Curing and Sintering
Cure on Heat-Sensitive Substrates in Seconds, not Minutes!
PulseForge Digital Thermal Processing™ provides curing and sintering of thin films at high temperatures on low-cost, temperature-sensitive substrates, including paper and PEN.
Improving Manufacturing
Why It Matters
![Curing and Sintering - Antenna on plastic substrate](https://pulseforge.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Curing-3.jpg)
![Curing & sintering circuits on 3-D globe](https://pulseforge.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Curing-2.jpg)
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Ovens
Ovens are slow with lengthy idle warm up and cool down, return low throughput, and have high energy demands
Sustained Heat
Sustained heat of ovens damages heat-sensitive substrates, limiting design and substrate options
Limitations
Substrate and design limitations
Lasers
Lasers offer only one-at-a-time processing
![Flexible electronic device on a ladies wrist](https://pulseforge.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/transparent-wearable-device.jpg)
Photonic Curing and Sintering
Why We’re Different
In the manufacture of printed, flexible electronics, PulseForge Digital Thermal Processing™ cures and sinters onto inexpensive, flexible substrates – without damage!
- No warm up or cool down of PulseForge tools
- Substitute expensive glass and ceramic substrates with low-cost, sustainable options
- Seconds processing means substantially higher throughput
- Freedom to design with novel materials
- Higher processing temperatures returns improved conductive performance
And because PulseForge provides curing and sintering of thin films at high temperatures on heat-sensitive substrates, it is the ideal digital thermal process for roll-to-roll processing on polymer and paper.
Growing Application Demands
Layers in devices require versatile thermal processing. Curing and sintering with PulseForge’s Digital Thermal Processing™ is uniquely suited for this manufacturing challenge in next-gen printed electronics:
- Sensors for product tracking in shipping
- Loss prevention in retail
- Display applications for personal devices
- Printed heaters for medical
- SMART packaging
- And more
![Curing and Sintering - circuit on plastic film attached to a box for tracking](https://pulseforge.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Printed-Curing-Tag.jpg)