Sunday 8 November 2015

Machining of Aluminium Nitride and its Various Applications

Aluminium Nitride is widely used in the machining because of its outstanding ability to dissipate heat, in addition to its excellent mechanical and electrical properties. The thermal conductivity of the Aluminium Nitride is generally eight times higher than Alumina. It has offers excellent resistance to plasma erosion and wafer processing gases.


Aluminum nitride product / ALN substrate filmAluminum nitride product / ALN heater substrate



Machining Aluminium Nitride allows aluminum nitride to be used in a number of electronics applications. It is used to heat sinks, electrical insulators for lasers, electrical insulators, chip carriers, chucks, clamp rings and detectors. Machining of process involves forming, grinding and finishing. There are various types of machining tools available, which can be used alone or in conjunction with other tools.  Boring tools are used as finishing equipments to enlarge holes, which are previously cut into the material. On the other hand, cutting tools such as saws and shears are used for cutting purposes.  They are widely used to cut materials in accurate dimensions to give them a perfect shape.

Aluminum nitride product / ALN substrateAluminum nitride product / ALN heater jig


For machining Aluminium Nitride products, CNC machining is also widely used. It is a computer aided technique which can be used for a wide range of equipment. It requires special software and programming to guide a machine tools perform shaping work. CNC Machining is an automatic process, and produces high production cycles, low manufacturing costs and uniform production.

Aluminum nitride product / ALN machined partAluminum nitride product / ALN substrate with grooves and holes



Always trust a reputed company to handle your machining needs. It takes years of experience, knowledge and skills to machine a metal and use it in a number of applications.