STREAMLINE II DVD R - Singulus Technologies AG

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NEWS MAGAZINE FOR OUR BUSINESS FRIENDS 

ISSUE 25 MAY 2004 

STREAMLINE II DVD R – 

Advanced Production System for all Recordable DVD-Formats 

DVDR manufacturing enters into its 

second phase in terms of both 

technological demand and productivity. 

Sound understanding of all process 

parameters, a fast technology transfer 

and the availability of newest stampers, 

dye and drives as well as an up-to-date 

production system are essential to compete 

in that tempting market. 

The production of recordable DVD is on 

a transition from mainly technology 

driven manufacturing of an emerging 

new optical data storage format towards 

cost driven mass production of the meanwhile 

mature and well accepted recording 

media DVD-R (G) and DVD+R. The disc 

sales price, however, can remain on an 

attractive level as long as always the 

newest high-end products with the 

fastest recording speed are produced 

and as long as the disc quality meets the 

highest quality standards. Today, 4x 

recording speed is a commodity and 8x 

recording speed is standard for DVD+R 

and DVD-R, while 16x recording speed is 

announced for DVD+R in the second half 

of this year. 

On the other hand, the disc production 

costs can be significantly lowered using 

a reliable and highly productive DVDR 

manufacturing system of the newest 

generation. The STREAMLINE II from 

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is the first 

system dedicated to the economical 

mass production of high performance 

DVD+R and DVD-R. 

Extremely reproducible and stable in 

operation, the new, fast STREAMLINE II is 

a result of our profound R&D activities 

in all multiply interacting process areas 

from mastering via molding and dye 

technology towards metallization and 

bonding. Those research activities 

generate the expertise to design reliable 

and highly productive machines, to react 

quickly to new technological challenges 

and to extract all necessary production 

knowledge within shortest time to 

establish a continuous technology 

transfer into the disc production 

facilities. 

Also in this Issue: n STREAMLINE II DVD R / CD-R n SPACELINE II n SINGULUS MASTERING 

n New Business Segments n Targets and Masks

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SINGULUS is a young company with a remarkable success story. Founded in 1995, producing only a stand-alone CD metallizer, the company grew to become the world's leading su 

The STREAMLINE II DVD R is prepared for 

a downstream cycle time of well below 

3 seconds. 

Its modular design allows generally the 

implementation of different options - 

even buffers and a third injection 

molding machine can be integrated. 

However, to maintain a high level of 

production stability and disc quality, 

we can recommend only an inline system 

with two injection molding machines, 

both running symmetrically with 

equivalent process conditions. 

Extensive use of servo drives all over the 

machine guarantees reliable and stable 

operation with consistent results and a 

high production uptime. 

Thermal equilibrium throughout the 

replication line, fast mechanical disc 

stabilization with help of spin-coolers, a 

fully integrated process air conditioning 

unit, a fast and homogeneous radiation 

drying station with tilt control, uniform 

sputtering throughout the target 

lifetime, conditioning steps to relax 

tensions after drying and metallizing, 

STREAMLINE II CD-R 

Mass Production System for CD-R 

The STREAMLINE II CD-R is a new, fast 

and reliable manufacturing system for 

recordable CD. Taking advantage of the 

many years of production experience 

SINGULUS acquired with the popular 

first STREAMLINE, the new STREAMLINE 

II is designed for the integration of three 

injection molding machines and offers a 

downstream cycle time potential of less 

than 1.5 seconds. 

Extremely reproducible and stable in 

operation, the fast STREAMLINE II is 

again a result of our profound R&D 

activities in all multiply interacting 

process areas from mastering via 

molding and dye technology towards 

metallization and bonding. Those 

research activities generate the 

expertise to design reliable and highly 

a thermally balanced bonding station 

and a UV curing station with tilt 

compensation and advanced excentricity 

control all contribute to high production 

yield, superior disc quality and stability 

for actual and future recording speeds. 

Beyond that, the modular STREAMLINE II 

DVD R is already prepared for the integration 

of all hardware and processes 

necessary to produce all dual layer 

recordable DVD formats. 

productive machines and to react quickly 

to new technological challenges. The 

modular design of the STREAMLINE II 

allows the integration of different 

options like buffer stations in the feedin 

and finishing area or a laser disc 

marker.

