At a glance
| Booth | I2804 |
| Country | TW |
| Website | www.buhlergroup.com |
Company profile
Bühler Leybold Optics is the optical-coating and vacuum-coating equipment business within Bühler Group's Advanced Materials area. The business describes itself as a leading supplier of thin-film vacuum-coating technology. It is also described as a global leading manufacturer of high-vacuum coating equipment, with more than 170 years of heritage. Bühler Leybold Optics has been part of Bühler Group Advanced Materials since 2012. Its equipment and process portfolio spans both optical-coating and large-area-coating applications.
Exhibits
The coating technologies named by Bühler Leybold Optics include magnetron sputtering, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and plasma-assisted evaporation. The equipment portfolio also incorporates automation, intelligent software, and optical monitoring as supporting capabilities for coating processes. Its optical and large-area coating applications include lenses and laser-related products. Aerospace applications are also included among the areas served by the coating technology portfolio. For large-area markets, the listed applications include architectural glass and automotive headlights. Packaging and capacitors are further application areas named for its coating equipment and processes. The IBS series uses ion-beam sputtering to produce extremely low-loss optical coatings for high-precision coating requirements. Laser optics are one of the high-precision application areas specifically identified for IBS optical coatings. Gyroscopes are another named application for the low-loss coatings produced with the IBS series. Metrology and microscopy are also identified as application areas for the IBS series and its high-precision optical coatings. For semiconductor applications, Bühler states that its coating equipment can be adapted to semiconductor requirements. Magnetron sputtering is one of the company's named vacuum-coating routes for producing thin-film coatings. PECVD adds a plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor-deposition route to the portfolio alongside the listed sputtering and evaporation technologies. Plasma-assisted evaporation provides a further coating process within the same high-vacuum and thin-film technology range. Automation, intelligent software, and optical monitoring are listed as supporting capabilities in the coating-equipment portfolio. The portfolio therefore spans coating generation, automation, software, and optical process monitoring across optical, large-area, and semiconductor-related applications. The named process routes and application areas together place high-vacuum thin-film coating, optical coating, and semiconductor-adaptable coating equipment within the same product scope. The IBS application list spans laser optics, gyroscopes, metrology, and microscopy as four separately named high-precision optical-coating uses.
Capabilities and products
- magnetron sputtering coating equipment
- PECVD coating equipment
- plasma-assisted evaporation coating equipment
- ion-beam sputtering optical coatings