Dark Field Technologies Announces New Technology for Inspection of Washed Glass,...

Dark Field Technologies Announces New Technology for Inspection of Washed
Glass, TCO, Washer Residue and Integrated Panel Warp Metrology, NxtGen(TM)
-Wash

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Dark Field Technologies has drawn on its
two decades in the glass industry to develop a new metrology technique for
washed panel applications. NxtGen(TM) -Wash is a part of the new NxtGen(TM)
family of inspection and metrology systems. NxtGen(TM) -Wash embodies a host
of unique benefits and performs all these functions 100% on-line, real-time.

-- Special dark field optics detect defects much smaller than the optical
pixel. High throughput rates and large depth of field are also
achieved
-- Detection of float glass defects
-- Detection of edge chips/cracks and broken corners/flairs
-- Detection of TCO coating defects and washer residue. Both types of
defects are normally invisible to the eye, but cause downstream
coating
defects and reduced panel efficiency
-- Panel width, length and squareness measurement
-- Integrated panel thickness and warp measurement. Ability to measure
panel warp/thickness or concentrator profile + / - 15 microns
-- Automatic panel rejection if the panel falls outside of prescribed
length, width, squareness, defect levels or warp specifications
-- Low capital cost; greatest value system available (performance: cost)
-- High-speed: over 500 million pixels are captured and analyzed in 3
seconds
-- System supports laser, camera or laser: camera optics and divergent,
telecentric and self-aligning optical systems - the only system in the
world architected to support all these optical modules

Dark Field Technologies has led the inspection industry for over thirteen
years with innovative and first-of-a-kind laser and camera-based inspection
and metrology systems. From retro-reflective laser systems for the float glass
industry to high-resolution telecentric laser and camera systems for coated
glass, display films, display glass, electronics and semiconductor
applications, Dark Field Technologies has been the technology vanguard.

Please visit us in Booth 8258 at Intersolar North America located at the
Moscone West Convention Center in San FranciscoJuly 14 - 16, 2009.

SOURCE Dark Field Technologies

Jamila Eid Potts, Manager, Business Development of Dark Field Technologies,
+1-203-298-0731, +1-203-298-0732, jepotts@darkfield.com