Upgrading Used Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and Wet Benches

As long as existing semiconductor manufacturing equipment or wet benches are not near the end of their useful life, it is often more practical to upgrade them than to buy new equipment.

When the equipment experiences a downtime, it may be a good time to replace key components while the entire subsystems can be upgraded during scheduled maintenance to prevent further downtime. Upgrading and retrofitting the used equipment with new components as well as repairing their defective parts can result in extended useful life for wet benches and related equipment. Upgrades can also help further increase throughput, improve safety, ergonomics, ease of operations, and chemical delivery system performance. If you want your equipment to be able to handle larger wafer sizes, upgrades are also the way to go.

Modutek has many years of experience and expertise in upgrading existing wet benches and other related equipment -- whether it's their own or from another manufacturer. Among the equipment upgrades Modutek can provide:

·         Identifying and replacing defective or obsolete parts with new or retrofitted components

·         Updating robotics, baths, and wet etching components

·         Upgrading motion controls and software

·         Redesigning and improving systems within an existing footprint

·         Re-conditioning existing systems to improve performance

Upgrading brings a lot of benefits, including the opportunity to upgrade semiconductor fabrication equipment from manual to semi-automatic or a fully automatic configuration to improve consistency and reduce operational errors. Modutek can determine whether such upgrades or retrofits are feasible by evaluating the performance of their older models (or units from some other manufacturers) and then performing the appropriate work.

For more information, please read the complete article titled “Upgrading Used Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and Wet Benches”. If you have additional questions or would like to discuss your specific needs, call 408-362-2000.