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Product Briefing Outline: Applied Materials has unveiled its ‘Applied iSYS’ platform, the industry’s first fully-integrated abatement and vacuum pumping solution for controlling emissions in the semiconductor fab. Networked with an Applied process tool, the iSYS system can deliver typical annual savings in power, water and gas consumption equivalent to 200MWh of energy or 220,000 pounds of CO2 emissions, compared to currently available configurations. In addition to having environmental benefits, the iSYS system lowers the utility cost for abatement and vacuum pumping on a process tool by more than 20%. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: Tiger Optics has introduced the ‘Tiger-i’ cleanroom analyzer for gas phase airborne molecular contaminants (AMCs). The Tiger-i line employs Tiger Optics’ patented Continuous Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CW-CRDS) technology that is claimed to provide accurate and immediate, calibration-free analysis. Read more >>

One of the equipment suppliers that consistently brings out new products is KLA-Tencor. However, the metrology supplier rarely figures in the most popular rankings in any given year. That has changed in 2008 with its TeraFab tool. Although only released recently, the fifth most popular product was from TEL and Novellus for copper interconnects. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: Edwards has launched the ‘Sirius 6000’ abatement system. Designed for low cost-of-ownership, the Sirius 6000 system addresses greenhouse gas abatement challenges arising from dielectric and polysilicon etch processes used in semiconductor manufacturing. The design uses an energy efficient microwave plasma in a carefully controlled chemical environment and an integrated wet scrubber to reduce fab greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 95 percent over a wide range of total flow rates and perfluorocompound (PFC) concentrations. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: The HTZ Smart ‘HART’ Humidity and Temperature Transmitter from Moore Industries simultaneously measures temperature and humidity in processes that require extremely close monitoring of humidity, temperature and dewpoint. This includes cleanrooms, assembly areas and storage facilities. The unit can be programmed or queried from any point along one of the transmitter’s dual 4-20mA loops. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: Purafil has introduced its 2nd Generation MediaPAK Disposable Plastic Module for clean air filtration systems. The module features the new Taper Fit Closure (TFC), which offers a quick-connect positive mechanical seal providing a leak-free zone. The TFC appears on each side of the module. When two or more modules are adjacent within the application, the TFCs unite to form a positive connection or seal. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: Integrated Dynamics Engineering (IDE) has launched its generation AWP 300-2 wafer sorter. The AWP 300-2 uses a unique dual robot design that is claimed to achieve reliable throughput of 150 wafers per hour, as well as provide improved wafer handling safety. IDE is currently shipping the first machines to the Pac Rim and Europe. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: Flomerics has announced the availability of six new "SmartParts" for its Flovent software that save time and improve accuracy in simulating the performance of diffusers. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: Ansell Healthcare has produced a new ‘ChemTek' glove that is designed to provide the highest level of protection for handling hazardous chemicals in manufacturing and chemical processing environments. The new ChemTek product line is comprised of two different glove styles that offers chemical protection for first responders and others who may be faced with potentially hazardous or unknown substances. Read more >>

Product Briefing Outline: GE Analytical Instruments has introduced the Sievers 500 RL On-Line Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer. The reagentless analyzer is designed for continuous monitoring of organics in ultrapure water (UPW) for pharmaceutical, microelectronics, and power applications with a 0.03 ppb limit of detection and autozero capabilities, according to the company. Read more >>