Component Management

A nanoparticle ink which can be used in room-temperature printing has been developed by MANA. Previously, nanoparticle inks could only be used in high-temperature printing because they were surrounded by non-conductive ligands and required annealing. Researchers have created a nanoparticle ink surrounded by planar aromatic molecules which, therefore, does not require annealing.

A filler claimed to increase polymer thermal performance while reducing production costs, has been introduced by Carbodeon. By using 0.03wt.% nanodiamond material at 45% thermal filler loading the company can achieve a 20% increase in polymer thermal performance. Last October, Carbodeon published its data on thermal fillers showing that the conductivity of polyamide 66 (PA66) based thermal compound could be increased by 25% by...

An 'ultra clean' liquid filtration solution for use in the semiconductor manufacturing process has been released by Entegris. The Torrento X Series is the first commercial, non-dewetting, all PTFE filter with 10 nm particle retention for advanced wet etch and clean applications.

The quest for smaller, faster, cheaper integrated devices really drives the semiconductor industry from a commercial point of view; an ever-present burden on developers working on the next great process breakthrough. Philip Ling reports for ES Design magazine.

A controller, claimed to make the production process more efficient, has been introduced by Nordson EFD. The 7160RA ValveMate provides a way to program Nordson's 782RA internal Radial Spray Valve and 7860C-RS Radial Spinner System. The controller's microprocessor circuitry provides exact time control of the dispense cycle with an improved user interface.

  Expanding the company's portfolio of small robots, ABB has introduced the IRB 1200. This compact robot is designed for materials handling and machine tending applications which require flexibility, ease of use, compactness and short cycle times while maintaining large working envelopes.

A line of hexapods, from Newport, has had RightPath trajectory control added as a new standard feature. The added feature resolves a problem inherent in most parallel kinematic motion devices – the run-out along the trajectory in the user’s coordinate system. 

A range of materials grown using CVD (chemical vapour deposition) processes has been introduced by Morgan Advanced Materials. Morgan's CVD SiC (Silicon Carbide) and PBN (Pyrolytic Boron Nitride) are suitable for use in semiconductor applications such as rapid thermal processing and plasma etch process chamber components.The materials are also suited for use in metalorganic CVD tools for high-brightness white LED manufacturing, using the indi...

An electronic manufacturer has increased it's SMT capacity with the acquisition of manufacturing equipment. Saline Lectronics has purchased two Juki FX-3RA High-speed Modular Mounters. As well as increasing the company's SMT capacity these purchases will also increase it's efficiency, enabling manufacturing technicians to rely more on machines.

There is growing anticipation that graphene will soon emerge as a replacement for silicon, fuelled by its outstanding promise. Now, a lack of progress towards monolithic integration may have turned an important corner thanks to the latest R&D breakthroughs, as Philip Ling reports.