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The Ultimate Flexible Printed Electronics Platform

Resolution | Flexibility | Precision

  • 3 axis 350 x 250 x 300 mm (XYZ) Print Area
  • 5 axis 200 x 200 x 200 mm (XYZ) Print Area
  • Printed features as small as 10 microns
  • Layer heights as thin as 100 nanometers, as thick as 10+ microns
  • Print at up to 5 millimeters from the part on complex topology
  • Print conductors, dielectrics, conformal overcoats, photo/etch resists and more.
  • Advanced vision tools for Proces monitoring, Alignment & Inspection
  • CE, CSA Compliance

The Aerosol Jet FLEX is Optomec’s most flexible development platform enabling planar and full 3D printing of functional materials ranging from electronic metals and dielectrics to biological materials with no real limits on the materials which can be printed. Configurable as a 3, 4 or 5 axis motion profile with many options like laser sintering and UV curing, the AJ FLEX will enable almost any application.

FEATURES
  – KEWA control softwareXXX
  – KEWB control softwareXX
  – NI machine vision softwareX
  – Cognex machine vision softwareXX
  – Heated vacuum platenXXX
  – Platen rotation (indexing)X
  – Alignment cameraXXX
  – Fine feature alignment opticsXX
  – Tiltable nozzle (0, 15, & 30deg)XXX
  – Pneumatic shutterXXX
  – Mechanical shutterXXX
  – Process cameraXXX
  – Local (nozzle) exhaustXXX
  – Laser curingXX
  – UV curingXX
  – Laser (print head) height sensorXX
  – Interchangeable 4th/5th axis trunnionX
MOTION SYSTEM
  – MOTION SYSTEM TYPEXY:  Rails on Granite / Ironless linear motors
Z:     Recirculating Ball Screw / Servo motor		XY:  Rails on Granite / Ironless linear motors
Z:     Recirculating Ball Screw / Servo motor
A:     Indexing Rotary Table / Servo motor		XY:   Ironless linear motor
Z:     Recirculating Ball Screw / Servo motor
AC:  Direct drive ironless servo motor
  – WORK AREA300 x 300 x 100 mm250 x 350 x 200mm (3 axis)
200 x 200 x 200mm (5 axis)
  – ACCELERATION2.0g (XY)1.0g (XY)
  – ACCURACY+/- 5um+/- 10um
  – REPEATABILITY (bi-directional)+/- 2um
THROUGHPUT
  – “HANDS OFF” RUNTIMEUp to 8 hrs
  – LINE WIDTH (single pass)10um – 2,000um
  – LINE THICKNESS (single pass)0.1um – 5.0um
  – SHUTTER SPEED< 10ms
  – PRINT SPEED (typ)
– Ag nanoparticle ink
– @ 1mm wide x 5.0um thick line		4 mm/s
  – PRINT SPEED (typ)
– Ag nanoparticle ink
– @ 100um wide x 3.0um thick line		10mm/s
  – PRINT SPEED (typ)
– Ag nanoparticle ink
– @ 10um wide x 1.0um thick line		2mm/s
PRINTED MATERIALSTypical Ranges
  – VISCOSITY1-300 cPs
  – PARTICLE SIZE<0.2 um particles, somewhat larger flakes and nano-wires
  – SURFACE TENSION10-73 Dyne/cm
  – VAPOR PRESSURE<55 mmHg
  – CONDUCTORSNano-particle, flake, nanowire, precursor; Ag, Au, Cu and other metals, Carbon, PEDOT:PSS
  – DIELECTRICS100% solids and dilute; Thermoset and UV cure; Polyimides, Acrylics, Epoxies, Fluoropolymers, Moisture barriers
  – OTHERCNTs, Graphine, Ceramics, Biomolecules, Transistors, Resistors, Sensors
FACILITY REQUIREMENTS
  – POWER200-250 VAC single phase 50/60 HZ
  – NITROGEN50 PSI@20 SLPM (MAX)
  – DIMENSIONS46 x 60 x 86 in. (1168 x 1525 x 2185 mm)
  – WEIGHT1250 LBS. (567 KG)

KEWA 

Automated process, vision & motion subroutines with programable logic and nearly infinite flexiblity for any application.

Sequencer

KEWA Software

  • Allows researchers and engineers to adapt Aerosol Jet to any multi-axis micron scale printing application
  • Combine motion control, vision automation, process control, alarms, and complex logic into automated scripts
  • Advanced vision tools enable vision aligment & pattern recognition

Printed Antenna

Real-time printing of silver antenna on polycarbonate injection molded mobile phone insert. […]