The New Way Air Bearings pass-through vacuum chamber on a car used during the laboratory tests

Aston, PA (openPR) 6 October 2010

New Way Air Bearings announced that it completed testing its first prototype has pass-through vacuum chamber, and is ready to implement this technology potentially pit stop in a sintering NovaCentrix tool for printed electronics.

â? The test went very well, â? said New Way president and chief technology officer Drew Devitt. â? Even with rudimentary pump-down capabilities, we were able to achieve a vacuum of 10-3 Torr in the chamber, and leaves a film. Itâ? S is very encouraging. As soon as we learn more, I believe we can achieve even greater levels> vacuum.â ????

The impact of this testing is important for successful treatment practice flexible endless belt vacuum processing of applications roll-to-roll. NovaCentrix alpha test to prove ????? Technology S cost of the existing plants in production, and pave the way for further development.

“We are very pleased to partner has been selected for commercial testing of new Waya be? s pass-through vacuum chamber,” said Stan Farnsworth, vice president of marketing for NovaCentrix. “Successful integration of our polymerization pulse 3100 would forge efficient and effective for innovative manufacturer of printed electronics looking for alternatives to traditional processing techniques.”

current equipment, vacuum coating is large and expensive, with long periods of pump failure during treatment. By eliminating the requirement to have a role in a vacuum chamber and pump it down to the treatment, continuous treatment is possible to reduce costs and lead times. The web can then through the vacuum chambers, one or more added to the ambient pressure other procedures between the flow and can do so permanent.

other organization for the success of Social Development is interested, pass-through technology of the vacuum chamber is Flextech Alliance, a collaboration between the private sector and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD. The end of last year (15 December 2009), awarded a contract Flextech in New Way Air Bearings for the development of a? A hermetic seal without contact allows small, but the vacuum chambers potentially very suitable for chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD) or other processes that vacuum.â deep? ?


Vacuum-Assisted Deposition

produced films of high quality and best performance barrier, a key element in manufacturing flexible printed electronics.

new type of pass-through design of the vacuum chamber for greater flexibility in the vacuum treatment makes. Evaporation sources can be easily made, and the consumption of reactive process gases are inert or substantially reduced due to the small volume of the chamber, and without the need of flushing.

“The success of this project is small, vacuum or allow low-cost gas processing modules, to accelerate the development and manufacture of flexible displays, photovoltaic systems, LED lighting, batteries, printed and more” taken note of Devitt. “Once commercialized, such as Flextech NovaCentrix members and industry as a whole bears a major advantage of this technology.”

opposing forces work together

New Way Pass-through vacuum chamber features companyâ? s Porous Media ® technology, which distributes the pressure evenly over the surface, millions of sub-micron-sized holes. This continuous pressure forces the two halves of the chamber housing in hand, so the gap of 20 microns (10 microns per side) through which the roll to roll, flow around flexible film.


A series of grooves

differentially pumped vacuum isolate a region? Although the flexible strip can be adopted? Sections on air cushions. The forces of the atmosphere and the air bags are balanced so that the film still looks the same pressure on both sides.

small, Better, Faster, Cheaper

The pass-through vacuum chamber vacuum processing is truly continuous as possible, reducing the cost of large vacuum chambers drum with integrated pay-out and adoption of sandwiches. Instead, the site would flow if one or more vacuum chambers very low. Such a system would also be significant costs and reduce processing time for vacuum deposition is required.

About Flextech Alliance

Flextech Alliance is the only organization headquartered in North America exclusively for the promotion of growth, profitability and success of the electronic display and dedicated to flexible, printed electronics supply chain. Based on its rich history of promoting the display industry as a consortium of U.S. Display Flextech Alliance offers expanded collaboration between and among industry, academia, government and research institutions to promote and flexible displays, printed electronics R & D to marketing. To this end, Flextech Alliance, in San Jose, California, to help develop the supply chain required to create a world-class manufacturing capabilities and flexible displays, printed electronics support. More information about Flextech Alliance can be found at the industry portal. Www.flextech.org

About

NovaCentrix ®

NovaCentrix, in Austin, Texas, is a leader in new technologies, printed electronics manufacturing. Tools pulse forge agglomeration functional inks in milliseconds at low temperature, flexible substrates such as paper and plastics. Tools used to treat a wide range of metal-based conductive inks, and non-metallic inks and semiconductors. NovaCentrix Metalon ® also offers metallic paints, high performance and economic cost of proposed development. For more information, visit www.novacentrix.com.

About New Way ® Air Bearings

New Way Air Bearings, Inc. is the worldâ? the leading independent manufacturer of modular air bearings and the recognized provider of porous media air bearing. The company produces a range of standard modular components on the market, including: transport some flat and rectangular pre-stressed air bags, vacuum storage, radial air bearings air bearings air blades, air bag and precision mandrels. The Company received ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system in November 2008 and achieved certification to ISO 9001:2008 in January 2010

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New Way was Inc. Magazine list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America for 2007, 2008 and 2009 mentioned. In November 2007, named the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce New Way beneficiary of his scientific and technological excellence in 2008. In 2008 and 2009, called New Way Deloitte Technology Fast 50 companies for the area around Philadelphia, PA, USA.

founded in 1994, is located in New Way Aston, Pennsylvania, USA, fifteen minutes from Philadelphia International Airport. Visit New Way Air Bearings online www.newwayairbearings.com. This site contains specifications for the corporate statutes? S complete line leader, design and installation, mounting hardware, air specifications, technical support, and a full range of accessories.

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