|
Welcome
to Rhetech ADVANTAGE™.
Advantage is a quarterly publication of Rhetech, Inc.
| In
this edition… |
|
Case
History: Learn how one Rhetech customer is saving over
a million dollars in capital acquisition costs…
|
 |
| Restoration
Time? Look over our new checklist and see how your Spray
Solvent or Spray Acid Tool measures up… |
|
| Hot
Stock : Spectrum tools for high volume polymer removal… |
|
|
Semicon West 2006
Check out our booth in the South Hall, Booth #2239. See a
300 mm SRD in action!
|
|
|
And,
as always, Frequently Asked Questions …
|
|
Could
you use an additional million dollars for capital acquisition?
|
That's what one Rhetech customer is saving as they conclude
a three tool acquisition program. Later this year, Rhetech will
deliver to this North American IDM its third Equinox
ECD™plating tool. Unique aspects of this program include:
|
|
- It
was a joint Semitool-Rhetech effort that delivered a mix
of new and remanufactured tools, on-site tool modifications,
and an integrated on-site service support contract.
|
|
- It
included Semitool process support, which provided the customer
a benchmark to assess their own in-house process development
results.
- It
provided separate tools for gold, silver, and copper plating,
all for high volume manufacturing.
And
the bottom line: compared with the price of new tools,
this customer saved over a million dollars in capital costs.
|
|
Restoration or Repairs - What's the Answer?
It's
about money. A poorly performing spray tool eats money - with
high downtime, poor yield, and excessive maintenance costs.
It can even push out product deliveries and hurt your credibility
with your customers.
The question is this: Should you invest in the time and expense
to fully restore your Semitool spray tool - or is on-site
repair a better alternative?
|
|
Rhetech
has developed a short checklist to help you make that decision.
Our Spray
Tool Operating Checklist is a one page, easy to use guide
that can be completed in less than five minutes by a maintenance
technician or service engineer. It's based on the idea that
a combination of factors drive should drive your repair and
restoration decisions:
- A
tool in good operating condition, but is nonetheless delivering
poor yields, is probably being impacted by one or two easy
to diagnose and repair problems. On-site repair is indicated.
-
A tool in poor operating condition and delivering poor yields
and uptime is normally a good candidate for restoration.
There's no guarantee that significant on-site repair work
will get to the root cause of the performance problem.
Look
over the checklist - how do your tools measure up? Got questions
about restoration vs. repair? Contact
your local sales representative for details.
|
|
HOT
STOCK! Rhetech acquires Spectrum Spray Processors
|
|
|
The
Semitool Spectrum
is the industry's gold standard for high volume, high performance
polymer removal. Rhetech has just acquired a pair of these
tools, each with 200 mm chambers capable of handling 50 wafer
loads.
The tools include carrier-less wafer transfer and on-board
end-effector rinser-dryers. New SMIF pod handlers can be added
as an option.
|
Nothing
else can process this many wafers in this small a footprint.
And only Rhetech has the experience
to remanufacture these tools to OEM standards, and install
and qualify them anywhere in the world. Want more information?
Contact
us for more details.
|
| Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs) |
Check the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions),
our illustrated SRD and system tool technical support
guide ...
SRD FAQs,
System
Tool FAQs |
|
| Need
live technical support for your tool? Rhetech's
ready to help. Click here
for telephone, e-mail and fax contact information. |
|
Privacy
Policy
Rhetech
respects your time and privacy. Our electronic mailing list
is not shared with anyone outside of our company. It's only
used to send our friends and customers this quarterly update
on technical developments, case histories
and new products.
If you do not
want us to contact you in the future,
click here
and you will be permanently removed
from
our list.
|
Do you have a used SRD or system tool that you’d like to sell,
trade-in, or exchange for spare parts credit?
Contact us
and let us know the serial number, condition, and include digital
photos. Well quickly contact you and let you know if this is on
our current purchase list.
|
