News Release
Editorial Contacts:
Jules
Hatfield Edward Chrusciel
ALIO Industries FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
303-339 7500 603-443-5364
jules@alioindustries.com echrusciel@dimatix.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALIO Industries
Announces Completion of Industry Leading Process Development Tool for FUJIFILM
Dimatix’ Advanced Development Facility
New
tool enables Dimatix to jet fluids over large surface areas with previously
unattainable drop placement accuracy by combining ALIO Industries’
precision motion control with Dimatix’ leading-edge, drop-on-demand inkjet
technology.
Denver, CO, April 27, 2008 – ALIO Industries and FUJIFILM
Dimatix have partnered to design and build a large scale process development system
for Dimatix’ next generation inkjet printhead development. This tool represents the collaborative design
and engineering efforts of ALIO and Dimatix and combines industry leading motion
control with state-of-the art, drop-on-demand printhead
technology for jetting picoliter size droplets with sub-micron precision over a
large surface area.
ALIO and FUJIFILM Dimatix jointly
designed this new development tool based on their respective patented
technologies, intellectual properties and core competencies. ALIO Industries manufactures
nano-precision robotics and motions system for atmospheric, high vacuum and ultra-high
vacuum environments. FUJIFILM Dimatix is the leading manufacturer of industrial
piezoelectric, drop-on-demand inkjet printheads, components and systems for
graphics and materials deposition applications.
ALIO has implemented its patent pending
air bearing solution on a two meter by two meter isolated granite structure
weighing over 10,000 lbs. The system delivers better than 600 nanometers of linear
accuracy per axis over a full meter of travel with ALIO standard linear
encoders system and less than 1 arc second of pitch, yaw and roll. FUJIFILM
Dimatix has integrated its patented inkjet deposition technology with ALIO’s
precision motion control system such that the development tool is capable of
depositing picoliter size droplets of a broad range of functional fluids with excellent
drop-on-drop repeatability.
The system
resides at FUJIFILM Dimatix’ Advanced Development facility in
“It is clear that tools like this will
play a disruptive role
in many applications across multiple industries enabling new technologies,
processes and products previously not thought possible”, Said ALIO Industries’
CEO Bill Hennessey.
“This project has been extremely gratifying because both companies have brought together their industry
leading capabilities and technologies to produce a system that is unparalleled
in terms of its precision” said
“With the development of our 1-picoliter jetting
capability for materials deposition, new tools were needed to test and verify printhead performance against application requirements. We
undertook this joint development with ALIO because there were no tools
available to meet our stringent requirement. We are pleased by the results of
our collaboration and meeting of our design objectives” said Dan West, Systems Engineering Manager, Dimatix.
About ALIO Industries,
Inc.
ALIO Industries, Inc.,
is the leader in nano precision motion and robotic systems with an extensive
line of standard mechanical and air bearing stages and robots. ALIO has also launched a number of tools projects
that leverage their expertise in precision motion to provide solutions to
industry. ALIO motion systems provide
unparalleled accuracy and repeatability at the nano scale enabling next
generation manufacturing in semiconductor, flat panel display, lithography, ink
jet deposition, photonics, biomedical and other industries. For more
information, visit www.alioindustries.com.
FUJIFILM
Dimatix, Inc., the world's leading supplier of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads
for industrial applications, is driving a revolution in inkjet technology to
support a new generation of products for printing, industrial product
decoration and materials deposition. The company's innovative inkjet technology
and world-class fabrication techniques enable OEMs, system integrators and
manufacturers to build cutting-edge systems and manufacturing processes for
high-performance, precision printing of traditional inks and deposition of
functional fluids on all types of surfaces, including flexible substrates.
A wholly
owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation, FUJIFILM Dimatix is headquartered in
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