English Worldwide Technologies & Applications Solutions & Platforms News & Events Company & Corporate June 27, 2020 Convergence in device manufacturing Since we introduced our next-generation in-line systems back in 2018, these have been (obviously) available in in-line formats – simply put, by dividing a manufacturing process into appropriate tasks, one can daisy-chain correspondingly task-optimized production cells to form part of, or even an entire production line. At the same time, and true to our ‘Lab to Fab’ maxim, these same systems can be laid out as stand-alone production cells for use in R&D, for semi-automatic and for low-volume manufacturing, or for product/process development. As an in-line system they are of course feeder, conveyor, magazine or ‘whatever else’ capable in order to maintain flow, timing and buffering between cells and across the entire line. Imagine buffering hundreds or thousands of components in a fully automated holding system in order to allow, for example, an epoxy to cure, or for UV light flooding, but still maintaining a desired throughput of multiple completed devices per minute, and naturally all of which had been de-buffered in the right order. And all of this without manual intervention. Due the ever greater use of integrated photonic components, it will not come as a surprise to learn that the world of lidar, sensing and datacom/telecom is converging. Certainly, from an assembly & test machine manufacturer’s perspective, this is great news, as this opens up pathways to standardization, thus also leaner manufacturing and increased system reliability. For ficonTEC, the buffering feature mentioned above combined with full compliance with a). (other) volume manufacturing requisites and b). device convergence, means that we are in exactly the right spot. We are already heavily involved in developments in all of the sectors named previously, and our systems have long been co-packaged-optics-ready. That, in combination with our capability in ‘test-&-qualify’ of PICs, lasers, etc., places ficonTEC effectively as THE one stop shop for all things #photonics_assembly_and_test. Contact us Related Blog: New Partnership ficonTEC Service GmbH of Achim, Germany, and Coherent Solutions Ltd. of Auckland, New Zealand, have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance electro-optical measurement capability for use in volume testing within the manufacturing cycle of integrated photonic devices (PICs). Related News: Product strategy update ficonTEC Service GmbH of Achim, Germany, has announced a comprehensive modernization of their product strategy. The new strategy allows ficonTEC to properly address increasing customer focus on in-line production line applications, while at the same time retaining continuity for existing customers, commitments and projects with current stand-alone machines. Related Articles Automated Strip, Cleave & Insert CustomLine CL1500 to support integrated photonics eco-system development at ORC, Tampere University COBO SiPh manufacturing poll PHIX Photonics Partnership Service & Support GERMANY T +49 4202 51160-0 info@ficontec.com USA T +1 949 388 5800 usa@ficontec.com CHINA T +86 21 527 309 85 china@ficontec.com THAILAND T +66 (2) 050-7772 thailand@ficontec.com IRELAND T +49 152 546 715 51 ireland@ficontec.com ESTONIA T +49 4202 511 60-240 estonia@ficontec.com INITIATIVES & ASSOCIATIONS German Engineering 2021 Twitter Linkedin Terms Imprint Sitemap Datenschutz Privacy Preference We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential, while others help us to improve this website and your experience. Essential Statistics External Media Accept all Save Individual Privacy Preferences Cookie Details Privacy Policy Imprint