Liz Josephson | Intellivation: Can your R2R process handle flexible glass, metal foils, and nonwovens in the same machine?
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Can your R2R process handle flexible glass, metal foils, and nonwovens in the same machine?
Intellivation's roll-to-roll vacuum coating platform demonstrates extreme versatility in substrate handling. The system is not limited to common polymers; it is engineered to process a diverse and challenging range of materials. This includes advanced substrates like flexible glass, flexible ceramics, fabrics, nonwovens, and various metal foils often used in energy applications, all within the same machine with minimal changeover.
The core of the technology is the precision of the vacuum deposition process, specifically sputtering. The system provides highly uniform coatings across the entire web width with thickness control down to the single-digit nanometer level. This level of precision is critical for creating the functional, optical, and electrical properties required by today's advanced flexible electronics, sensors, and energy devices.
This precision is coupled with broad material deposition capabilities. The platform can deposit a wide array of materials, including various oxides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and pure metals. Furthermore, these different material types can be deposited in sequence during a single pass through the machine, enabling the efficient creation of complex multi-layer stacks required for sophisticated device architectures.
In this short video, you can learn:
* The wide range of flexible substrates that can be processed, from polymers to flexible glass and metal foils.
* How to achieve single-digit nanometer thickness control in a roll-to-roll sputtering process.
* The capability to deposit diverse materials like oxides, nitrides, and metals in a single machine pass.
π **Clip Abstract** Discover a roll-to-roll platform with unparalleled material flexibility, capable of handling substrates from polymers to flexible glass and metal foils. The system enables highly-controlled vacuum sputtering of complex multi-layer stacks with nanometer-level precision.
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00:07:42 - 00:08:25
Are you wasting expensive magnetic material in your sputtering process?
Are you wasting expensive magnetic material in your sputtering process?
A key technical advantage of Intellivation's platform is its proprietary, in-house source technology, including custom-designed sputter magnetrons. This vertical integration allows for the development of unique solutions tailored to overcome specific material deposition challenges, moving beyond off-the-shelf component limitations. This capability is particularly impactful when working with difficult-to-sputter or expensive materials.
The clip highlights a significant innovation for the deposition of magnetic thin films. The speaker reveals a unique, internally-developed technology that achieves an extremely high 80% target utilization for magnetic materials. This figure is a substantial improvement over conventional magnetron sputtering methods, which often struggle with poor utilization for magnetic targets due to magnetic field shunting.
The commercial and technical impact of this high-utilization process is profound. It translates directly into significant cost savings by minimizing waste of expensive magnetic target materials. Furthermore, it enables longer, more stable production runs between target changes, increasing throughput and creating a more efficient and sustainable manufacturing process for devices requiring high-performance magnetic thin films.
In this short video, you can learn:
* The benefits of proprietary, in-house sputter magnetron technology.
* A unique process for sputtering magnetic materials with extremely high efficiency.
* How to achieve 80% target utilization, drastically reducing material waste and cost.
π **Clip Abstract** Learn about a breakthrough in sputtering technology for depositing magnetic materials with an unprecedented 80% target utilization. This proprietary magnetron design significantly reduces material costs and improves manufacturing efficiency for advanced electronic components.
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00:09:35 - 00:10:22
How quickly can you optimize your laser ablation process for a new device?
How quickly can you optimize your laser ablation process for a new device?
This clip demonstrates a powerful and efficient method for rapid process development using integrated laser patterning. It showcases how a full Design of Experiments (DOE) can be conducted on a very small area of a coated web. This approach allows for the testing of numerous process parameters in a single, consolidated run, dramatically accelerating the R&D cycle.
The speaker explains how key laser variablesβsuch as power, speed, and repetition rateβcan be systematically varied across a matrix of tiny, individual cells on the substrate. This creates a comprehensive map of the process space on a single sample. The results, ranging from incomplete ablation to perfect patterning to substrate damage, can be quickly analyzed to determine the ideal processing conditions.
The primary advantage of this methodology is the ability to rapidly identify the optimal process window for a specific material stack and pattern geometry. This drastically shortens the time required to move from a concept to a qualified, production-ready process. It enables fast, iterative prototyping and is a key enabler for scaling up the manufacturing of novel flexible electronic devices.
In this short video, you can learn:
* How to perform a full Design of Experiments (DOE) for laser ablation on a single, small sample.
* The impact of varying laser parameters like power, speed, and repetition rate on material removal.
* A methodology to rapidly identify the optimal process window for patterning thin films.
π **Clip Abstract** See how to accelerate device development by performing a comprehensive laser ablation DOE on a single, small area of a roll-to-roll web. This technique allows for the rapid identification of the optimal process window, dramatically shortening prototyping and scale-up timelines.
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