Article published on mars 2008ISIS
Two sites dedicated to vacuum surface film processes
The ISIS platform (Initiative Structurante en Ingénierie de Surface - surface engineering structuring initiative), located at two sites, deals mainly with surface treatments.
In 2006, HEF, the industrial group
specialising in surface engineering,
together with CEA LITEN, set up the
ISIS platform (Initiative Structurante en
Ingénierie de Surface - surface engineering
structuring initiative) for R&D and for
checking the technological and economic
feasibility of a specific category of surface
treatment, namely vapour phase deposition
processes. These technologies have
industrial applications that include textiles,
mechanical parts and new energy sources,
such as solar power and thermoelectric
systems.
The platform can be used by companies
that wish to develop new vacuum
processes, validate the applicability of their
technologies, perform full-scale tests or
assess reliability.
One of the particular features of ISIS is
the fact that it is located at two sites: the
Andrézieux-Bouthéon site (Loire), dedicated
to deposition on objects with complex
geometry and very large-scale objects,
together with mass production applications,
using the "Parallel Architecture" machine
and the "2800 R" batch process terminal.
and the second site in Grenoble (Isère),
which is used for precision layers and
complex stacking.
