Flexible 3D high precision MID platform

In 3D-HiPMAS a 3D high precision MID R&D and manufacturing platform has been established which provides a maximum amount of flexibility to industrial customers. The 3D-HiPMAS technology focuses mainly on the building blocks “3D system carrier”, “3D metal patterning” and “3D high precision assembly”. All relevant process steps are available at Hahn-Schickard in Stuttgart, Germany. The customer has access to either the complete process chain or just single process steps. Therefore the 3D-HiPMAS pilot line supports small companies with no MID-manufacturing equipment at all. But it is also partner to larger companies which extend their own capabilities by one or several process steps from the pilot line. The platform includes design, mould making, injection moulding, laser structuring, cleaning, metal plating, assembly and test combined with quality control and inspection tools. A flexible system for handling the parts allows to not only produce large quantities but also small and medium series. Within the project, the key technologies could be improved in a way that the pilot line provides leading performance in new LDS materials and processes for fine pitch MID, advanced 3D assembly and X-Ray inspection. The coordination of the pilot line also after project end is carried out by Hahn- Schickard.