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pplier of CD and DVD inline manufacturing equipment. This success came from a dedicated focus on the optical disc market and innovate R&D leading to new proprietary technologies 

SPACELINE II 

The new Replication Line for all prerecorded DVD Formats 

We took the results and experience 

gained from the installation of over 600 

DVD production systems worldwide and 

built a new, better system. 

As the leading supplier of replication 

equipment for CD and DVD SINGULUS 

TECHNOLOGIES presented at the 

Replitech USA 1997 the first DVD in-line 

replication system wordwide available. 

The SPACELINE is dedicated to the 

replication of all DVD formats: DVD 9, 

DVD 5 and DVD 10 as well as DVD [plus]© 

and SACD. 

Since that time over 600 DVD production 

systems worldwide from SINGULUS 

TECHNOLOGIES work day in day out in 

the production of DVD. The SINGULUS 

replication line SPACELINE is now 

replaced by its next generation. With the 

introduction of the new SPACELINE II, 

SINGULUS reacts to the market demand 

to have a faster, smaller and smarter line 

to meet best cost efficiency and a high 

daily output. 

While the cycle time for the DVD system 

has been reduced from 3 seconds to 

2.5 seconds, it incorporates the potential 

for additional improvements. The 

new machine provide an average daily 

production rate of up to 30,000 Discs 

and sets the future benchmark in 

DVD replication again, a new generation 

of components allowing enhanced 

functionality, are used in combination 

with highly improved ergonomics. This 

second generation of a full automatic 

DVD replication line is following the 

philosophy for the utilization of the 

most advanced and reliable servomotors 

available today. These drives of course 

are supported by extremely precise gear 

boxes. 

Generally SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG 

places its focus on this new line to reach 

the highest productivity in the market. 

To achieve these targets the molding 

equipment has to be chosen accordingly. 

Therefore SINGULUS recommends using 

the latest versions of high speed 

molding machines like EMOULD S2000, 

SUMITOMO SD40 or NETSTAL EJET in 

relation with an adequate set of DVD 

molds. 

The design of the new SPACELINE II is 

prepared to future emerging DVD 

formats and represents therefore the 

optimum for all pre-recorded DVD 

formats.

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SINGULUS is a young company with a remarkable success story. Founded in 1995, producing only a stand-alone CD metallizer, the company grew to become the world's leading sup 

SINGULUS MASTERING – 

Well prepared 

for the future 

It is our experience from many years in 

the optical disc business, that mastering 

is a key production step and that control 

of this technology is decisive for being 

a frontrunner in the industry. More 

and more customers chose to buy both 

replication and mastering equipment 

out of one hand. Therefore in 2001 

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES acquired OMP 

BV in Best, The Netherlands as a first 

step. 

A second important decision was the 

acquisition of ODME Mastering effective 

Jan 1st, 2004 as a further step to 

prepare for the future generation of 

optical disc formats. Under the name 

SINGULUS MASTERING the companies 

SINGULUS OMP and ODME have been 

united. This youngest member of the 

SINGULUS group incorporates unique 

competence and experience as well as 

a complete product portfolio for all 

existing mastering applications. Hans 

Ebinger together with Chris Boomaars 

will manage SINGULUS MASTERING. 

The former President of OMP, 

Dr. Hans Ebinger, who joined SINGULUS 

TECHNOLOGIES in 1997 to develop 

the multilayer sputtering machine 

MODULUS and to lead SINGULUS 

move into the rewritable optical disc 

formats serves as Chief Operations 

Officer. Chris Boomaars as Executive


plier of CD and DVD inline manufacturing equipment. This success came from a dedicated focus on the optical disc market and innovate R&D leading to new proprietary technologies. 

Vice President Marketing & Sales. Chris 

has been Managing Director for all 

mastering related products at ODME and 

works since 1989 in the industry. 

