Need a Probe Station with Basic Functionality & Low Cost?

Early last year the Micromanipulator Company introduced a new brand of probe stations we call the Mechatronics ACE.  Now more than a year later, we are pleased to report it is a popular option for many who recognize the superiority of the Micromanipulator brand but needed something a bit more economical.  By leveraging all of Micromanipulator’s extensive expertise and designs, our Mechatronics are built to give users efficient performances for basic probing applications. Along with their low cost of ownership, they are as easy to set up as they are to use.  And as everything designed by the Micromanipulator team, they are not short of innovative features.

The preconfigured 150mm Mechatronics ACE model comes with everything you need to get started and can be order through our online store.  We also offer package discounts (contact us to learn more!) Popular accessories include Mechatronics ACE right hand or left hand designed magnetic base manipulators; cameras with software for Microsoft OS.; and a camera-compatible trinocular scope.   

We also offer Mechatronics ACE Probe Tips, which are ideal for general purpose probing and have a bendable shank and tip.  They are available in boxes of 5. Our Mechatronics single wire probe holders are malleable and have a 1-4 inch shaft and set screw probe tip holder.  Call or e-mail us if you need another size. Our systems are in stock and we offer fast delivery.

At Micromanipulator, we proudly stand behind our products, and we want you to be 100% satisfied with your on-line purchase. If for any reason you are not, we are here to help. You have 14 days to return your like new, originally packaged product to us for a credit minus shipping and a small 15% restocking fee. Credit may be used for purchase of Micromanipulator or Mechatronics brand product within 6-months of return.  Please call if you have further questions.

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on. As part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  We invite you to contact us to find out more about our wide range of probe stations, accessories and consumables.

Our High-quality Accessories Support Your Success

At the Micromanipulator Company, we just didn’t stop with designing an extensive selection of probe stations for virtually any application, but extended our broad expertise to designing quality accessories to integrate seamlessly with our products.  Our research and development is driven in part by the feedback we receive from our customers as well as our commitment to stay one step ahead of the industry.  While Micromanipulator’s accomplishments are many, we are proud to have been one of first in the field to take a “systems approach” to integration.

To support our customers’ successes, our accessories address vibration isolation, thermal management, flexible and open architectures, and come in a wide choice of materials.  We feel are products represent the best on the market and include exclusive thermal wafer chucks, microscopes, manipulators, DC and RF measurement hardware and more.  Our Vibration Isolated Station with Rigid Mount Light Tight Enclosure is just one example of our exceptional products.  

The design of the table allows the probe station to be supported on the vibration isolated surface while the light tight enclosure is mounted on the rigid surface of the table’s guard rails.  The assembly offers the advantage of not disturbing the floating vibration isolated surface when the LTE doors are opened. It also allows for an easier installation as well as removal of the probe station itself.

We are not newcomer to the industry and for well over 60 years have provided the state-of-the-art tools our customers need to develop the products of tomorrow.  We encourage you to take a look at our website to learn more about the superiority of Micromanipulator’s probe stations, accessories and consumables.  To protect your investment, we also offer extended warranties, preventative maintenance programs and upgrade paths even for obsolete tools.  Please contact us with any questions.

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on. As part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  For the best probe stations, accessories and consumables, visit our website.

How to Care for Your Probe Holder and Tips

At the Micromanipulator Company, our job is to help customers buy the best tools for their particular applications, and is why we have developed such a wide array of products. Also we understand precision is important, and your tools including your probe tips and probe holders need to be in their best shape for optimal performance.  This is why we are happy to provide tips on how to care for them and help extend their longevity.

Different techniques are used to clean and protect probe tips depending on the material they are made from.  The first step to cleaning one of our tungsten, tungsten carbide, nickel tips, HCT tips, or platinum-coated custom probe tips is to rinse it in deionized water.  Then use compressed air to dry the excess water from the tip. If your tip has oxide deposits, dip the probe tip into a 1.0 solution of normal sodium hydroxide (NaOH) for a few seconds.  Repeat the first two steps to rinse in deionized water and to dry with compressed air.

If you need to clean a beryllium copper probe tip, follow the same steps we recommend for Micromanipulator’s tungsten tips - rinsing in deionized water and using compressed air to dry.  If the tip has oxide deposits, you will need to wash the tip in a 10% w/w sodium carbonate solution (NA2CO3) and rinse in deionized water.  Next use a 10% v/v nitric acid solution (HNO3) and dip the tip until a reaction occurs. Now dry with compressed air.

To extend the life of your probe holders, we recommend you use a swab or another suitable applicator to apply a methanol solution to the tip of the holder.  Please do not soak the holder in the solution. Once you have applied the methanol, bake the shank at 200° F-300° F for a minimum of 6 hours.

We invite you to visit our website to see our full selection of probe tips (over 90 available) and probe holders.  Whether you need low resistance, high power, low current, high frequency, durability, high or low temperature contact optimization; and your application is high volume production support, a high value critical FA return, or somewhere in between, we have the right tip for you.  

At Micromanipulator, we not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but are still the top name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on. A key part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Please contact us for more information about our innovative probe stations, consumables and accessories.

See Something You Like? Fill Out Our Online Form and Get a Quote

The Micromanipulator Company prides itself on customer service and customer satisfaction.  We do not consider our job done until our products are providing customers with the performance they were promised.  To keep an open dialogue going between us and our customers, we welcome questions and promptly reply to requests for further information or for a quote.  You will find General Contact Information and Sales and Service info including email addresses and phone numbers on our website. We also supply information on how to buy our products regardless of where you live, and have sales reps ready to help stationed across the globe.   

