Facilities

Microproducts Breakthrough Institute (MBI)
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The Microproducts Breakthrough Institute, a joint venture between OSU College of Engineering and PNNL, helps both small and large businesses develop and commercialize ONAMI-related technologies into new products.

MBI's state-of-the-art Nano-Micro fabrication facility brings together research teams with business representatives within the ONAMI community to solve real-world problems by researching and applying microchannel device manufacturing techniques.

MBI has conducted applied research and transfer technology for groups such as:

  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • U.S. Army
  • NASA
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Tools:

    Arburg Allrounder 270 C

    Atmospheric sintering furnace

    Atomic layer deposition system

    Branson 900 Series ultrasonic welder

    Burlytic electrochemical deburring system

    CNC micromill

    CTE clamp process

    ESI Model 4410 laser micromachining system

    ESI Model 5330 laser micromachining system

    Hydrogen tube furnace

    Inert gas furnace

    Large substrate inert gas furnace

    Low-temp (<300C) vacuum oven

    Optical microscope bench with video micrometer and capture up to 500X

    Panasonic MicroEDM

    PDMS micromolding

    Photolithography exposure cell

    Plasma clean/functionize

    Pulsed electroforming

    Thermal nanoimprinter

    Thermal Technology vacuum hot press

    Three optical microscope benches with 3D video capture & image analysis up to 500X

    Ultrasonic cutter

    Veeco Dektak 3 surface profiler

    Zeiss laser scanning microscope

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