While CD and DVD were only replacing 

existing analogue technology for music 

or video storage, now a complete 

new generation of consumer electronic 

equipment is approaching. HDTV 

channels will broadcast high resolution 

video content, to be viewed on 

large screen monitors combined with 

surround sound. These components will 

form a home theatre with an entirely 

new level of audio-visual entertainment. 

Two formats, Blu Ray Disc and HD-DVD 

are competing to serve as the associated 

optical disc storage medium. 

SINGULUS MASTERING can already 

today offer the required mastering 

equipment for blue laser discs. In 

cooperation with PHILIPS since the late 

90s, a special high precision mastering 

system was developed. It was discovered, 

that Deep UV light, readily available 

with ample power in form of frequency 

doubled gas lasers, would be more than 

sufficient to achieve the 15 GB for 

HD-DVD or the up to 27 GB for Blu Ray 

Disc. This is a most important finding, 

as the 25 year experience of optical 

photoresist glass mastering is now 

applicable also for the next generation 

of optical discs. Indeed, the major 

players today consider to do their next 

generation mastering by means of light 

optics. 

Today seven Deep UV recorders are 

operating successfully in leading 

laboratories around the world and a lot 

of experience has been collected. Many 

of the disc samples in the current 

format test phase are mastered on our 

system. 

Meanwhile development work continues 

to push the limits of the Deep UV 

system even further. A special trick, the 

filling of the air gap between focusing 

lens and substrate with a liquid, allows 

to increase the numerical aperture of 

the system substantially and therefore 

reduces the writing spot size. 

Over the coming years high density blue 

laser optical storage will make its way 

from the development laboratory to the 

consumer living room. New generation 

production equipment will be employed 

to manufacture these discs and there 

is certainly still a lot of development 

work to be done. Nevertheless, SINGULUS 

MASTERING is well positioned to 

support the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES 

group as well as our customers with the 

required mastering technology.

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SINGULUS is a young company with a remarkable success story. Founded in 1995, producing only a stand-alone CD metallizer, the company grew to become the world's leading sup 

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES – 

Business Models must be enhanced 

The long-range goal of SINGULUS 

TECHNOLOGIES is becoming the globally 

synonymous with innovative systems 

and machines centered around select, 

highly-profitable areas of application in 

vacuum thin film technology. 

Our reasoning is apparent: Technologybased 

business models have relatively 

typical life cycles. This holds true for the 

demand for optical data storage media 

from the CD to the current DVD to the 

emerging Blu-Ray disc, and to the 

profitability of the businesses to which 

they are tied. Despite the dynamic 

development of the DVD market, the 

technology itself is mature and the 

markets for DVD manufacturers, i.e., 

replicators, are in the midst of a 

consolidation trend. Nevertheless, the 

TIMARIS – 

TMR Deposition System for MRAM-Wafers 

Two years after the announcement of 

our technological venture into new 

areas of application, we can look back 

on the considerable progress made. Our 

TMR technology, which SINGULUS has 

worked tirelessly on since the beginning 

of 2002, has passed all trial runs and 

sample coatings successfully. Our 

advanced technological position in the 

field of vacuum thin film technology, 

which was derived from our core 

business and largely patented, made 

possible the transition from our core 

business into an entirely new arena: 

current growth in the DVD market is 

extraordinarily dynamic. 

The new DVD recordable (DVD±R) and 

rewritable (DVD±RW/DVD-RAM) formats 

provide additional growth, and the third 

generation of optical-data-storage 

media (Blu-Ray, HD-DVD) will be 

accelerated by the introduction of 

digital high-definition television in 

Japan and the U.S. 

MRAM (magnetic-randomaccessmemory) 

technology! MRAM uses 

magnetic elements for the storage of 

data bits instead of an electrical charge. 

SINGULUS systems will become an 

important link in the value-added chain 

of supply for this new technology.


plier of CD and DVD inline manufacturing equipment. This success came from a dedicated focus on the optical disc market and innovate R&D leading to new proprietary technologies. 

OPTICUS – 

Inline Coating System for Ophthalmic Lenses 

The companyís second new business 

domain is ophthalmic lens coating. This 

involves the precise yet economical 

application of scratch-resistant and 

optically functional layers, i.e., vacuum 

layering systems that are much 

more cost-effective than conventional 

systems. 

