semiconductor
High-end technologies in a rapidly innovating market
Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics is a longstanding partner to the innovation-driven semiconductor market for many decades. Identifying semiconductor as a strategic growth industry, Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics has aligned investments in engineering and manufacturing capabilities with the technology roadmaps of leading high-end OEMs. Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics engages in longstanding partnerships with customers – relying on its flexibility, critical mass and financial clout – to jointly conquer technological frontiers and cope with market volatility.
Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics provides unique system and process control solutions that can be integrated in the overall fab infrastructure and help customers meet the ever-increasing requirements, following Moore’s Law, with regard to shrink, throughput and cleanliness. In addition, Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics offers engineering support to enhance system functionality, performance and reliability, as well as improve manufacturability, and reduce cost of goods, time-to-market and supply chain complexity.Â
Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics is leading in the engineering and manufacturing of high-grade semiconductor machine frames and vacuum chambers, the design and realization of environmental control and material handling systems, and the engineering and installation of process infrastructure, in particular high-purity gas and fluid supply systems. Manufacturing capabilities include high-accuracy milling, e-beam welding, heat and surface treatments, and cleaning and assembly at grade-2 level (grade-1 level for prototyping).Â
As a first-tier technology and system supplier, Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics offers global support to semiconductor customers in America, Asia and Europe. Services include on-site commissioning and development of (fully automated) test & qualification set-ups at (sub) system level to reduce integration lead time at the customer and failure rates in the field. All Aalberts Advanced Mechatronics competences – ranging from system design and value engineering to motion control and vacuum technology to product lifecycle and supply chain management – serve to help customers boost their systems performance in terms of process yield and overall throughput.
technologiesultra large and accurate machining
machining
Products up to 8 m x 4 m x 4 m in size can be machined in a climate-controlled environment, regarding temperature and cleanliness. Tolerances, down to 0.01 mm, are checked inline and offline for highest precision. Materials include aluminium, steel, stainless steel, titanium and alloys; these can be processed in separate production areas to prevent cross-contamination.
precision welding
Welding (e-beam) is used to join ferrous (steel, stainless steel, armour steel) and non-ferrous (such as aluminium) materials for the precision assembly of large products and systems. Welding quality is safeguarded by the high skills level of the welders, the advanced (robotised) welding equipment and a strict quality management system. Welding certifications cover fusion welding of metallic materials as well as welding of armour steel.deep-hole drilling
Drilling of deep holes, which have a depth of over 10 times the diameter, is performed using either the ELB (single flute gundrill) or the BTA (boring and trepanning association) process, depending on the type of material, hole diameter, length, etc. Holes with diameters of 2 to 250 mm and lengths of up to 9m can be drilled with high precision in steel, aluminium, titanium and various alloys.
cleanroom integration
Integration of vacuum systems relies on broad mechatronical expertise and is carried out in a cleanroom environment (ISO 5 & 7) to safeguard their cleanliness. It involves mechanical assembly, control electronics, pneumatics, cabling, high-purity piping and additional infrastructure. Large ultra-clean purification lines are available for surface cleaning.
vacuum technology
The manufacturing of vacuum parts and systems builds on the combination of machining, deep-hole drilling, welding and cleanroom assembly expertise. Helium leak tests are applied to vacuum systems (down to 10-9 bar) and residual gas analyses (RGA) are performed to validate vacuum and cleanliness specifications. Final packaging of the vacuum products is performed under cleanroom conditions.
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