As we wrap up the first full month of 2021, Linton Crystal Technologies’ COO Todd Barnum shares his thoughts on how the company fared in 2020 and what he anticipates this year.
The Czochralski (CZ) method of crystal growth has been around for a hundred years. It is one of the most productive ways to create high-purity and high-quality single-crystal silicon for semiconductor and solar wafers.
Linton Crystal Technologies has hired Software Engineer Yiliang Shi to support the company’s advancements in machine learning and automation. Linton is the world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of Czochralski (CZ) furnaces for producing monocrystalline ingots. Shi joined the company on November 23.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory invited Linton’s COO, Todd Barnum, to serve on the Technical Review Panel for the forthcoming Solar Futures Study. This is a new analysis sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, launched in 2020 and expected to be completed sometime in 2021.
Linton Crystal Technologies has applied for a U.S. Utilities Patent for an Active Balancing Seed Lift/Rotate Mechanism for Czochralski furnaces. The new mechanism reduces the orbiting of the seed cable that contributes to defects in grown crystals.
Last year, Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd. broke ground on a nearly 70,000 square meter research and design center and manufacturing base in Xishan, Wuxi, China.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer to design, program and test applications for automated processing equipment. Areas of development include process control and image processing, including the use of machine learning for industrial AI applications.
Linton Crystal Technologies has begun manufacturing new germanium Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers. The company’s CG6000 model grower has been used in germanium ingot growth for more than 20 years.
Longi Solar has reported 2019 and first-quarter 2020 results that show increased revenue and earnings, with continued growth anticipated for this year. Throughout 2019, Longi increased its silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing capacity, purchasing more than 1,000 Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers from Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd.
We know the continued availability of our products and services is essential to the ongoing viability of many of our customers’ and suppliers’ operations. Rest assured, we appreciate and prioritize these relationships.
Longi Solar has ordered Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers valued at $100 million USD from Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd. This represents the third order of a significant number of growers in a year, since Longi began increasing its silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing capacity last spring.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) announces the release of software that will enhance automated melt gap management in the crystal growing process. This is the first of several planned enhancements to LCT’s Kayex Intelligent Crystal Control System (KICCS™).
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) is looking for manufacturer’s representatives in Japan and Southeast Asia to provide sales support of its Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers and diamond wire saws.
Engineers from Linton Crystal Technologies in Rochester, N.Y., will work with Longi to customize the growers to the company’s production and quality requirements.
The partnership was formed to develop a 4000 Gauss superconducting magnet for use with Linton’s KX320/300MCZR Czochralski (CZ) process crystal grower.
Linton Crystal Technologies (USA) and Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd. (China) have announced they will combine their sales departments to better serve customers and potential customers.
John Syring, senior sales and process engineer with Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT), will present an academic report at the International Academic Conference on Silicon and New Semiconductor Materials.
Linton Crystal Technologies has introduced its new KX360PV Czochralski (CZ) process crystal grower, optimized for ingot length greater than 4 meters. As with all Linton Crystal growers, the new machine can be tailored to meet customers’ specifications.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) has applied for a U.S. Letters Patent for an active cleaning vacuum system the company designed for silicon crystal growers.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) will introduce its patent-pending active cleaning vacuum system for silicon crystal growers at SEMICON West, from July 9 through 11 in San Francisco, California.
Linton Crystal Technologies’ KX320/300MCZR has been installed and is in operation in the company’s Research and Development Center. The KX320/300MCZR is a Czochralski (CZ) process crystal grower designed to meet growing market demands for a furnace capable of producing 300 mm crystals.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) announces it has signed a manufacturers’ representative agreement with International Marketing Corporation (IMC) in Mumbai, India.
This new generation of 300 mm furnace is state-of-the-art. It combines all of our newest hardware and software innovations in one system, including the latest melt-gap measurement and control.
Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd., the sales support partner of Linton Crystal Technologies received a significant equipment order from Longi Solar. Longi announced plans to increase its silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing capacity by roughly 12 GW and the new equipment will support that growth.
Ground was broken last month on a new, all-in-one facility for Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd., of Dalian, China. The new facility will replace the company’s existing campus of buildings in Dalian to integrate administrative, research and development, and manufacturing functions under one roof.
On February 14, Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd., of Dalian, China, and Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) of Rochester, N.Y., celebrated the launch of a new Research and Development Center with the successful growth of a 4-meter crystal.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) offers a hardware retrofit for older Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers that rely on MS-DOS based control software.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) has successfully performed the first live test of software that will enhance automated melt gap management in the crystal growing process. Anticipated to be released early in 2019, this is the first of several planned enhancements to LCT’s Kayex Intelligent Crystal Control System (KICCS™).
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) has recently hired Doug Hand as inside sales coordinator to support its parts department, which has seen continued annual growth.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) is now backing the frames and chambers of its Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers with a five-year warranty.
KX320/600 capable of growing crystals up to 600 mm in diameter
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) introduces the KX320MCZR/300, a Czochralski (CZ) process crystal grower designed to meet growing market demands for a furnace capable of producing 300 mm crystals.
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) has enhanced its pre- and post-sale service offerings in support of its Czochralski (CZ) process crystal growers.
Rochester, NY—Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) will introduce the KX320MCZR/300 a 300mm Ingot Growing System and the KX240MCZR a 200 mm/300 mm Ingot Growing System at Semicon West 2018, from July 10 through 12 in San Franscisco, California.
