Mimotec Additive Manufacturing
The World's Most Advanced Manufacturer of Electroformed Microcomponents
Mimotec Additive Manufacturing
The World's Most Advanced Manufacturer of Electroformed Microcomponents
Welcome to the world of micro mechanics. It is a unique technology that extends the limits of traditional manufacturing methods. Named UV-LIGA or electroforming Technology, our technology provides an industrial solution for the miniaturisation of components: Automobile, MedTech, Connectivity, Micro fluidics and Micro moulds as well as the fight against counterfeiting. Suitably adapted fast prototyping (FastProto) as well as for small and large series, our electroforming technology guarantees a unique quality which continues throughout each stage of your project.
The Advantages of UV-LIGA
Micro-Manufacturing
UV-LIGA technology opens up a world of possibilities. Mimotec manufactures microcomponents for watch movements and microtechnical mechanisms, with unequalled design freedom. Its only limitation is the imagination of its customers.
The process used for micromanufacturing components is based on microelectronic technologies. Known as UV-Liga, the process combines photolithography and electroforming, resulting in a high-quality functional surface.
UV-LIGA micromanufacturing achieves levels of miniaturisation unequalled by traditional technologies. It attains accuracies of up to ±2 µm.
Mimotec uses nickel and pure gold based materials, making them resistant to corrosion.
UV-LIGA technology is continually evolving and stretching the limits of micromanufacturing advancement with high precision.
The UV-LIGA process
The UV-LIGA process developed by Mimotec
The UV-LIGA process developed by Mimotec is based on microelectronic technologies. It enables the micromanufacturing of components by combining photolithography and electroforming.
This additive technology has the advantage of being inexpensive and quick to implement, which makes the process very competitive compared to traditional material removal methods. It is ideal for rapid prototyping as well as for mass production, and it achieves a level of micrometric accuracy as well as an unequalled surface finish quality.
Products and Services
Mimotec manufactures microcomponents with considerable design freedom and high precision
UV-LIGA technology
UV-LIGA opens up new perspectives
New perspectives in the miniaturisation of components as well as in surface microstructuring. It enables us to produce geometries that cannot be achieved using standard production processes. This additive technology has the advantage of being inexpensive and quick to implement. This makes the process very competitive compared to traditional material removal methods. It is ideal for rapid prototyping as well as for mass production, and it achieves a level of micrometric accuracy as well as an unequalled surface finish quality.
PIONEERING UV-LIGA
PIONEERING UV-LIGA
Dr Hubert Lorenz invented UV-LIGA technology while he was working on his thesis. He then founded the company in 1998 in Sion, Switzerland.
Specialised and recognised in Switzerland and abroad in the fields of microtechnology and micromechanics, Mimotec SA has been working for more than 20 years in the service of excellence.
