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Full microfabrication station

Microfabrication station

Turnkey offers to fabricate your own molds and/or chips
SAVE TIME & SPACE

We provide and install all equipment in 3m² lab space

Easy & Quick

Become autonomous with our training and plug&play equipment

HIGH RESOLUTION

Reach great resolution without the need of a clean room

ADAPTED TO YOUR NEEDS

We fit our packs to your needs, infrastructure, and requirements

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Features & benefits

 

STARTER

Fast prototyping, solvent-free process, mid-resolution

ADVANCED

Automated process, high reproducibility, high-resolution

Mold Fabrication Station

ROLLING-MILL SPIN COATER
UV LAMP
HOT PLATE
ACCESORIES &
CHEMICALS
PROCESS-SHEET & TUTORIALS

PDMS CHIP
REPLICATION STATION

DESSICATOR

OVEN

PLASMA BONDING PEN PLASMA KIT
(plasma chamber/vacuum
pump/equinox vacuum gauge)
SOUNDWAVE BATH
ACCESSORIES & CHEMICALS
 PROCESS-SHEET & TUTORIALS

Mold Fabrication Station

Spin-coater

spin coater

This spin coater is both compact and equipped with advanced features such as a centering tool and a removable PTFE liner for easy cleaning. It accommodates wafers up to 6 inches in diameter (150mm) and square substrates measuring 5 inches x 5 inches (127mm x 127mm).The device is finely calibrated to allow for controlled and repeatable applications of photoresists or PDMS layers. Additionally, the lid features a hole to facilitate dynamic coating.

Its compact size, coupled with the attached control panel, enhances its portability. Furthermore, a built-in safety device prevents solvents from entering the engine, ensuring its longevity.

Major strengths:

  • Specifically designed for ease of use.
  • Simple programming options from the operator panel or via your PC.
  • Capability to set complex sequences with multiple accelerations and speeds.
  • Easy to clean.
  • Features a non-clogging system to extend its lifetime.
  • Low vibration operation.
  • Capable of speeds up to 12,000 rpm.
  • Available with a wafer-centering tool.

Rolling Mill

Rolling Mill

This rolling mill is perfectly adapted for dry-film photoresist lamination. It is easy and fast to use, accommodating a variety of wafer sizes.With its homogeneous pressure between the rolls and adjustable parameters, including temperature and rolling speed, this mill serves as a clever tool for optimizing the photolithography process.

Major strengths:

  • Easy to control using the LCD panel.
  • Continuously adjustable temperature ranging from room temperature to 140°C.
  • Accurate measurement of the effective temperature.
  • Variable speed settings available.
  • Capability for both forward and backward movement.

UV Lamp

UV Lamp
This UV Lamp is a robust and compact tabletop system, accommodating samples up to 4 inches in diameter, with a 6-inch option also available. It features automated chuck movement, offering variable mask-to-substrate distance control and enabling both hard (physical) and soft (proximity) masking contacts. A specialized optic provides highly collimated light, suitable for low-resolution (2µm) printing and thick layer printing (several hundred micrometers). These features make this device particularly well-suited for microfluidic applications. Its compact size allows for flexible installation in various locations, including outside of a clean room.

Major strengths:

  • Provides perfectly monochromatic exposure across the wafer surface area (bandwidth lower than 10 nm).
  • Cold UV exposure feature.
  • The light’s divergence angle is less than 2°.
  • High power density with no warm-up time required.
  • Long LED lifetime: over 10,000 hours, equivalent to 8 – 10 years of use.
  • Fast LED switch on/off capability for photoresist flashing.
  • User-friendly touchscreen interface for programming exposure cycles.
  • Intuitive control of UV source intensity.
  • Automated wafer loading and unloading system.
  • Compatible with glass and plastic photomasks.
  • Directional UV beam and integrated UV meter.
  • No variation in UV power over time.
  • High UV uniformity on 4-inch wafers.

Hot plate


hot-plate

Ensure accurate, homogeneous, and stable temperature set points with this digital hotplate.

It allows for the establishment of a temperature ramp, facilitating the transition from one temperature to another before maintaining a stable temperature for a specified period.

Additionally, its thick aluminum top plate promotes slow cooling, which is ideal for various photoresist applications. Simplify your workflow by automating soft bakes and post-exposure bakes, thereby optimizing the photolithography process.

