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Microfabrication or MEMS fabrication defines a series of techniques that can modify a substrate material in an additive or subtractive manner to convert a thin, generally planar, substrate into a complex structure of multiple materials through the interaction of microscopic features.
Microfabrication has been used for many applications in biology and medicine. These applications fall into four domains: tools for molecular biology and biochemistry, tools for cell biology, medical devices, and biosensors.
Examples of microfabrication can be found in products like miniature connectors in smart phones, micro assemblies for medical devices and precision industrial tooling.
Engineering a microfabricated device requires a myriad of decisions regarding materials, techniques and process steps, and requires an experienced team.
The most important microfabrication techniques are photolithography, soft lithography, film deposition, etching, and bonding.
Photolithography is used to transfer a user-generated shape onto a material through the selective exposure of a light sensitive polymer.
Global microfabrication machine market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
Horizon Microtechnologies launches 3D microfabrication technology.
Horizon Microtechnologied commercially launched its template-based 3D microfabrication technology, which produces conductive micro additive manufacturing derived parts with micrometre-scale precision.
Demonstrating its technology alongside fellow micro-AM technology innovator Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF), Horizon CEO Andreas Frölich showed attendees the company’s post-build processes, which introduce the versatility of micro-AM to such applications as electrodes and electrical contact pins, ESD safe parts, 3D microfluidics, and MEMS and optics packaging.
Template-based 3D microfabrication is effectively a mechanism to exploit the usefulness of polymer micro-AM produced 3D microstructures for hitherto unserved areas of industry by adding material and functionality to the microstructure, typically with a coating process.
This is a real game changer for industry. The key enabling technology for our processes is micro-AM, and today a number of commercially viable polymer-based micro-AM platforms exist that can achieve exacting tolerances, quickly, cost effectively, and above all repeatedly.
”Horizon specialises in the production of micro-scale conductive parts and environmentally resistant parts. Once a Horizon part is produced on a polymer-AM platform, it is either wholly or selectively coated with a conductive layer.
