Manual Equipment

Introduction

Bold Technologies' custom manual wet stations are designed with simplicity in mind. The stations are easy to service and require low maintenance resulting in high uptime. The modular design of each component allows for quick access for cleaning or servicing.

Every stations goes through a customer approval design stage, high quality manufacturing stage with quality control checks throughout the process, and final testing with 18 Meg Ohm DI water.

During final testing customers are invited to come for a source inspection of their station.

Features

The station shell is constructed of white polypropylene. Other construction materials that we use to meet EH&S requirements include fire retardant polypropylene, CPVC, 304 or 316 stainless steel.

For poly shell construction, a special single-pass extrusion welded plenums that equals a nine bead weld maintains maximum plastic strength. Each time you lay a weld the plastic is being heated and cooled, typically a triple-weld is used in plenum areas, during the heating and cooling process the plastic oxidizes becomes more vulnerable to chemical attack and premature failure. The extrusion weld only requires one pass thus ensuring many years of solid performance from Bold Technologies' equipment.

N2 purged headcasing, sealed electrical chaseways, and acid and solvent resistant coverings are used to protect electrical components and process controls from the harsh environment. Front panel switches are conveniently place for remote start/stop and reset process control.

All process components and controls are modular enabling our customers to quickly retrofit to meet changing process requirements.

The station can be configured as a front access or a rear access. In a front access station all electrical and plumbing maintenance is done from the clean room side of the station; a rear access station all maintenance is accomplished in the service chase.

Stations can be configured to accommodate all wafer sizes with single or dual cassette capacity. Exhaust can be configured for updraft or downdraft that includes a manual damper. Optional automatic exhaust dampers can be supplied; automatic dampers are used to maintain constant air velocity. The 360 ° exhaust bezels with adjustable slotted exhaust also improves laminar air handling and ensures complete capture of chemical vapors. Face and side safety shields are utilized to further protect the operator.