Major strengths:

  • Temperature ramp for heating up and cooling down.
  • High-temperature uniformity across a 4-inch wafer.
  • No drift in temperature sensors over time.
  • Microprocessor display ensures consistent temperature maintenance.
  • Minimal temperature overshoot.
  • Automatic timer functionality.
  • Smooth aluminum plate for easy photoresist cleaning.
  • Control time count, temperature, and set points directly from your PC.

PDMS Chip Replication Station

Desiccator


desiccator

This compact desiccator allows for a simple and fast degassing process of your PDMS. Sized to accommodate a cup or Petri dish, it is perfectly suited for PDMS soft lithography processes.

Major strengths:

  • Easy to use and operates quietly.
  • Lightweight and easy to handle.
  • Ideal for PDMS degassing.
  • Included components: polycarbonate lid, polypropylene base, and desiccant tray.
  • Features a ventilation cap with a non-return valve in the lid.

Oven

oven

This oven features natural convection drying and is equipped with a frontal panel that includes a bimetallic fluid expansion probe thermostat. Its minimal footprint allows for rapid pre-heating and reduced electricity consumption, making it an energy-efficient choice. The oven’s highly portable design enables it to be installed anywhere with ease.Designed specifically for 4-inch wafers, this oven efficiently cures PDMS. Its dimensions are ideally suited for a Petri dish size, allowing you to heat two molds simultaneously.

Major strengths:

  • Easy to use.
  • Internal chamber in aluminum for better heat diffusion.
  • Adjustable flow of air going inside the chamber for venting.
  • Small footprint adapted to 15mm Petri dish.
  • Two internal shelves.
  • Light warning during heating.
  • Temperature range: Ambient +1°C to 150°C
  • Timer goes from 1 to 120 minutes.

Plasma bonding pen

Plasma bonding pen
Elveflow’s Plasma Bonding Pen is a versatile and convenient two-in-one tool, perfect for optimized surface treatment. It is ideal for bonding PDMS to glass and PDMS to PDMS. Additionally, this pen provides advanced surface modification capabilities, akin to those found in traditional plasma chambers, but in a more portable and user-friendly format.

Major strengths:

  • Simply plug in and press the button to generate plasma.
  • A small screen enables control over additional parameters and helps time your experiments accurately.
  • Designed for easy handling and generates minimal background noise.
  • Features a replaceable head for extended durability.

Air Plasma Chamber

Air Plasma Chamber

This air plasma kit is ideally suited for efficient and reproducible PDMS bonding.The plasma chamber comes with a fitted pump and a pressure controller, allowing for precise and effortless control of the chamber pressure.

Compact and user-friendly, you no longer need to worry about whether your chips are properly sealed—simply rely on your process.

Major strengths:

  • Chamber dimensions: Ø152×175 mm.
  • Requires only an electric plug for power.
  • Optimized for PDMS bonding with glass or PDMS.
  • Three different pressure units available for selection.
  • Features fine vacuum tuning and includes a numeric vacuum gauge.
  • Compatible with 3, 4, 5, and 6-inch wafers.

Soundwave Bath

Soundwave Bath

This soundwave bath is ideal for optimizing the cleanliness of your PDMS chips before bonding.Compact and user-friendly, it fits perfectly into your laboratory, enhancing the soft lithography process.

Major strengths:

  • Features selectable operating time programs: 90s, 180s, 280s, 380s, and 480s.
  • Maximum cleaning power at 42 kHz.
  • Constructed with a stamped stainless steel inner tank.
  • Equipped with a PVC outer casing, grid basket, and cover.

A tailor-made offer!

We know each laboratory provides a different infrastructure, and each research project is unique, so we adapt our offers to fit your experimental needs.

Based on the information you provide us, we design the most efficient facility and advise you on the ideal equipment, accessories, and chemicals to fit your lab.

Contact one of our experts and get the best advice for your microfluidic project.

Optional instruments of the microfabrication station

We have basic offers with everything needed to have a complete working set, and we can provide optional equipment according to each situation.

We selected some options commonly used during softlithography processes to help you out.

Do not hesitate to ask our microfabrication engineer if you have unique expectations and requirements.

 

Air compressor
air compressor Jun air dedicated to microfluidics Elveflow
Vacuum pump
LabTech vacuum pump VP18 plus Elveflow microfluidics
Mask aligner
mold-fabrication-mask-aligner-microfabrication-station
Developer agitator
Developer-agitator soft lithography

 

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