Hy Li Wang We have the same Maskaligner and we do use sometimes similar transparency on glass masks. If we have this vacuum loss, we try another glass or we try to turn the glas upside down. Some or our 5" glass plates do not work at all. (Maybe scratches or surface is not flat enough.) So just try another glass plate. Greetings Stefan -----Original Message----- From: Li Wang [mailto:liw@andrew.cmu.edu] Sent: Dienstag, 26. August 2003 23:43 To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Subject: [mems-talk] problem with the mask aligner Hi everyone, I met a problem when I use the mask aligner. The aligner is Karl Suss MA6. It's pretty new one. The mask is a glass plate with transparency sheet on. The problem is that I can't hold the mask. It always say that mask vacuum is off. I checked the pipe and connection and they are sealed well. The only problem is the sealing between the mask and chunk. I tried to press the mask but still had the same problem. It seems the chunk design from the manufacturer has some problem. But I doubt it. Are there anyone who had this kind of problem before? Thanks Li Wang Carnegie Mellon University 412-2682514 _______________________________________________ MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/