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ELVIA PCB GROUP IS BACK ON MARS !

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ELVIA PCB GROUP IS BACK ON MARS !

After Mars InSight’s seismometer, SEIS, our talented teams in ELVIA LOIRE VALLEY – CIRETEC took part in the development of Perseverance Rover’s SuperCam.

Was there life on Mars?

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on the Red Planet on February 18 to get some answers. And to write this new chapter of space exploration, NASA could count on France’s support and its technological skills to develop an essential tool: SuperCam, the very laser camera analyzing the organic and chemical composition of the surface of Mars.

Being a space and aeronautics expert, ELVIA LOIRE VALLEY – CIRETEC has been part of this adventure alongside the Laboratoire d’astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the company Steel Électronique. Our expertise in printed circuit board, including multilayer HDI (High density Interconnect) PCB (Printed Circuit Boards), has been our strength to take up the technical and technological challenges that have arisen in this exploration. This is how we developed several of the SuperCam’s electronic mounts, which are currently used on Mars.

InSight (credits JPL NASA)

We worked on this French technological mission for 4 years, developing cutting-edge technology for the SuperCam. That being said, it was not a first for ELVIA LOIRE VALLEY – CIRETEC, since we also designed some printed circuit boards for the lander InSight’s (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) seismometer SEIS (the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure). That project has been on Mars since November 26, 2018, and measures the tectonic activity of the planet to deduce information like the size of its core or the thickness of its mantle.

Space and Mars remain full of mysteries for us to solve, and our teams are ready to tackle them.

This means we’ll see you soon for a follow-up on ELVIA PCB GROUP’s space adventure!

 

The only HITACHI UV/CO2 laser drilling in France is in elvia PCB

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The only HITACHI UV/CO2 laser drilling in France is in elvia PCB!

Nowadays, High Density Interconnected PCBs can be manufactured thanks to the creation of µvias. Today, in France, there is just one equipment able to drill those specific vias with extreme accuracy and efficiency. It is called the HITACHI UV/CO2 laser drilling and it is in elvia PCB Group’s factory, in Coutances!

How does it work? The goal is to drill a small via (70 to 180 µm) between a layer N and a N-1. A UV laser source, which drills the top copper (generally between 9 and 17 µm thick), is associated with the CO2 laser source, which comes next to remove the dielectric without damaging the lower copper.

This equipement can be used for laser drilling, but also for cavities laser cleaning, thin layer cutting or flex cutting.

HITACHI UV/CO2 has specific characteristics. The holes minimum diameter enabled by this equipment is of 70 µm with a positioning accuracy of 10 µm. It has an automatic loader and unloader and can work with a maximum panel size of 630 x 530 x 7 mm. And the French exclusivity is that it uses UV (λ =355 nm) and CO2 (λ = 9400 nm) laser sources.

 

Elvia PCB Group is working non-stop to fight COVID-19

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We’re working non-stop since the beginning of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The health and safety of employees are, as always, the top priority. The necessary preventative measures were implemented quickly and efficiently and production is continuing in order to safeguard jobs and to ensure that we continue to support ours customers at this critical time.
 
Faced with the spread of the Coronavirus, a consortium of four major industrial groups has committed to manufacture 10,000 medical ventilators by mid-May.
We’re making a valuable contribution to this critical project by manufacturing the PCBs, a crucial part of the medical ventilators, in a record time.
Bruno Cassin, our Group’s President commented “Elvia is proud to be supporting this vital endeavour. We have succeeded today in delivering the first batch of 500 PCBs, which was manufactured in just 4 working days”.
Further production volumes are in preparation and even larger PCBs volumes are expected.
 

PCB TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

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PCB Technology training

Designing a printed circuit board is not something that can be improvised and manufacturing it neither. All starts with a mutual recognition of the respective constraints.

Once again, employees from several THALES sites, from different business sectors, but whose common thread remains the electronic board, met at Elvia PCB for 2 days, to attend an initiation to the manufacture of printed circuits. The many stages involved in the manufacture of a printed circuit board were detailed, providing the necessary insights to make tomorrow’s designs even more successful.

We thank our partner, THALES group, and our colleague and co-leader, for trusting us for the organization of this 2019 session.

 

We will be in Munich from November 13th to 16th, 2018 for ELECTRONICA fair

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Munich 2018 – International trade fair for the production of electrical components, systems and applications

From November 13th to 16th, 2018, Elvia PCB Group will attend the Electronica fair in Munich, which have been presenting innovations in the electronics sectoro for more than 50 years.
This trade fair takes place every two years, alternating with the Productronica trade fair. Over 73,000 visitors from 80 countries, half of whom are professionals, attend the fair.

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The International Paris Air Show

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The 53rd edition of the fair will take place at the Bourget Expo Center on 17th to 23rd June 2019.

The Paris Air Show is organised by SIAE, a subsidiary of GIFAS, the French association of Aerospace Industries.
Elvia PCB Group will present its latest technological innovations.
The first 4 days of the fair will be reserved for professionals, followed by 3 days for the general public.

Meet us at NAE pavilion – Hall B2 – Booth D51

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