Semiconductor
6 Key Challenges for FSEs Supporting Implant Equipment in Fabs
Supporting implant equipment in fabs and cleanroom environments requires a unique combination of technical expertise, problem-solving skills and an...
Key Considerations for Moving and Installing Cleanroom Equipment
Moving and installing high-technology equipment is always a challenging task, but when you add a cleanroom environment to the mix, things get even...
Maximising Semiconductor Equipment Uptime: 5 Key Maintenance Tips
In semiconductor manufacturing, even brief equipment downtime can have serious consequences, from missed production deadlines to increased...
Best Practices for Decontaminating an Ion Implanter for Removal
If you’re moving or relocating an ion implanter - particularly one that’s been in use for an extended period - it’s absolutely critical that you...
Commissioning High-Technology Capital Equipment: An Expert’s Guide
You’ve spent the past few weeks relocating, installing and setting up a piece of high-technology capital equipment.
Making Impossible Possible: Life of a Travelling Installation Engineer
Installation engineers, like me, experience life in a very unique way.
How To Design and Install a Structural Machine Base
Using a well-made structural machine base versus a substandard base can be a matter of life or death for precision tools like lithography, metrology...
What are the SEMI Packing Standards?
How a semiconductor tool is packed directly influences its long-term performance, longevity and reliability.
4 Expert Tips for Export Packing Semiconductor Equipment
We’ve worked with complex, business-critical semiconductor equipment since 1991. And in that time, we’ve worked with some of the world’s most...
How IES FSEs Support Fabs to Keep Tools Running
Semiconductor fabs thrive on optimisation. From minimising downtime to increasing the lifespan of tools and upping output levels – chipmakers have a...
Specialist Engineer Brian Fletcher’s 5 Expert Tips for Factory De-installations
Factory de-installations are never simple. But they’re a lot easier when you do them right.
Semiconductor Equipment and Process Training from IES
IES offers a variety of courses that cover a wide range of topics central to the semiconductor industry.