{"id":16471,"date":"2023-08-22T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profactor.at\/?page_id=16471"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:00:05","slug":"nil-prototyping-and-small-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.profactor.at\/en\/solutions\/micro-and-nano-manufacturing\/nil-prototyping-and-small-series\/","title":{"rendered":"NIL Prototyping and Small Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<div class=\"overview-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.profactor.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Profacctor-NIL-prototyping-and-small-series-scaled.jpg);\"\/><\/div><div class=\"overview-caption\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735832170280{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Prototyping<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Nanoimprinting can be a game changer<\/strong> for novel product ideas or innovative functionality.<\/p>\n<p>At PROFACTOR we have helped many customers to prototype their innovative ideas, starting with single prototype devices if needed. Hence, it is possible to <strong>show and test the innovation<\/strong>, rather than only talking about it.<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>research-driven approach, expertise and process portfolio<\/strong> are also well-suited for working with non-conventional designs or materials.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735832179571{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Small Series Nanoimprinting<\/h2>\n<p>NIL is a truly versatile technology that <strong>can be scaled from manufacturing a few prototypes up to series production<\/strong> involving an increasing degree of process automation.<\/p>\n<p>Building on prototypes and first demonstrators, at PROFACTOR we can also deliver micro\/nano structures in small volume, e.g. from hundreds to a few thousand devices depending on your needs.<\/p>\n<p>With small series nanoimprinting we can supply quantities that are too high for manual manufacturing but are still too low for expensive and fully automated volume production.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735832192097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Our Offer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Many years of experience with NIL process development<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing of demonstrators, prototypes and small series<\/li>\n<li>NIL on different materials, flat or curved substrates, free-standing structured polymers, undercut structures<\/li>\n<li>Process upscaling to industrial series production tools (Roll2Plate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735832352582{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Micro-optics (waveguides, Fresnel &amp; 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