Commissioning of new tool allows Bio Nano Consulting to offer advanced
system for prototyping on the micron scale
London, UK – 14 May 2008
Bio Nano Consulting (BNC) is pleased to announce the
availability of its latest tool for advanced prototyping with the commissioning of a new
laser micro-machining system. The Oxford Lasers E-series system is an ideal tool for
micro-drilling, micro-cutting and micro-milling of almost any solid material with an
extremely high degree of accuracy.
Housed within the BNC’s new Imperial College London laboratories, the laser micro-
machining system can fabricate features down to the scale of 5 microns in materials
including silicon, glass, plastic, ceramic and metal. This can facilitate rapid prototype
fabrication for product development organisations. Interest is expected to be high in
commercial organisations developing microfluidics and other novel applications of
nanotechnology for healthcare.
Bio Nano Consulting CEO, Dr David Sarphie commented “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.”
Editors’ notes
About Bio Nano Consulting
The BNC is a specialist research and development consultancy operating in the convergent field of
bionanotechnology. A joint venture of Imperial College London and University College London, the BNC is
funded through the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) with additional support from the London Development
Agency (LDA).
Along with its partner organisation, the National Physical Laboratory, the BNC offers a service to the biomedical and healthcare industries in microsystems and nanotechnology. This encompasses design, 3-D modelling and visualisation, rapid prototyping, and characterisation.