Construction and use of LB deposition machines for pilot production

Abstract We describe the construction of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) deposition equipment that was designed for pilot production to prove (or disprove) whether it is feasible to bring the LB technology to a state that is compatible with the necessary reliability, throughput and quality for mass production. Encouraging first results indicate that this is feasible and suggest many useful ideas and procedures also for the laboratory environment.