New integration and patterning schemes used in 3D memory and logic devices have created manufacturing and yield challenges. Industrial focus has shifted from the scaling of predictable unit processes ...

To ensure success in semiconductor technology development, process engineers must set the allowed ranges for wafer process parameters. Variability must be controlled, so that final fabricated devices ...

The screw conveyor has an extensive history. Archimedes (ca. 212 BC) invented the first screw conveyor, and his design is still used today for irrigation and grain transfer. Screw conveyors became ...

Drug companies want to make products as quickly and efficiently as possible. The faster and more cheaply a medicine can be manufactured, packaged, and brought to market, the higher its revenue ...

Although the focus is on optimizing the operations of a commercial manufacturing plant, the real efficiency lies in getting accurate results at the first trial itself. The development, streamlining ...

Precision molded thermoplastic parts are used in everything from catheters and IVD cartridges to drug-delivery systems. In fact, the vast majority of medical devices include precision molded ...

Explore the SC£DP and Fehrmann partnership for advancing laser powder bed fusion in metal additive manufacturing.