Silicon wafer centred on a precision sample stage inside a vacuum chamber

Archetypal Design Ltd

Built
for science.

UHV sample manipulation, wafer handling and scientific instrument design.

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UHV-compatible multi-axis sample manipulation system with precision motion stages
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UHV sample manipulation

Rotation, tilt, heating and precision positioning for vacuum process equipment.

Precision wafer and sample handling arm inside a vacuum chamber
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Wafer & sample handling

Transfer, handoff, alignment and repeatable positioning.

Mechanical engineering CAD model and analysis displayed on a workstation
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Mechanical engineering

Concepts, mechanisms, thermal and structural design, analysis and DFM.

Laser measurement used for verification of a precision mechanical system
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Verification & design release

Design review, tolerance analysis, test planning and manufacturing release.

Specialist experience

Engineering for difficult mechanical systems.

Archetypal Design is led by Fintan Moloney, a senior mechanical design engineer with more than 30 years of experience developing complex mechanical equipment.

Experience includes four years leading an engineering team developing UHV multi-axis sample manipulation systems, together with work in mass spectrometry, semiconductor metrology, atomic force microscopy, nuclear instrumentation, synchrotron equipment and precision handling systems.

The focus is on problems where motion, vacuum, temperature, precision, manufacturability and reliability need to work together.

Discuss a project

Tell me the technical challenge.

Useful starting points include sample size, motion, temperature, interfaces, validation needs and project stage.

fintan@archetypal-design.com