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title: AMST case study
description: Case study demonstrates how PACs automated semiconductor tooling systems like the MVD300 invented by Applied Microstructures.
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## Case Study: PACs Automate Semiconductor Tooling

### How do you control coatings on a device the width of a human hair?

Ultra-tiny micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) provide key capabilities in phones, cars, drones, and medical sensors. And MEMS manufacturers rely on **Applied Microstructures** (AMST) for specialized machines and processes to manufacture these parts, which continue to shrink in size.

![AMST's MVD300 molecular deposition system](https://info.opto22.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MVD300E-8B_cropped_resized_300dpi-1.jpg?width=320&name=MVD300E-8B_cropped_resized_300dpi-1.jpg "AMST's MVD300 molecular deposition system")When AMST analyzed controllers for their flagship molecular vapor deposition (MVD) system, they needed to:

- Include built-in communication and networking flexibility
- Save space in the system while providing options for future improvements
- Provide customers with fast reconfiguration, to run different coating jobs and move parts into and through the process

Read how they did it in this **case study.** 

 

 

 

 

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