1 Shaping. 

2 Cleaning. ➔ 

BATCH PRODUCTION. Yesterday 

Technology for Ophthalmic Lens Production. 

3 Hard Coating. 

4 Drying. 

5 Tempering. 

6 AR Coating. (Front side) 

7 AR Coating. (Back side) 

8 Hydrophobic 

Coating. 

In close cooperation with our key 

customer Rupp+Hubrach, a renowned 

manufacturer of eyeglass lenses within 

the ESSILOR group, an in line coating 

andsystems technology was developed 

for single substrates in which hard as 

well as multiple AR coatings are applied 

Process Time for Refinement: ~6-8 Hours 

9 Quality Control. 

exclusively by means of vacuum thin 

film technology. This new combination 

of processing stages in the coating of 

ophthalmic lenses represents a true 

innovation and provides substantial 

benefits to customers. 

INLINE PRODUCTION. Today 

Fully Automated Refinement of Eyeglass Lenses. 

Process Time for Refinement: ~30 Minutes 

1 Shaping. 

2 Cleaning. ➔ 

3 Hard Coating. 

4 AR Coating. 

5 Hydrophobic Coating. 

6 Quality Control. 

SMART SOLUTIONS TO DRIVE THE FUTURE.

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Targets and Masks – 

at SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG 

SINGULUS offers Targets and Masks tailormade 

for all SINGULUS lines for optimized 

performance and target lifetime. Targets 

are available for all formats such as CD, 

DVD, CDR, DVDR and RW-formats. 

Take advantage of Target materials that 

meet highest quality standards and target 

lifetime as well as masks from special 

copper and Copper alloy material that 

guarantee high adhesion to sputtered 

materials and stable production processes. 

Buy ”the original” Targets and Masks from 

the machine manufacturer to ensure 

you always work with latest technology 

materials. 

Our experts Sabine Brechtl ext. –154 and 

Tanja Hinkel ext. –132 are pleased to 

provide more information. 

Sabine Brechtl 

Tanja Hinkel 

Headquarters 

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG 

Hanauer Landstrasse 103, 

D-63796 Kahl, Germany 

Phone: +49 - 61 88 - 440 - 0 

Fax: +49 - 61 88 - 440 - 110 

E-mail: sales@singulus.de 

Internet: www.singulus.de 

High Performance– CRETA (Corrosive 

Resistant Target) for 

SPACELINE II 

Starting with June 2004 the SINGULUS 

TECHNOLOGIES AG introduces CRETA 

(Corrosive REsistant TArget). This new 

designed silver Target offers up to 

550.000 semitransparent DVD9 silver 

coatings. Stable and consistent layer 

uniformity is performed throughout the 

Target life. The patented silver alloy is 

proven with a variety of commercial 

bonding resins. With a short data 

upgrade the CRETA Target can be used 

on all Singulus production equipment, 

dedicated for DVD9 silver production. 

> For further details please feel free to 

contact our Target division Sabine 

Brechtl or Tanja Hinkel. 

Associated Companies: 

Germany: Netherlands: 

SINGULUS EMOULD GmbH SINGULUS MASTERING B.V. 

St.-Jobser-Strasse 52, D-52146 Würselen Marinus v. Meelweg 2 

Phone: +49 - 24 05 - 60 19 - 0 5657 EN Eindhoven 

Fax: +49 - 24 05 - 60 19 - 99 Phone: +31 - 40 7501 - 400 

E-Mail: sales@emould.de Fax: +31 - 40 7501 - 409 

E-Mail: info@singulus.nl 

Internet: www.singulus.nl 

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Subsidiaries 

France | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES France 

Tel.: +33-4758-6 09 54, Fax: +33-4758-6 09 55 

e-mail: singulus@club-internet.fr 

Great Britain | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES UK Ltd. 

Tel.: +44-1793-78 42 00, Fax: +44-17 93-78 42 22 

e-mail: singulus_uk@msn.com 

Italy | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Italia s.r.l. 

