Published date: 18 February 2019

Last edited date: 18 February 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Machinery for the heat treatment of materials - 42940000

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

SC7093/19

Published date

18 February 2019

Closing date

1 March 2019

Contract start date

15 March 2019

Contract end date

15 May 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for supply of a micro plasma treatment station. The workstation will be used to facilitate/support the take-up of high impact micro plasma processing technologies by the SMEs in West Midlands. In particular, it will be used to develop new applications with the technology provider and carry out feasibility studies and pilot projects to address the specific requirements of local SMEs. Therefore, it will be required as part of the project to build strong partnerships with the technology provider and define a joint co-funded R&D programme for the benefits of local businesses.

General characteristics
A micro plasma treatment station that can be used for a range of non-contact, mask-less and selective plasma surface treatments, including surface pattering, printing, etching, activation, functionalisation etc., for both conductive and non-conductive substrates at low temperatures and at atmospheric pressures.

Specification

1) A power supply generates the voltage needed for the different micro plasma modules of the micro plasma treatment station. The required high voltage for the generation of the plasma is in a range of 4 to 8 kVpp ac @ a frequency of ~70 kHz.

2) A micro plasma control unit for setting and regulating voltage, and communicating with the plasma head assembly, as well as the safety functionality for switching off the high voltage in the case the safety switch is pressed.

3) A XYZ motion platform for three dimensional motions of a plasma head assembly and an electrode table to hold the substrate workpiece of at least A4-size for the micro plasma surface treatment.
4) A micro plasma head assembly that is the mechanical and electronics interface between the micro plasma head and the XYZ motion platform. It can drive the plasma head in an accurate way, based on the signals obtained from the micro plasma control unit. At the bottom side a gas-flow nozzle should be attached to provide air or nitrogen gas and extract gases from the discharge region.

5) A PC-based controller with graphical user interface software for the selection of graphic files (preferred in jpg, png or bmp format), control of the motion of plasma nozzles and the establishment of the process parameters. This will enable digital selective plasma treatment and plasma surface patterning in particular directly from an electronic image for efficient process development and customised treatment.

6) The micro plasma treatment station should be able to produce high resolution surface patterns with high repeatability and digit accuracy. For air plasma treatment, the line width should not be larger than 150 and 250 microns on silicon wafer and polymeric materials, respectively.

7) A plasma head with multiple nozzles (>20) is needed to ensure digit plasma treatment including printing, etching & patterning with high efficiency and high repeatability.

8) A gas flow ...

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1.1 All main correspondence should go via the University's In-Tend website. Your tender documents and information must be submitted via In-Tend by the date and time specified; www.in-tendhost.com/universityofbirmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Susanna Ting

Address

Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Telephone

01214145389

Email

s.y.ting@bham.ac.uk