Solutions for Inkjet Printing in a Glovebox

Inkjet Printing Under a Controlled Atmosphere

Many functional inks and process chemicals are highly sensitive to oxygen and moisture. A stable atmosphere is therefore essential for stable processes and reproducible printing results.

MBRAUN provides the ideal conditions for this. By integrating inkjet printing systems into ultra-pure inert gas glovebox environments, we ensure maximum process reliability. Oxygen and moisture levels are continuously monitored and precisely controlled, ensuring consistently high quality and reliable results.

As a sheet-to-sheet process, inkjet printing is ideally suited for the precise and flexible coating of individual substrates. It offers outstanding process control and maximum flexibility, particularly in research, development, and small-scale production.

Processing of highly sensitive materials under optimum conditions
Effective protection against oxidation and moisture absorption
Maximum reproducibility through a stable process environment
Safe handling of solvent-based processes

For highly demanding coating applications, our laminar flow solutions provide an additional advantage by creating an almost particle-free environment, minimizing the risk of contamination and ensuring even greater process reliability.

MBRAUN as Your System Integrator for Inkjet Printing

In addition to providing the optimum process environment, we support you throughout the selection of suitable inkjet printing systems from our established network of technology partners. We carefully consider your individual requirements and applications to develop the ideal system solution.

We then seamlessly integrate the selected system into your glovebox, precisely tailored to your processes and infrastructure. The result is a powerful, fully integrated solution that combines maximum efficiency, safety, and reproducibility.

Our Scope of Services:

Selection and specification of suitable inkjet printing systems
Mechanical integration into new or existing gloveboxes
Planning and implementation of media supply and process interfaces
Development of comprehensive safety concepts
Centralized project coordination and implementation

The result is a powerful, perfectly integrated complete solution that optimally supports your specific processes under a controlled atmosphere while ensuring maximum efficiency and scalability.

Inkjet coating is a maskless coating process for the precise and material-efficient deposition of structured coatings down to the sub-micrometer range. Tiny droplets of a coating solution are deposited directly onto a substrate through printheads, precisely where the material is required. This drop-on-demand principle offers maximum design freedom while minimizing material consumption, opening up new possibilities for structured and multilayer coatings.

The process is particularly suitable for applications where flexibility, rapid iteration, and precise material placement are essential.

Inkjet coating is widely used in electronics, semiconductor technology, photonics, and materials research. Typical applications include printed electronics, OLED and display technologies, sensors, as well as functional coatings for energy technologies such as solar cells and batteries.

The ability to deposit structured coatings with high precision makes the process particularly suitable for innovative applications where precision, flexibility, and process speed are critical. In these applications, inkjet coating is increasingly replacing conventional coating methods that have reached their technical limits.