Meta-XY Part Marking Machine at Filtronic

Case Studies

FILTRONIC

The Customer

Filtronic is a world leader for RF and millimetre-wave manufacturing. Their components are a crucial part of cutting edge tech that goes into radar, communications, space exploration and much more.

Their investment into Lotus was a complete game changer for marking and cutting their radio frequency chips.

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DURHAM, United Kingdom: Filtronic, a globally-renowned manufacturer of Radio Frequency, microwave and millimetre-wave components, has a level of engineering technology that has made them an industry leader in manufacturing for military, space exploration, and much more.

And yet, they were cutting their incredible RF chips by hand.

Andrew Trundley, Senior Production Engineer for Filtronic, realised this wasn’t a workable solution, and so he reached out to see what we could offer. And what we provided was a fully gantry-automated Meta-XY that has now become an indispensable part of their process.

“We also do a lot of layers of marking on various different materials: copper, gold, plastics, polymers.

We can mark QFNs (a type of plastic encapsulated part) to a really high degree of tolerance using the Meta-XY.”

For a company like Filtronic, this was the perfect solution. But a company that makes parts for the likes of SpaceX had to be discerning about their manufacturing process. So, what made them choose Lotus?

Simple: a UK based company could provide the support and the expertise in a way that would completely minimise any downtime.

“It was UK based, and after seeing the Lotus facility and setup, I was really impressed.”

The Lotus Meta-XY was the perfect solution that massively improved the speed and accuracy of their laser cutting. And even beyond that, we asked Andrew if he felt the Meta-XY had the potential to do a lot more things.

His response?

“Yes. Definitely.”

For high-spec manufacturing, you should only be cutting components, not corners. If your business is looking for the next step in laser marking, reach out to us and book yourself in for a demo. Our UK sales and support team is always happy to help.

If you want to find out more about Filtronic, you can visit https://filtronic.com/ and see their latest technological developments.

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