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CASE STUDIES

Case Study – Vertically Mounted LL, SL-300T
Continuing to Push What’s Possible! Vertical-Mounted Wafer Handling Load Locks Hine Automation’s automated load lock designs eliminate the need to vent and evacuate the OEMs process chamber prior to each process cycle. These wafer-handling load [...]
Case Study – Lower Cost Automation Batch Processing of a Cassette Load Port System
The semiconductor market continues to grow and place new demands on manufacturing. Therefore, innovation is essential for businesses that want to stay ahead of the competition and meet the needs of their customers. Hine Automation [...]
OEM Customer Leverages Hine Automation’s Depth of Experience to Improve Current Systems and Keep Processes Productive and Efficient
CHALLENGE Customized Solutions to Address Size Restrictions A leading OEM supplier and long-time customer needed to address throughput requirements. Due to industry-driven changes, this long-time customer approached Hine to develop a vacuum load lock to [...]
Hine Automation Delivers DLP-300 EFEM – Increases Throughput Capacity, Minimizes Downtime
Hine Automation Delivers DLP-300 EFEM – Increases Throughput Capacity, Minimizes Downtime CHALLENGE Custom Engineering to Address Heat Requirements and Substrate Size Hine Automation consistently exceeds expectations for quality and versatility in design and manufacturing. Unlike [...]
Hine Automation Leverages Custom Engineering to Exceed Customer Expectations
Hine Automation Leverages Custom Engineering to Exceed Customer Expectations Hine Automation is passionate about turning product ideas into marketable solutions. Its ability to simplify the design and manufacturing process has led to a reputation known [...]
Hine Automation Develops Customized Solution for a Leading Supplier of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Equipment and Thin Film Coating Services
Hine Automation Develops Customized Solution for a Leading Supplier of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Equipment and Thin Film Coating Services Hine Automation’s reputation for quality and versatility in design and manufacturing continues to prove what [...]
Hine Automation Pursues Reliability Excellence; First Test Robot Passes 10 Million Cycles
Hine Automation Pursues Reliability Excellence; First Test Robot Passes 10 Million Cycles The constant pursuit of reliability excellence drives Hine Automation to perform at the highest levels. Hine continues to push the bar with innovation, [...]
Hine Engineers Customized Solution to Handle Material and Carriers with Precision on One Platform
Hine Engineers Customized Solution to Handle Material and Carriers with Precision on One Platform CHALLENGE Increase Throughput, Opening up New Markets with Automation Hine Automation sets the precedence for quality and versatility in design and [...]
Case Study – Hine Optical Aligners
Hine Optical Aligners Include Intelligent Alignment Algorithms to Provide Rapid and Reliable Positioning CHALLENGE The Need to Create a High Level of Repeatability Integration, automation, and customization drive the semiconductor industry to identify new [...]
Lightning Speed Response and Turn-around Times
The Constellation HA-400 is a vacuum transfer system with four facets, supporting three process modules and one cassette load port.
Demonstrated Reliability in Production Environments
Sometimes handling and transporting certain substrates is not straightforward.
Cost-effective Solutions
A leading supplier of plasma processing equipment to the microelectronics industry was in need of a precision, cluster-style, vacuum transfer system