Advanced Device Handling Solutions for Today's Most Valuable Components
For more than 45 years, Gel-Pak has helped semiconductor, photonics, medical device, and electronics manufacturers improve yield, throughput, and product protection through innovative elastomer-based carriers and films. Our solutions are engineered to securely handle delicate devices throughout development, manufacturing, inspection, test, shipping, and storage.
Textured Device Carriers™
Universal Handling for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging
Gel-Pak's textured carrier technology uses engineered microtextured elastomers to securely hold devices without custom pockets, adhesives, or mechanical retention features. These universal carriers provide secure device immobilization while enabling fast, gentle release by hand or automated equipment.
Key Benefits
- Universal pocketless design accommodates multiple device sizes
- Eliminates lengthy tray tooling and customization
- Reduces device migration and handling-related damage
- Supports automated pick-and-place operations
- Improves throughput and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
- Ideal for advanced packaging, KGD, photonics, and heterogeneous integration applications
Products
- BTXF™ Textured Carriers
- WPX™ Zero Migration Carriers
- BMP3E™ Carriers for Bumped Devices
- Custom Textured Handling Solutions
Vacuum Release Carriers™
Automated Handling Without Device Damage
Vacuum Release Carriers provide secure retention for bare die and delicate devices while enabling automated pick-and-place operations. Designed for semiconductor manufacturing environments, VR technologies support efficient handling from development through high-volume manufacturing.
Ideal for:
- Bare die
- KGD operations
- Automated assembly
- Advanced packaging environments
Gel-Box / Gel-Tray / Gel-Slide
Traditional Device Carriers
The Industry Standard for Device Protection
Gel-Box®, Gel-Tray®, and Gel-Slide® products utilize Gel-Pak's proprietary elastomer technology to securely immobilize delicate components during shipping, storage, and handling. Available in multiple materials and tack levels, these products support applications ranging from photonics and MEMS to semiconductor devices and medical components.
Gel-Probe® Probe Card Cleaning Materials
Improve Test Accuracy and Extend Probe Card Life
Gel-Probe® cleaning materials are engineered to remove debris, oxides, and contamination from probe tips during wafer test operations. By maintaining cleaner probe contacts, manufacturers can improve test consistency, reduce false failures, extend probe card life, and minimize costly downtime. Gel-Probe solutions are used by semiconductor manufacturers worldwide to support high-yield test operations and advanced device technologies.
Key Benefits
- Removes contamination from probe tips and test contacts
- Improves contact consistency and test performance
- Extends probe card maintenance intervals
- Supports higher yield and reduced retest rates
- Compatible with a wide range of wafer test applications and probe technologies
- Available in multiple cleaning formats to meet specific process requirements
Product Families
Gel-Probe® Cleaning Sheets
Industry-proven elastomer cleaning materials designed for routine probe tip maintenance and contamination removal.
Gel-Probe® REFINE™ Probe Polishing Sheets
Advanced cleaning and polishing solution that helps remove stubborn contamination while maintaining probe performance and extending operational life.
Typical Applications
- Wafer sort
- Final test
- Memory devices
- Logic devices
- RF and high-frequency components
- Advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration test environments
Gel-Film®
Engineered Elastomer Films
Gel-Film® and Vertec® materials leverage Gel-Pak's expertise in custom elastomer development to support semiconductor manufacturing and high-performance industrial applications.
Applications include:
- Wafer backgrinding
- Wafer dicing
- Surface protection
- Inspection and test
- Advanced device processing
Available in silicone and non-silicone elastomer technologies customized to application requirements.
Membrane Boxes
The company offers a line membrane boxes that effectively suspend an object between two flexible membranes that conform to its shape and hold it in place.
Device Handling Accessories
Gel-Pak® offers a variety of accessories to be used with the Gel-Pak® product line including Vacuum Release Stations, Vacuum Hand Pumps, Pen-Vacs, clips for VR Trays and, protective foam and fabric, and plastic hinged boxes.
Gel-Pak Gem Boxes
Gem Boxes suspend gems in place by their facets, allowing light to penetrate from all angles, which adds to the brilliant display of the stone.
Why Gel-Pak?
- 45+ years of device handling innovation
- Proprietary silicone and non-silicone elastomer technologies
- Custom material development expertise
- Solutions for semiconductor, photonics, medical, aerospace, and electronics markets
- Global support for development through high-volume manufacturing
Protecting the World's Valuable Devices™