Deposition systems
Chamber layouts, source geometry, shutters, masks and substrate fixtures.
Scientific instruments · Vacuum engineering · Precision mechanisms
Design and development of deposition hardware, wafer handling, HV/UHV mechanisms and precision sample stages.
Specialisms
From a single mechanism to a complete instrument assembly.
Chamber layouts, source geometry, shutters, masks and substrate fixtures.
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Carriers, clamps and transfer mechanisms with clean, repeatable positioning.
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Linear, rotary and compound motion through feedthroughs, bellows and linkages.
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Heated, cooled, translated or rotated stages with stable datums and service access.
Instrument systems
Ports, structures, clearances and removable modules.
Linear, rotary, lift, tilt and indexed motion.
Heating, cooling, isolation and sensor integration.
Stable frames and datums for aligned hardware.
Engineering approach
Motion, heat, cleanliness, access and assembly are treated as one system.
Sample, vacuum, temperature, motion and interfaces.
Datums, ports, feedthroughs, envelopes and access.
Materials, tolerances, bearings, flexures and linkages.
CAD, drawings, BOMs and manufacturing support.
About Archetypal Design
Archetypal Design Ltd is led by Fintan Moloney and focuses on scientific instruments where vacuum, motion, heat and precision must coexist.
Clients work directly with the engineer doing the design.
“The best scientific mechanism disappears into the experiment: precise, reliable and easy to operate.” Archetypal Design
Discuss an instrument
Send the sample size, vacuum level, motion, temperature and project stage.