enhanced metrology, cleaning and repair technologies for micro and nano-scale defects on large area...
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Enhanced metrology, cleaning and repair technologies for micro and nano-scale defects on
large area substrates
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
NanoMend aims to pioneer the research & development of in-line, micro scale
defect detection systems on thin-films, which will transform the performance of
a range of products including coated fibre-based packaging.
About the Project
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
About the Project
€7.25million FP7 funded, 4 year long project from Jan 2012
14 European Partners from Industry and academia
The Project is being led by the University of Huddersfield
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
Consortium
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
Defects can cause:
Gas exchange through the protective coating
•Decreases the lifespan and quality of the food and liquid products inside.
•Use of more raw material to overcome effects of defects
Increased proportion of products that need to be scrapped before they reach the market
The problem
Current technology
Current in-line defect detection systems are not able to spot micro-scale defects
A multi-layered polymer coating
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
Objectives
More environmentally sustainable
Economic
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
What counts as a defect?
Stray particle contamination (polymer fiber or metallic)
Thickness variation within thin (nano or micro) layers.
Density variations within polymer layers.
Micro or nano-scale holes within the polymer layers.
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
Approach
Enhance the resolution of defect detection systems that are already working fast.
Increase the speed of systems that currently have a good resolution.
Protective coatings
Pioneering use of Alumina Al2O3
Thinner layer possibleHigher performance
Atomic layer depositionVery precise and controllableCoats one layer at a time
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
The challenges
Overcoming the limit on the smallest defect that can be detected;
Prior knowledge of the geometry of the defects.
Inverse modeling approaches.
Novel optical systems need to be developed
Types of defect are present in production
System integration
Conflict between production speed and implementation of defect detection and removal.
The challenges
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
To demonstrate how defect detection systems can be integrated
into manufacturing lines for Packaging material at Stora Enso,
Finland.
Pilot lines
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
Conclusion
NanoMend aims to pioneer the commercial development of in-line,
defect detection and correction systems, that will transform the performance of
the thin films that are applied to a range of products.
The NanoMend project has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) UNDER Grant Agreement No. 280581
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www.nanomend.eu
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