Fraunhofer IST participates in the development of many different systems and components. The spectrum ranges from prototype development to economical production scenarios and scaling to industrial dimension all the way to the transfer to the customer and implementation. An itemisation of the most recent developments at Fraunhofer IST in this field follows.
With the Enhanced Optical Sputtering System – EOSS®, Fraunhofer IST has a highly modern system available for the production of precise optical interference filter systems.
At the Fraunhofer IST the Leybold A700v inline sputtering coating system is available for coating glass, plastic or metallic substrates in a size range from 5 x 5 cm2 to 70 x 100 cm2.
With the Modular Coating Control Application (MOCCA+®) monitoring system developed at Fraunhofer IST, the entire manufacturing process for optical interference filter systems can be monitored and automated.
Fraunhofer IST has various hollow cathode sources available, for example gas flow sputtering sources for the precipitation of erosion protection and hard magnetic films among others.
At the Fraunhofer IST an innovative plasma source concept has been developed which permits laminar and contoured as well as depth processing, even of temperature-sensitive substrates.
Different plasma modules and individual systems, developed at the Fraunhofer IST, make many new applications possible by using cold atmospheric pressure plasmas.
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST