Semiconductor manufacturing involves harsh chemicals, exacting high-purity requirements and resistance to electrical shock, as well as cost effectiveness. Performance plastics deliver low outgassing, chemical inertness and static-dissipative properties for the cleanroom.
Applications
- Tanks (water, chemical, fuel)
- Semiconductor device test sockets
- Circuit boards
- High temperature components
- Integrated circuit chip carriers
- High-purity piping systems
- Semiconductor trays and boxes
- Electrical insulators
- Chemical tanks
- Piping components — valves, fittings, pipe, tubing, filtration elements
- Wafer handling parts
- Wet benches and work stations
- Microelectronics
- Flexible tubing
- Components used to control static electricity
- Ultrapure water systems
- Vacuum wand tips
- Waste transfer lines
Advantages May Include
- Lightweight
- Abrasion resistant in polishing slurries
- Resistant to corrosive acids
- Inert to common process chemicals
- Low outgassing characteristics
- Minimal contamination to flow
- Perform well in extreme heat; nonflammable
- Static dissipative properties
- Sophisticated joining minimizes/eliminates joint contamination
- Cost effective
- Electrical insulating properties
- Low particle generation in bearing and wear applications
Materials
- Acetal (POM)
- Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
- Ethylene-Chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE)
- Ethylene-Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE)
- Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
- Perfluoroalkoxy (PFA)
- Polyamide-Imide (PAI)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyetherimide (PEI)
- Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
- Polyphenylene Ether (PPE)
- Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polysulfone (PSU)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF)
- Polyimide (PI)
Sustainability Advantages of Performance Plastics
99%+
Single-use cleanroom materials — garments, hairnets, gloves, boot covers — are recycled into benches, chairs and bulk plastics. More than 99% of this manufacturing waste is diverted from landfills.
Source: terrauniversal.com
100%
High-purity 100% homopolymer PVDF is non-leaching and does not support biological impurity growth, making it suitable for high and ultrapure applications.
Source: processengineer.com
$4 Billion
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) costs the industry over US$4 billion in lost profits yearly, with ~25% of component failures attributed to ESD. Static-dissipative plastics cut ESD events, saving billions.
Source: aiplastics.com
Hygienic
A durable plastic pallet is more hygienic than a wood pallet and can be sanitized and kept in nearly microbe-free storage during transportation.
Source: igps.net
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