Modern manufacturing is an on-going photonics revolution. Light can be used by computers to process or measure materials with no surface contact, no contamination and no wear of tool edges in the smallest of scales and over large areas. Photonics-enabled light is used to produce the devices that are ubiquitous in modern lives, to protect our health and environment, and keep us safe.

 

Light-based machine vision and automated optical inspection systems make it possible to inspect a part or guide tools to the desired area of processing.  Observed surface topology can be compared to the topology details stored of an ideal reference part to ensure quality.  This is one of many reasons photonics increasingly extend their use in manufacturing, yielding gains in speed, cost, and quality.

 

New-age light-activation of materials is also fundamental to many manufacturing processes including printing, additive manufacturing and curing of adhesives and coatings.

Excelitas printing solutions for a variety of printing applications

Printing

In printing and publishing, prepress is what occurs between the creation of a print layout and the final printing, including the manufacture of a printing plate.
Excelitas has proven itself as an ideal partner to help semiconductor production equipment suppliers maintain their competitive advantage by providing technical depth, manufacturing infrastructure, and the spirit of innovation

Semiconductor Equipment

The ever-shrinking scale of integrated circuits necessitates higher resolution illumination and imaging for silicon semiconductor production, driving optical systems to extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, better performance, and strict contamination control.