 4205 33
in the German Pavilion
Products & Technologies
Mechanical functions
Spring mechanisms
Fiber clamps
Gripper functions
Rotary mechanisms such as gears
Counters for temperature exceedances
Couplings & adapters
Passive alignment (microbench)
Aero- and Hydrodynamic Functions
Pick & Place – tools
> Vacuum grippers
> Vacuum microbench
Nozzles
> Laval, swirl bodies, etc.
Mixers
Custom suction plates
> With internal 3D elements
> With precisely fitting stops on the surface
Cavities filled with gas or under vacuum
Products under mechanical stress
Glass injection molds and impression molds are resistant to temperature and pressure.
Compared to conventional manufacturing processes, designs can be produced quickly and cost-effectively using SLE 3D printing.
Piston housings and cylinders for micropumps.
Micro-Fluidic
Microchannels with constrictions, branches, and connector elements (threads, Luer, etc.) in all three spatial dimensions.
The patented LightFab welding process allows even the smallest microstructures to be combined with elements in the macro and millimeter range. This gives you a high degree of design freedom while maintaining high precision in the micrometer range.
About LightFab
LightFab GmbH is a young technology company in the field of laser technology.
We started LightFab in 2013 and developed the foundations of our technologies at the Chair of Laser Technology at RWTH Aachen University, located at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen.
We produce microstructured glass components using UKP laser radiation.
Our innovative products are based on many years of experience with the SLE process, the development and use of microscanners, and our unique expertise in software development for scanner and system control.
Our goal is to bring the processing of transparent materials with high-performance UKP lasers to a wide range of applications.
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