September 2009
Gerold Mueller-Ensslin, General Manager of Technology, HMS Hollmuller Maschinenbau GmbH of Germany.
Nano- Metal- Etching and Depositing Applications as well as Combinations of both are found today more and more in Market Segments like:
- Electronics and Semiconductors
- Medical Aids Devices and Instruments
- Watch Industry
- Cameras and small Apparatus
- Computers
- Aircraft, Aero Space
- Automotive etc.
Parts are often 1⁄2 mil lines and spaces technology. Dimensions are extremely small and allowed tolerances are down to a few microns. Processes are sheet by sheet or (in production volume) whenever possible: reel to reel.