Patent ID: 7411150

Claim:
A method of producing a composite component, said component comprising an electrically non-conductive portion and an electrically conductive portion, and the component having at least one well-defined machined geometry, wherein the electrically non-conductive portion is machined by a laser and the electrically conductive portion is machined by electro machining, said method comprising: applying a focussed laser equipment having focus diameter (D L ) substantially smaller than the geometry to be machined; placing the laser onto the non-conductive portion surface in such a way that the beam diameter (D L ) on the surface is substantially smaller than the geometry to be machined; applying the laser beam of the focussed laser equipment; leading the laser beam over the non-conductive portion surface following a defined path, thus engraving the desired geometry into the non-conductive portion; laser machining the non-conductive portion; and after said laser machining the non-conductive portion, joining the laser-machined non-conductive portion to the conductive portion.