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The recent economic downturn surprisingly means a boon for the high tech production facility. The many Fab closures we have seen in the US have produced a glut of process equipment that has become available through various tool refurbishers. Additionally, since process work is slow in many areas, contractors are bidding tool installs at surprising [...]

When it comes to gas manifolds, there are several different kinds that are available. Depending upon the industry that you are in and the task at hand, you will have to select the appropriate manifold. Different manifolds have different features that can make changing out a tank much easier. If your business is looking for [...]

In our industry, one of our major safety concerns is having proper storage for various types of gases and other materials. The most common way in which we store various gases that we are not currently using or shipping out is in a temperature controlled warehouse. One gas, argon, was used on a regular basis [...]

I recently worked at a biotechnology firm that was setting up a short-term facility at an overseas location. We were opening up this facility relatively soon, but it was only meant to be used on a short term basis. Because it was intended to be a short-term facility, I did not wish to purchase new [...]

A reality of manufacturing chips or wafers of any kind is that some kind of inventory of dangerous gas must be kept on-hand and that the economics of employing all of it at once in an automatic gas cabinet are not that compelling. Consequently, gas that is either extremely flammable or otherwise corrosive and lethal [...]

Much of this blog has extolled the virtues of the modern-day gas cabinet. But the gas cabinet itself is little more than a locker on steroids: added security and safety features ensure that the gas within is well-guarded and well-monitored. The real brawn behind the operations of today’s gas cabinets are the gas panels that [...]

The old cliché goes that what’s good for morality and profitability in business rarely align. While honest business practices have shown us that this is far from true, there is one area in which doing the right thing is undoubtedly good for business, even to the sinister cynic: ensuring the safety of the work environment. [...]

Manufacturers of silicon technologies know how crucial gas delivery systems are to the production process. From the standpoint of safety, reliability, and cost, a sound delivery system can have huge repercussions on the scalability and profitability of operations. In a word, safer, more reliable, and less expensive delivery systems make it possible for manufacturers of [...]