Professional development training course

INTRODUCTION
Seals are often taken for granted at the design stage of complex equipment but are frequently identified as being responsible for failure in critical sealing applications. A sound understanding of the complex factors involved in successful sealing is essential for people who specify, design, manage, operate or maintain equipment in the semiconductor industry.

This professional development course takes the format of an interactive workshop and is tailored specifically to the requirements of the delegates attending. It is based on disciplines such as mechanical design, physical properties, thermal expansion, chemical resistance, purity and plasma resistance. All of these factors are considered during the course and how they effect the decision making process with regard to types of seal, seal materials and sealing applications. This allows a forum for discussion on individual sealing issues, which are used as real-life case studies during course.

COURSE AIM
The course will focus on real-life applications. Its aim is to ensure all participants acquire a fundamental understanding of elastomer sealing technology and design within the Semiconductor Industry. The course will include case studies with practical suggestions on implementing improvements to the delegates own applications.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the training seminar, delegates will be able to:

• Define the range of elastomers available and understand their inherent strengths and weaknesses.
• Ask appropriate questions of seal manufacturers in order to compare and evaluate the suitability of elastomer materials.
• Assess material specifications for suitability and specify the optimum elastomer material for any given application.
• Calculate optimum O-ring and seal sizes to fit existing hardware.
• Design optimum new hardware for seal applications to improve semiconductor equipment performance.
• Identify and diagnose potential sealing problems early thereby reducing any possible downtime.
• Specify the causes of seal failure and take appropriate action to eliminate future occurrences and potential warranty claims .
• Extend preventative maintenance (PM) cycles.
• Understand how to achieve cost savings by informed seal material selection, avoiding over-specification.
• Estimate how differences in service environment may affect seal performance.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This training seminar is designed for;

• Project and Design Engineers
• Semiconductor Wafer Production & Maintenance Engineers
• Technical staff and Program Managers
• Quality Managers and Engineers
• Business and Operational Managers

PERSONAL IMPACT
Attendance at the training seminar will result in individuals developing their knowledge, understanding and skills in various aspects of elastomer technology, seal design and how they impact on applications they are involved with. Delegates will be able take this knowledge and apply it in their day-to-day activities to achieve cost savings, more robust designs and display to their own customers a greater depth of knowledge.

The seminar is based on a combination of interactive activities - group and individual exercises, case studies, hands-on problem solving tasks and discussions - along with formal technical input from the course trainers. Each delegate recieves a certificate of attendance and a course handbook which provides a valuable source of information for future reference.

Download the semiconductor course outline (PDF)

To enrol on this course or for more information please contact us for more details.

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