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Excelitas Technologies

Based in Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania · US

Excelitas Technologies is a manufacturer of advanced photonic technologies for the Life Sciences, Advanced Industrial, Semiconductor, Aerospace, and Defense markets. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company provides a range of standard products and custom-engineered solutions, from discrete components to complete turnkey systems.

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Excelitas Technologies is a leading provider of photonic technologies, specializing in the design, development, and manufacture of sensing, detection, imaging, optics, and specialty illumination solutions. With its headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, the company serves as an essential partner to global market leaders in the Life Sciences, Advanced Industrial, next-generation Semiconductor, and Aerospace and Defense end-markets. Excelitas is at the forefront of addressing major global trends, including precision medicine, industrial automation, artificial intelligence, and military modernization. The company's offering is distinguished by its ability to deliver bespoke solutions tailored to specific customer requirements for performance, cost, and time-to-market. In addition to a vast portfolio of standard products, Excelitas works collaboratively with OEMs from initial concept through serial production, providing end-to-end service to solve the most complex technology challenges.

Products

Laser crystal coated optics

Custom Optical Components & Assemblies

Excelitas conçoit et fabrique des composants et assemblages optiques personnalisés. L'offre va d'un simple élément optique à des systèmes opto-mécaniques complexes, optimisés pour le rendement, le coût et la performance.

Excelitas Technologies specializes in providing custom optical components and assemblies designed to meet unique requirements. Whether for a modification to a standard product or the creation of an entirely new system, the company collaborates with customers to define the optimal specifications. The expertise covers the conceptualization, engineering, and production of industrial products, including precision optomechanical assemblies. By leveraging advanced modeling software and extensive manufacturing experience, Excelitas can predict performance and cost early in the design process. This process helps manage risks and distribute system design tolerances to ensure the manufactured product performs as modeled. The offering ranges from simple optical elements to complex assemblies for various applications, including those requiring stringent cleanliness conditions for semiconductor or UV applications.
Excelitas can perform customizations ranging from a simple modification to a standard product to the complete design of a new optical element or assembly, based on the customer's performance, cost, and quality specifications.
Excelitas uses its manufacturing experience to foresee problems, manage risk, and distribute design tolerances to ensure the final product performs as well as the modeled concept, while adhering to required quality standards (e.g., for medical or semiconductor applications).
UV Curing Systems

UV Curing Systems

Excelitas propose des systèmes de séchage UV, y compris des lampes LED UV refroidies par eau. Ces systèmes sont utilisés dans des applications industrielles telles que l'assemblage de dispositifs médicaux et l'impression numérique.

Excelitas's UV curing systems are innovative solutions designed for demanding industrial applications. The portfolio includes the Phoseon, OmniCure, and Noblelight/Fusion UV product lines. These technologies are critical in sectors like medical catheter assembly, where precise and reliable curing is crucial. The company develops solutions that meet the needs of the digital print industry, where speed and accuracy are paramount to ensure quality. For instance, the Phoseon VeriCure portfolio has been expanded to include new wide-format lengths for water-cooled UV LED curing lamps. These technological advancements help optimize manufacturing processes, improve efficiency, and ensure consistent results in critical applications. Excelitas's expertise in this field is regularly featured in specialized industry publications.
UV curing technologies, as detailed by Excelitas experts, offer benefits for medical catheter assembly by enabling rapid and precise hardening of adhesives, which improves production efficiency and final product reliability.
Yes, Excelitas recently expanded its Phoseon VeriCure UV LED curing lamp portfolio to include four new wide-format lengths, specifically designed for such applications.
Excelitas Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes

Photonic Detectors

Excelitas fabrique une gamme de détecteurs photoniques, y compris des photodiodes à avalanche en silicium et des capteurs infrarouges thermiques (pyroélectriques et thermopiles). Ces composants sont utilisés pour la détection de lumière et de rayonnement dans diverses applications.

Excelitas's photonic detectors are a core component of its technology portfolio, enabling advanced sensing applications. The range includes Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs), known for their high sensitivity, and a variety of thermal infrared sensors, such as pyroelectric detectors and thermopile detectors. These components are critical in systems that require precise detection of light and radiation across a wide spectrum. Excelitas detectors are designed for state-of-the-art performance and are integrated into solutions for the life sciences, industrial, and defense markets. The company has in-house expertise in manufacturing these components, including in-house wafer fabrication and processing, ensuring quality control and performance optimization for applications ranging from fluorescence analysis to motion detection and thermal imaging.
Excelitas produces state-of-the-art thermal infrared sensors, including Pyroelectric Detectors and Thermopile Detectors.
Yes, the text mentions that Excelitas has in-house wafer fabrication and processing capabilities as a key qualification.

Services

Custom Photonic Solutions

Custom Photonic Solutions

Excelitas collabore avec les équipementiers (OEM) pour concevoir, développer et fabriquer des solutions technologiques sur mesure. Ce service couvre l'ensemble du processus, du concept initial à la production en série, pour des composants, des sous-ensembles ou des systèmes clés en main.

Excelitas's custom photonic solutions service is at the core of its offering, enabling customers to turn a concept into a marketable product. The company partners closely with OEMs to address their most complex technology challenges. The process can start from the conceptualization phase, where Excelitas teams help with product development, or on a build-to-print basis with an existing design that the company can optimize for manufacturing. By leveraging a diverse technology portfolio and extensive application experience, Excelitas guides customers to the optimal design in terms of performance, cost, quality, and time-to-market. This collaborative approach ensures that solutions deliver distinctive performance and secured barriers-to-entry. The manufacturing expertise allows for foreseeing problems, managing risk, and ensuring the final product is high-performing, cost-effective, and manufacturable at scale.
Customers can contact Excelitas to present their technology challenge. The company then engages in a collaborative process to guide the customer from concept through design and engineering to serial production.
Yes, Excelitas works equally well cooperating with OEMs from initial concept as it does on a 'build-to-print' basis, where it can optimize an existing design for the best manufacturing processes to ensure maximum yields, cost, and performance.

Industries served

  • Life Sciences
  • Advanced Industrial
  • Semiconductor
  • Aerospace and Defense

Certifications

  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001
  • ISO 13485
  • Medical FDA quality documentation and systems

What sets us apart

  • Ability to deliver bespoke technology solutions tailored to specific customer requirements.
  • Diverse technology portfolio covering sensing, detection, imaging, optics, and specialty illumination.
  • End-to-end service from concept and design to serial production and after-sales service.
  • Extensive experience manufacturing custom solutions across multiple global sites.
  • In-house wafer fabrication and processing capabilities.
  • Expertise in developing ruggedized, space-qualified, and medical-grade products.

Frequently asked questions

Excelitas offers custom solutions ranging from discrete components and modifications to standard products to sub-assemblies, modules, and complete turnkey systems, tailored to its customers' unique requirements.
Excelitas primarily serves the Life Sciences, Advanced Industrial, next-generation Semiconductor, and Aerospace and Defense end-markets.
Excelitas takes a collaborative approach, working with OEMs from the initial concept through delivery. Their teams can help from instrument conception through product development to serial production and after-sales service, providing true end-to-end service.
Excelitas is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The company also has multiple manufacturing sites around the world with a wide range of technological expertise.
Excelitas has quality documentation and systems for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, and medical FDA requirements. The company also has experience manufacturing products qualified for aviation and space.

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