“We started producing the carrier handler in the picture for the semicon industry almost 25 years ago”, explains Philip Bakker, our director of Marketing & Sales. “A carrier handler handles and positions FOUP’s (Front Opening Unified Pods) in which wafers…
Hittech Prontor GmbH has decades of experience with making systems with integrated optomechanics. The glueing of optics is a challenging part of the process which our expert Reiner Berger elaborates on in this article. Check out this article:
Our colleagues, Pieter Kappelhof and Timo Kouwenhoven, will present a demonstrator and poster of a unique tunable resonant scanning mirror at the Dutch Society for Precision Engineering Conference in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands. Scanning mirrors are commonly used in optical systems…
Black anodizing: what is it, and why is it perfect for optical assemblies? German Hittech PRONTOR GmbH is a champion in anodising for the medical industry. Please read all about it in this interview with our expert Sebastian Lange. check…
We might know a lot about opto-mechanics, microscopy, and anodizing, but when it comes to high-precision beach structures, we did face some challenges. The colleagues of our branche in The Hague, who are so lucky to work just a few…
Can you imagine we couldn’t use almost 90% of the precious titanium in our high-precision finishing in the old days? Koen Mentink, managing director of our plant in Winterswijk, explains the effects: “I had to get out at night during the…
29-year-old Jordy Pronk needed a new challenge in his life, and he couldn’t find it in his hometown, The Hague. He asked his Hittech Prontor colleagues in Germany if he could make a career switch to their office in the beautiful…
Why do aeroplanes need Titanium? We all know they must be as light as possible, so aluminium is the preferred choice of metal. But sometimes they need stronger materials such as Titanium. And that’s when you go to Sonja van…
Producing big titanium structures using 3D printing: most of our clients thought it couldn’t be done. And to be honest: it took us years of innovation and investments in time and money, but together with Norsk Titanium we did it. Our COO…
6.273 kilometres and 7.160.294 tulips in 10.093 hours: spring has just begun, but for the H2L Robotics Selector, the tulip season is already over. “Its camera can detect symptoms of a virus on tulips and automatically spray pesticide on the plant to prevent the…