Equipment Acquisition Resources - Fabrication and Finishing Equipment for Crystalline Materials

Equipment Acquisition Resources, Inc. (E.A.R.) is one of the world's largest suppliers of lappers, polishers, slicers, grinders and dicing saws for crystalline materials. Our remanufactured equipment out-performs even new machines in finishing accuracy and attainable material thinness.

If precision is vital and material saving is critical, we invite you to step into our universe of affordable machines redesigned to achieve both. At E.A.R., our equipment systems are a cut above the norm, essential to the rigorous demands of superconductor fabrication.

We also offer a complete process development program, which includes R&D, for the successful completion of your specific application. We will also contract for the production of your product after successful development thereof. Our facilities include clean room operations for application testing, 50,000ft² of complete rebuilding areas, and more than 20,000ft² of showroom area.

At E.A.R., we aggressively purchase complete and entire plants that have been shut down. In so doing, we are able to offer a wide array of machines as well as test equipment. We invite you to offer us any and all surplus equipment you may have, and we help our customers by actively taking surplus equipment in on trade when available.

SAWS AND SLICING EQUIPMENT

In the area of slicing equipment, we offer the following pre-owned brands of equipment by manufacturer: Meyer Burger ID saws and OD slicers; STC ID saws; MTI slicers; ITI slicers; load point slicers and Meyer Burger slurry saws.

We have a comprehensive supply of spare parts for all slicing and sawing equipment.

DICING SAWS

For dicing saws, the following equipment is always offered from our large inventory: Disco dicing saws; K+S dicing saws; Microautomation dicing saws; MTI dicing saws and TSK dicing saws.

We stock complete parts for all of our dicing saws and 24/7 technical support accompanies every saw we sell from our highly trained staff of factory-trained engineers.

BACKGRINDERS, INGOT GRINDERS, EDGE GRINDERS AND STONE GRINDERS

E.A.R. offers the following grinding equipment and related systems:

• Disco fully automatic backgrinders
• Strasbaugh fully automatic backgrinders
• GMN backgrinders - manual and fully automatic
• Dover flat grinders
• Mitchell ingot grinders
• UEDA ingot grinders
• Speedfam edge grinders / polishers
• TSK edge grinders
• Strasbaugh edge grinders and profilers
• Daichi edge grinders and profilers
• Speedfam double-sided stone grinders
• Peter Wolters double-sided fine grinders

SINGLE-SIDED AND DOUBLE-SIDED LAPPING EQUIPMENT

• Speedfam double-sided and single-sided lappers
• Peter Wolters double-sided and single-sided lappers
• Hoffman double-sided and single-sided lappers
• Spitfire double-sided and single-sided lappers
• Hyprez lappers
• Crane lapmasters
• System Seiko double-sided lappers

At E.A.R., we also offer complete 24/7 service, technical assistance, product development, parts, PM contracts, as well as full warranties accompanying each lapping machine.

POLISHING EQUIPMENT FOR SUPERCONDUCTOR FABRICATION

In the field of polishing equipment, we offer the following: Speedfam double-sided and single-sided polishers; Peter Wolters double-sided and single-sided polishers; Hoffman double-sided polishers; Spitfire double-sided and single-sided polishers; LOH polishers; Beuhler polishers; Engis / Hyprez polishers, Crane polishers and Logitech polishers.

We offer full service and support on all polishers, as with all systems and equipment

E.A.R. - WORLD-CLASS CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS

Our warranty is unmatched anywhere, as it includes a full purchase price return privilege. Worldwide installation services are also part of the E.A.R. Worldwide Services Program. E.A.R.'s Financial Service Division offers turnkey financing for equipment acquisitions if requested by its customers. We offer a wide choice of financing options from leasing to direct financing.

If you are seeking the finest money making world-class equipment and services for crystalline material applications, E.A.R. invites you to discover our world of products and services.

Please consider us for success in your applications. With more than 30 years of experience, our team is capable of any application solution.