Materials Handling Expertise
Owens Design has extensive experience in market segments with highly specialized requirements for materials handling. Whether the need is for micron-level precision placement, high throughput, small parts or roll-to-roll web handling, Owens has both the technical depth and the practical experience to help you design your new products or manufacturing equipment.
Semiconductor: Wafers and Carriers
- All wafer sizes and types: 100mm-300mm wafers, thick, thin, and bonded wafers
- All carrier types: FOUP’s, SMIF pods, cassettes
- Backside- or edge-contact, and non-contact end effectors
- Film frames, dies and die trays
- Classes 1 cleanroom, 10-6 ultra-high vacuum, nitrogen and atmospheric environments
- Precision alignment and placement repeatability to <5 µm
Display: Glass and Flexible Substrates
- Glass sizes and cassettes of multiple generations
- Concave and convex end effectors
- Flexible roll-to-roll web
- Precision alignment and placement repeatability to <5 µm using robotics, machine vision, and precision mechanism
- Vacuum, nitrogen and atmospheric environments
Solar Cells
- Crystalline-silicon and roll-to-roll thin films
- High throughputs of 7K parts per hours
- Use of delta pick and place robots
Medical Devices
- Small parts manipulation, orientation, alignment and placement: Catheters and stents, IVD consumables
- Low and high viscosity fluids
- Dry solids and reagent beads
- Adhesives, sealants, and laminates
- Glass and quartz