On January 18th, 2012, Optomec Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico, US) announced that it opened its new expanded Advanced Applications Lab and Product Development Facility in St. Paul, Minn. The new facility will help Optomec to grow its Aerosol Jet technology for developing advanced applications for the printed electronics, solar industry.

The facility consists of 7600 square feet of office and general laboratory space and will be utilized for both advanced development of Aerosol Jet Printed Electronics Applications and for new product engineering.

Dr. Mike Renn will continue to serve as director of Aerosol jet advanced application development, and John Lees, director of Aerosol Jet new product development, will lead the product engineering team at the new facility.

Aerosol Jet systems enables the creation of 3D semiconductor packaging, solar cells and solid oxide fuel cells

Optomec’s Aerosol Jet systems for Printed Electronics utilize a proprietary material deposition process to direct write high resolution electronic circuitry, components and even complete devices on 2D and 3D surfaces. The Aerosol Jet deposition process is highly efficient and supports a wide variety of electronic materials compared to traditional subtractive manufacturing processes. Aerosol Jet systems can be used to both lower costs and enhance performance of current electronic devices, as well as to enable the creation of next generation products, such as 3D semiconductor packaging, high efficiency solar cells and solid oxide fuel cells.

“The new facility and expanded resources will allow us to better serve our growing base of users, and their plans for production rollouts of our Aerosol Jet printed electronics solution,” Optomec President and CEO Dave Ramahi stated.

2012-01-22| Courtesy: Optomec | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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