Manufacturing of semiconductor components requires extremely high precision and high speed manufacturing machines. The size of computer chips is reduced more and more, and at the same time, the production efficiency should increase to be able to maintain Moore's law: doubling the performance every 18 months, for the same cost.

A main element in the production efficiency is the speed of the machine: the higher the speed, the more products per hour can be manufactured. The required accuracy however limits the speed, because at higher speeds vibrations start to occur. Composites can break this barrier, thanks to the low weight and high stiffness. The combination of these properties increases the natural frequency of a structure, and hence increases the critical speed barrier.

In this project we worked together with one of the machine suppliers in the semiconductor market. Together we developed new composite structures for high speed moving components, and successfully implemented these parts into the machine. Achieving the geometrical high precision while using high-stiffness carbon fibres was one of the main challenges. A dedicated quality control process was implemented to ensure 100% delivery.

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