   

If you have narrowed down your choice of Micromanipulator’s various models of probe stations and accessories, you can fill out our online “Request a Quotation” form.  The form also provides a space where you can let us know something about your application and what your needs are so we can make suggestions.  We ask that you include your preferred method of contact and/or the best time to contact you to ensure your availability.

Keep in mind our probe stations are designed to address a broad range of applications, and specialized in tools for wafer level and decapsulated packaged part probing.  Micromanipulator offers everything from upgradeable high performance manual systems capable of high speed and low current measurements, to semiautomatic systems designed for effortless production of statistically significant data sets.  Using our tools, system users are able to consistently produce high quality, decisive data that can be depended on.  

Once you fill out our Request a Quotation form, you will hear back from us in a timely manner.  If you are unsure of what you need, Micromanipulator’s experts can help you configure the perfect system that meets your application needs, budget and personal preferences.   Visit our website to start using the world’s best analytical probing tools.

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on. As part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Please contact us to find out more about our wide range of probe stations, accessories and consumables.

Looking for High Quality Probe Tips? Use Our Online Store

The Micromanipulator Company offers a full line of probe tips also called probes or needle probes available in a variety of materials, lengths, shapes and tip radius. Most of them have tungsten or nickel shanks with tungsten tips. All our needle probes are designed in-house by Micromanipulator’s experienced team and meet a range of personal preferences, measurement equipment interface requirements and application demands as well as budgets. 

You will find probe tips suitable for your specific application such as: general probing; low resistance; high power; sub-micron targets; compliant, thermal applications; delicate targets or surface; cutting and more. For very fine targets, we offer fine tips with ‘C’ bends or bendable nickel or Dumet shank cat-whiskers for very small targets.

To convenient buy our probe tips, we have them available at our online store. Most of our needle probes are sold in a box of ten including our 7G Series Customizable Probe Tips (Mechatronics Probe Tips ACE-PRB-TIP-B are sold in a box of 5). The Passive 7G Series is designed for general purpose probing and comes with a bendable shank and tip. It is identical to our 7B Series but with a shorter overall length and can be ordered in a customized point radius and with or without a Gold Plated Tungsten tip.

Micromanipulator is a global company and offers Full Life-Cycle Support worldwide to ensure our customers’ success with any of our high-tech tools. In addition our engineers are available to answer questions about our probe stations and accessories and to help determine the best products for your needs. Visit our website to browse through our extensive products and for contact information. 

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we are leaders in the field and reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semi-conductor industry depends on. Our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to our customers’ satisfaction. Buy your probe stations, consumables and accessories from one of the most reliable test probe manufacturers in the world.

Optimize Your Results & Budget with State-of-the-art Tools

The Micromanipulator Company has been a leader in the industry for over 60 years and has a reputation for designing trailblazing products that gives the semiconductor industry the tools they need for their success. In fact we are now one of the world’s foremost test probe manufacturers of pre and post tape out wafer, package, and system level analytical probing tools. Our equipment is used by test labs around the world for design verification, device modeling and characterization, design and market FA, process verification, quality control and more. 

As semiconductor wafers have grown in size over the years, we have responded by designing probe stations that are capable of handling larger wafers with the utmost precision. Our inventory includes some of the highest performing manual and semi-automatic probe stations available on the market today, and has been designed to optimize system users results and budget.

Another benefit to buying from an industry’s top provider is our products are not only available globally but we have actual sales offices and representatives on every major continent. So along with extended warranties and preventive maintenance programs, we also provide full support services. To learn more about our company’s history and breadth of experience, we encourage you to visit our website. Moreover if it has been a while since you visited our website, you will be pleased to see we now have an online store to conveniently order our new economy brand, Mechatronics Ace probe stations as well as probe holders, manipulators, probe tips and patch cords from anywhere in the world 24/7. 

Our philosophy and success lies in the fact that right from the start, we have put customer satisfaction first and have always made a point to listen and learn from them. Use our online Request a Quote form for pricing on a quality Micromanipulator probe station. 

At Micromanipulator, we not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but are still the top name in the field. As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on. A key part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction. Looking for cutting-edge tools? Buy from one of the world’s top test probe manufacturers.

Budget-friendly Refurbished Probe Stations Let You Get the Best!

You may have wanted to buy a top-of-the-line, high performance probe station from one of the leading test probe manufacturers but were afraid it would be out of your budget. This is why the Micromanipulator Company is pleased to offer an opportunity to get a probe station from a company you know and trust by buying one of our refurbished models for significant savings over the cost of a new one. 

Our refurbished products may be a result of our active product upgrade and trade-in program, or one of the products that was used for demonstration purposes. All of our refurbished tools come with factory warranties as well as full support and performance guarantees. One example of a refurbished probe station currently in our inventory is the popular Model 8060. Offering the highest performance available in a 6-8” (150-2—mm) manual analytical probe station, the 8060 is thermal and triaxial chuck upgradeable. It is designed for ease of use in a range of demanding applications including low current and voltage probing, high and low temperature probing, and sub-micron target probing to the limits of visible optics. 

You will find information regarding the current list of refurbished probe stations on our website, but if you do not see what you need, please check with us as there is a chance we will be able to find what you need. Once you do decide on a probe station, we can help you outfit it meet your application needs with everything from optics to thermal chucks. Along with extended warranties, preventative maintenance programs and upgrade paths, even for obsolete tools), you can rest assured your investment is protected. Please do not hesitant to call if you have questions or need help. 

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field. As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on. As part of the company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction. Please contact us to find out more about one of the world’s most trusted test probe manufacturers.