Flexline System Products

Examples of Deployed Flexline Systems

Flexline manufactures and designs automatic test equipment (ATE), process control systems and metrology characterization test stands, all customized to support manufacturing and R+D groups. Flexline delivers turn key systems, detailed documentation and operator training. Flexline enables faster time to market at lower cost owing to the low overhead and skill of their engineers.

Thermographic Vacuum Chambers

  • IR measurements through vacuum port windows

  • TC vacuum feedthroughs to cross check and calibrate IR signals

  • FLIR gantries to move camera closer for zoom in measurements

  • High voltage feedthroughs to power onboard heaters

  • Heat uniformity statistics of surface of interest

  • Clean room compatible systems

Robot Arm Programming and Physical Testing

  • Evaluate combination of motor drivers (Yaskawa) and mechanical arms (Staubli, SCARA) 

  • Quantify repeatable placement 5 axis, X-Y-Z, theta, phi with motion sensors

  • Programming for integrated motion (moving parts for plasma treatment or surface coating)

  • Dial in arm force for applications like CMP, grinding, mortar and pestle

  • Custom end effectors design and integration (vacuum, electromagnet, pneumatic, liquid dispense)

  • Work holding and staging plus integration with conveyance systems

Multiplexed Electrical Testing

  • Integration of Keysight hardware, DMMS, Oscilloscopes, IV, RF, Waveforms

  • Multiplexer based Ohm and Voltage checking of large array systems (high channel counts)

  • Discrete analog and Digital I/O system control and test

  • Custom test quick connect / disconnect interface assemblies

  • For final line test of power distribution and control products

Smart Press Machine

  • Precision control of boning forces in planar control using load cells and 3 actuators

  • High speed trim and adjustments to level forces in real time

  • Accept and adjusts for compliant bonding materials

  • Operating at 20000lbsf planar

High Voltage 10kV Power Supply

  • Most systems will deploy with 220V 3 Phase main power

  • Options to have additional transformers to serve 480V  3 Phase power

  • Highly familiar with international wiring for deployments in Europe and Asia

Lift Tool on an Ion Implanter Chuck Balancer

  • Flexline lifts are robust assemblies, with high safety margins to allow for deployment flexibility

  • Complex lifter yellow arm shown with double hinging, Z height and theta rotation

  • Also included a transfer cart to move the ion implanter chucks

Motor Driver and Power Supply Sub-assembly

  • Ethercat control for the motor communication

  • Terminal Blocks showing the point to point wiring

  • Power supply integration to run the 24 VDC Watlow Heaters

  • Integrated High Voltage Power Supplies for Wafer Clamping

Beam Line End Station

  • One of the largest Assembly Built by Flexline

  • Beam pattern manipulation and focus

  • Dose measurement

  • Target thermal management

  • Vacuum and Fluidics system control

  • Vacuum stage motion control

Flexline produces modular systems so any of this non-exhaustive list of examples can be combined and customized to your requirements.  General domain knowledge includes:

  • Vacuum systems with heating +1200C and Cooling -150C

  • Electrical measurements (RF, Resistance, Hipot, Impedance, dielectric)

  • Thermographic Measurements (IR, Optical, Machine Vision)

  • Automatic Motion (robotic arms, SCADA, linear chains, conveyers, push/pull force, servo motors, Yaskawa drivers)

  • High power systems (20 kW), high voltage, to power test/DUT

  • Firmware programming, Ethercat, Modbus, Labview, National Instruments