Many high-volume microfabrication applications are ideally suited for polymer and plastic substrates, especially those utilizing replication technologies such as injection molding and hot embossing.
However, traditional tooling methods often face limitations in design complexity, feature resolution, and development timelines.
FEMTOprint offers a breakthrough alternative with its precision-fabricated glass masters, enabling rapid, high-fidelity tooling for micro-structured replication molds.
With micron accuracy, exceptional surface quality, and superior thermal and chemical stability, FEMTOprint’s glass masters accelerate time-to-market while ensuring repeatable, high-quality replication for advanced applications in life sciences, microfluidics, optics, and biomedical engineering.
FEMTOprint can produce a negative of your microfluidic design of interest on a glass substrate.
This substrate will then be used to electroform a nickel shim.
The nickel shim is then used as an insert for your tooling.
Design: incorporation of sloped channels, posts or pillars with a draft angle for demoulding.
Rapid turnaround time: masters can be produced with several weeks which enables the production of multiple iterations and faster time to market.
Proof of concept: early-stage prototypes can be produced quickly in glass to establish proof of concept before design freeze and high volume plastic production.
