Manufacturing printed circuit boards (PCBs) requires precise plating bath control to achieve optimal plating. Industry leader ECI teamed up with ION Design to redesign their CVS analyzer from the ground up. The new QualiLab ELITE delivers the analytical precision and speed needed for controlling PCB and other advanced plating applications.

A modular system architecture which can be configured according to a variety of industry applications, ION’s primary challenge was to visually unify the various disparate elements of the instrument into a coherent platform. In addition to the industrial design and mechanical engineering of the housings, ION also addressed specific usability requirements, including the mechanism of the swappable probe head, sample collection, and servicing of the instrument chemistry.