Semiconductor Products and Solutions While the semiconductor industry is over 40 years old, it has only recently begun the sea change to a mature industry, going from a laboratory mentality to a production mentality. Where semiconductor tools were once highly customized and relied heavily on home-grown solutions to meet even the most routine (but exacting) tasks, toolmakers today are leaning toward partners who have “off-the-shelf” solutions and the expertise to help apply them. Where an OEM would custom design a wafer life mechanism for transferring wafers between processing chambers, today the same OEM wants to buy a wafer lift from a supplier who understands how to achieve the required levels of speed, acceleration, and vibration-free motion. In other words, as the industry moves out of the lab and onto the factory floor, companies are doing the same thing other industries have done: concentrating their engineering resources on the technologies that give them a clear market differentiation and partnering with suppliers who have the expertise to do the rest. Count on Bosch Rexroth to help make motion control easier, more precise, and ready for the real world of the factory floor. You can find examples of typical semiconductor solutions in the navigation bar on the right. Products Apart from semiconductor solutions, Bosch Rexroth offers a broad range of drive & control products for various applications. For an overview of industry relevant products, please follow the navigation bar on the right. Engineering Support worldwide Our engineering offices worldwide provide “face to face” local engineering support for the semiconductor and medical industries. We can work with your engineering departments during product development cycles to get your superior solution faster, speed development times and ensure long-term reliable performance. We can help with definition of application requirements, proposal generation and presentation, and commissioning and testing prototypes.