Tel.: +39-071-7 93 03 12, Fax: +39-071-7 93 08 21 

e-mail: singulus.italia@fastnet.it 

Latin America | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Ltda. Latin America 

Tel.: +55-11-36 41 01 13, Fax: +55-11-36 41 14 46 

e-mail: latinamerica@singulus.com.br 

Singapore | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Asia Pacific 

Tel.: +65-67 41 19 12, Fax: +65-67 41 12 13 

e-mail: singulus@singnet.com.sg 

Spain | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Iberica 

Tel.: +34-93-6 75 00 25, Fax: +34-93-5 90 64 26 

e-mail: singulus@singulusib.com 

Taiwan | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Taiwan Ltd. 

Tel.: +886-2-87 51 20 15, Fax: +886-2-87 51 20 16 

e-mail: tony@singulus.com.tw 

United States/Canada | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Inc. 

Tel.: +1-860-683 80 00, Fax: +1-860-683 80 10 

e-mail: sales@singulus.com 

West-Coast Office | SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Inc. 

Tel.: +1-805-373 62 16, Fax: +1-805-371 74 33 

e-mail: sales@singulus.com 

Representatives 

AUSTRALIA OPTICRAFT MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES 

Tel.: +61-3-95 88 17-11, Fax: +61-3-95 88 13-111 

E-mail: info@opticraft.com.au 

BENELUX VACUUM ONLINE N.V. 

Tel.: +32-2-7 25 30 07, Fax: +32-2-7 25 51 11 

E-mail: vacuumonline@skynet.be 

BULGARIA SC-CONSULTING 

Tel.: + 359-2-9 67 25 00, Fax: +359-2-9 67 25 00 

CHINA SINGULUS VIKA China 

Tel.: +86-20-84 89 35 06, Fax:+86-20-84 89 35 07 

E-mail:vika@vika.com.hk 

CZECH REPUBLIC BATTENFELD SMID a spol., s.r.o Zastoupeni CR 

Tel.: +420-311-67 02 53, Fax: +420-311-67 07 95 

GREECE KEFALONITIS S.A. 

Tel.: +30-10-6 98 15 03, Fax: +30-10-6 91 34 19 

E-mail: costis@kefal.gr 

HONG KONG VIKA INTERNATIONAL Ltd. 

Tel.: +852-24 06 77 53, Fax: +852-28 96 03 47 

E-mail: ccl@vika.com.hk 

INDIA OPTICAL DISC TECHNOLOGIES 

Tel.: +91-22-4 30 76 14, Fax: +91-22-4 30 03 73 

E-mail: odt@bom5.vsnl.net.in 

JAPAN MEDIKEN Inc. 

Tel.: +81-3-54 70 98 01, Fax: +81-3-54 70 93 77 

E-mail: hyakusok@mediken.co.jp 

KOREA DAE JOO INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 

Tel.: +82-2-5 55 40 17, Fax: +82-2-5 53-60 76 

E-mail: daejoo@unitel.co.kr 

POLAND TADEUSZ PUPEK 

Tel.: +49-8104-352, Fax: +49-8104-352 

E-mail: t.pupek@t-online.de 

RUSSIA MASTERBATCH SV LTD. 

Tel.: +07-095-9 47 20 08, Fax: +07-095-9 47 20 34 

E-mail: mbatch@aha.ru 

SINGAPORE, TRADIANT MARKETING Pte Ltd. 

INDONESIA, MALAYSIA Tel.: +65-9816 5679, Fax: +65-545 6727 

E-Mail: tjboh@singnet.com.sg 

SWEDEN, MASKIN AB A. FRANSSON 

FINLAND AND NORWAY Tel.: +46-18-60 05 00, Fax: +46-18-60 05 01 

E-Mail: john.ericson@maskinfransson.se 

THAILAND DATRON THAI Co. Ltd. 

Tel.: +66-2-3 92 02 24/5/6, Fax: +66-2-3 81 29 71 

E-mail: solar@ksc15.th.com 

TURKEY MELTEM, MAKINA SANAYI VE TICARET Ltd. Sti. 

Tel.: +90-212-5 52 23 61, Fax: +90-212-5 52 96 70 

E-mail: meltemltd@turk.net

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