Custom Design Solutions for Automation
Concept
PVD Sputter Tool  
  Semicon Services Ltd
   
  A new low cost 5 station Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) + RF Etch tool for the backside coating (Sputtering) , in vacuum, of precious metals onto substrates in the manufacture of semiconductor wafers.
   
Prototype
PVD Sputter Tool  
  Semicon Services Ltd
   
  Completed prototype.
   
  Vacuum: 1.5 x 10-7 torr
Prototype
200mm Ultra Clean Wafer Sorter (LOCSS)  
  WED Ltd
  Ultra clean (Class 0.1 @ 0.1µm) using a special laminar flow diffuser.
   
  Modular sub assembly as part of the fully automated Logicentre below. The unit weighing 200kg slides in through the rear of the machine on PTFE runners and is accessed only for service.
Prototype
200mm Ultra Clean Wafer Sorter  
  WED Ltd
  SCARA arm with additional 'yaw' axis and tilt (Stewart) platform
   
   
Concept
Logistical Centre for Stocking & Sorting Semiconductor SMIF Pods and Wafers. (LOCSS)  
  ACR GmbH
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  The wafer sorter component was designed as a modular unit to automatically sort wafers between four SMIF (standard mechanical interface) pods
   
Prototype
Logistical Centre for Stocking & Sorting Semiconductor SMIF Pods and Wafers. (LOCSS)  
  ACR GmbH
   
  Completed prototype, assembled.
   
Concept
Assembly Fixture  
  Handy Hammocks Ltd
   
   
   
Concept
Sheet Metal Design -Bespoke Utility Box  
Production Semicon Services Ltd
   
  (Fully dimensioned flat pattern drawings)
   
Concept
Sheet Metal Design -Bespoke Utility Box  
Production Semicon Services Ltd
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  (Fully dimensioned flat pattern drawings)
   
Concept
Sheet Metal Design - Machinery Cladding + Doors  
  Semicon Services Ltd
   
   
   
Concept
Precision Engineering Design  
Production Semicon Services Ltd
   
   
   
Concept
Sub Assembly Design  
Production Semicon Services Ltd
   
   
   
Research
Research  
Report University of Plymouth & DERA
   
  Contract for the University of Plymouth and DERA to research and provide and working report to find the availability of special purpose robotics for a very 'particular' task.