Semiconductor manufacturing process:semiconductor manufacturing system parts cleaning

It is common in semiconductor manufacturing facilities to outsource chemical cleaning of semiconductor manufacturing system parts. But…

Issues of chemical cleaning outsourcing

  1. Need to procure sufficient extra parts in stock depend on delivery lead time.
  2. Troublesome inspection upon shipping/receipt.
  3. High cleaning cost

Our dry ice blast cleaner "SUPERBLAST" realizes ultra clean and damage-free (surface of anodized/splayed layer) cleaning

Practical application of dry ice blast cleaner "SUPERBLAST"...

Example of optimized cleaning of particle and small hole which is unable to be perfectly cleaned by chemical.

Alumina part

Alumina part

Before cleaning

Before cleaning

After chemical cleaned

After chemical cleaned

After cleaning
by SUPERBLAST

After cleaning by SUPERBLAST

Part with small through halls

Part with small through halls

Before cleaning

Before cleaning

After chemical cleaned

After chemical cleaned

After cleaning
by SUPERBLAST

After cleaning by SUPERBLAST

Merit as a result

By changing cleaning mode of vacuum equipment parts from chemical, reduction of dummy runtime was achieved and it led to reduction of re-setup time of production line.

Glaph of Particle count according to time

Our original dry ice blast cleaning system "SUPERBLAST" enables removal of remained particles on surface of fine ceramics and deep/narrow part (small hall, slit) of shower plate by applying unique method to blast crushed powder dry ice.