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Embossing tools for high-resolution manufacturing

Embossing tools for high-resolution manufacturing

Exploiting its established expertise in Photo Electro Forming (PEF), Tecan has developed techniques to produce versatile cost-efficient embossing tools from which manufacturers can produce high-resolution prototype and mass-production parts in a rang...

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Micro Components for High Volume Needs

Micro Components for High Volume Needs

Established ideas are being challenged and new boundaries created by Photo Electro Forming (PEF) technology (also known as UV-LIGA) which is increasingly attracting lateral thinking designers and OEMs due to its proven ability to produce ultra-fine m...

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Epoxy micro components create new design opportunities

Epoxy micro components create new design opportunities

Designers of micro-sized components and assemblies are increasingly looking for an alternative to metal parts, particularly for medical and pharmaceutical applications. These needs are now being satisfied by innovative manufacturer, Tecan, by employi...

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Electroformed deposition masks offer advantages for metal sputtering and displays

Electroformed deposition masks offer advantages for metal sputtering and displays

High-performance electroformed deposition masks, for use across a wide range of selective vacuum chamber processes, have been developed and enhanced by Tecan. ...

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PROTOTYPE MICRO METAL PARTS - READY IN FIVE DAYS

PROTOTYPE MICRO METAL PARTS - READY IN FIVE DAYS

A five-day prototype service has been launched, by Weymouth based Tecan, offering design engineers access to cost-effective small sheet metal parts for a vast array of applications in electronics, engineering, aerospace, medical and similar markets....

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TEN-TO-ONE MICRO-ENGINEERING WINNER

TEN-TO-ONE  MICRO-ENGINEERING  WINNER

The process of electroforming has been refined to such a high degree, by Weymouth based specialist Tecan, that the company can now electroform ultra-accurate three-dimensional parts where ‘holes’ and ‘lands’ may be produced up to ten times th...

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ELECTROFORMED LEADFRAMES OFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS

ELECTROFORMED LEADFRAMES OFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS

Micro metal part specialist, Tecan Components has developed new manufacturing techniques for the production of semiconductor leadframes, offering significantly higher specifications than traditional techniques to produce economic parts with increased...

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HIGH ASPECT RATIO STRENGTHENS METAL MESHES

HIGH ASPECT RATIO STRENGTHENS METAL MESHES

New manufacturing techniques, developed by Tecan Components, are being used to produce fine metal screens and meshes with higher, and more rigid, side walls than has previously been available using traditional lithography techniques. Typical applicat...

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MEDICAL DESIGNERS BENEFIT FROM NEW TECHNOLOGY

MEDICAL DESIGNERS BENEFIT FROM NEW TECHNOLOGY

Ground-breaking manufacturing techniques have been developed by Dorset based Tecan, allowing medical industry design engineers to specify increasingly small and complex metal parts with unprecedented cost/performance ratios and unparalleled performan...

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SIGNIFICANT NEW DEMAND FOR ELECTROFORMED PARTS

SIGNIFICANT  NEW  DEMAND  FOR  ELECTROFORMED  PARTS

Micro-engineered electroformed metal parts are gaining rapid ground, where traditional machined components cannot compete. Across a vast range of applications in electronics design and manufacturing they offer new and unprecedented cost/performance r...

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MICRO METAL PROTOTYPES READY WITHIN WORKING WEEK

MICRO METAL PROTOTYPES READY WITHIN WORKING WEEK

Priding itself on its ability to provide ‘second-to-none’ solutions, Weymouth based Tecan Components offers a five-day rapid prototyping service which often takes on challenges that competitors are reluctant or unable, to attempt....

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REVOLUTIONARY CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY TAKES TOP AWARD

REVOLUTIONARY CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY TAKES TOP AWARD

Dorset based Tecan, in association with Dimensional Circuits, of San Diego, CA., has received a prestigious innovation award, from the US Institute of Printed Circuits (IPC), for their work on ‘imprint patterning’ a revolutionary new high-densit...

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Huge future for low-cost miniature components

Huge future for low-cost miniature components

Designers and OEMs worldwide are set to benefit from the significant technological advancements recently achieved by photo-chemical machining specialist, Tecan. The company has breached traditional manufacturing obstacles to deliver low-cost micro m...

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Interest in Micro Structures Soars as Orders Quadruple

Interest in Micro Structures Soars as Orders Quadruple

Ultra-fine electroformed metal parts, fabricated to previously unheard of levels of accuracy and resolution, are the focus of unprecedented interest by electronics and micro-engineering designers, according to the recently launched Micro Structures D...

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WAFER PRODUCERS FIRST TO SPOT POTENTIAL OF MICROREPLICATION

WAFER  PRODUCERS  FIRST  TO  SPOT  POTENTIAL  OF  MICROREPLICATION

At its world-leading Microstructure Division in Dorset, UK, Tecan is experiencing significant interest from lateral thinking designers and OEMs due to its proven ability to produce ultra-fine electroformed parts for next-generation micro-applications...

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Microcomponent Specialist Creates Growth in Two Distinct Areas

Microcomponent Specialist Creates Growth in Two Distinct Areas

In the first year since opening its dedicated £2 million microstructures facility, Dorset based electroforming specialist, Tecan has realised significant interest in its ability to produce highly-accurate micro parts at low cost for a wide rang...

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Microstructure specialist delivers millions of micro-calibration bars

Microstructure specialist delivers millions of micro-calibration bars

In response to an unusually challenging customer request, Dorset based microstructure specialist Tecan, has manufactured over two million microscopic calibration bars with sub-micron tolerances, for a leading chemicals manufacturer....

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Micro-part specialist delivers micro-acoustic application success

Micro-part specialist delivers micro-acoustic application success

Enhancing its growing reputation as a world leader, micro-part specialist Tecan has highlighted its Photo ElectroForming expertise with the development and delivery of a customised micro-acoustic mesh device for a major OEM....

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Success for microstructure specialist in European R&D initiative

Success for microstructure specialist in European R&D initiative

Recognition of its market-leading expertise, in the design and manufacture of high-precision micro metal components, has been afforded to Weymouth based Tecan. The company is the only Photo ElectroForming (PEF) specialist to have been accepted into ...

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Hybrid metal-polymer microstructures deliver design freedom

Hybrid metal-polymer microstructures deliver design freedom

Hybrid microstructures can now be manufactured incorporating various material elements, including metals and polymers, to produce cost-effective integrated devices for new generation applications, from life sciences to diverse micro industry needs....

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