3 high-tech companies that complement each other perfectly
We start where other technologies reach their limits
micrometal — together with its subsidiaries HP Etch and Etchform — is your one-stop-shop supplier of precision etched metal parts. Our individually tailored photochemical etching technologies, inline reel-to-reel etching, as well as batch etching, offer you the perfect solution for every challenge.
Welcome to the world of the tightest tolerances measured in hundredths of a millimeter, the finest structures, the thinnest metals, and the most complex geometries.
Watch the video below to get a good idea of the wide range of product design and processability possibilities offered by photo-chemical etching at our companies. Whether for springs, filters, lancets or almost any other thin precision metal component.
Webinar Registration: Photo Chemical Etching - A Compelling Alternative
Your advantages:
Unique accuracy
- It means less post-processing and enhances the ultimate integrity of your final product, an efficient production process that guarantees product safety.
Low tool costs
- Fundamentally, you invest in cost-effective glass tooling that is absolutely wear-free.
From small to large volumes
- You benefit from cost-effective samples under series production conditions and from the advantages of a system designed for volume production.
Design freedom
- You benefit from almost limitless design freedom during your product development process. Diverse, fine structures, and complex geometries can be designed without additional costs.
Burr-free parts
- Production of burr-free parts meaning a dramatic reduction in necessary post-processing and optimized integrity and safety of end-use parts.
Material diversity
- You benefit from a wide variety of etchable metals and alloys, most notably etching of stainless steel.
Clean & stress-free parts
- No additional cleaning processes are necessary, which is reflected in the cost-effective part price. The chemical and physical properties of the material remain unchanged.
Your added value:
Photo-chemical etching processes suitable for your applications
- Instant-Line: ideal for visual samples of similar products or applications
- Express-Line: ideal for prototypes close to final design
- Step-Line: ideal for prototypes under near-series production conditions
- In-Line: ideal for large-series sampling under near-series manufacturing conditions
Complementary technologies
- Upstream or downstream process steps such as bending and forming technologies (bending, deep drawing etc...)
- Various surface treatment processes (blackening, brushing etc...) or integration technologies (overmolding, bonding etc...)
Co-engineering
- We present you with the technical possibilities of our technology
- We provide you with our application and product knowledge (e.g. filters, needles, blades etc ...)
- We develop your idea with you (material competence, production of drawings)
- We develop further necessary product processing with you (delivery of parts – separated, in sheet, or on the roll)
Services
- Storage of your finished parts in our premises (fast availability)
- High flexibility in how parts are delivered
- Sampling process under series conditions
- Complete traceability
- Metrology / inspection
- Sophisticated measurement technologies
- Extensive process and product analysis / evaluation to validate the required quality
- Complete quality control
One-stop-shop supplier for precision etched metal parts
Realize previously unimaginable product advantages by utilizing our photo-chemical machining technology and solution expertise as early as possible in your product development process.
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