Microelectronics

Ultrapure and hot ultrapure water are essential to the production of microelectronic products. GF Piping Systems provides pipes, fittings, valves and supporting components that are designed and manufactured to the most stringent industry specifications to ensure the quality of water being delivered to the manufacturing tools meet even the most difficult quality requirements.

The manufacture of microelectronics products can often produce waste products from highly corrosive to thermally challenging. Our portfolio of products are designed from a wide range of materials, extensive test library, laboratory test facilities and highly experienced staff to enable the best engineering and product selection for your specific needs.

Process cooling water is used extensively throughout microelectronics production due to the need to remove heat from manufacturing tools. Thermoplastic systems provide an excellent alternative to metal systems in the speed of installation, cost to install and operate, and the ease of completing system expansions.

Waste Neutralization Systems are commonly found in every microelectronics facility and often are required to handle a wide range of operating parameters. GF Piping Systems portfolio of products, extensive test library, laboratory test facilities and highly experienced staff enable the best engineering and product selection for your specific needs.

Reverse Osmosis technology covers several filtration techniques all based on selective membranes porosities. Based on selective porosity of a semi permeable membrane, impurities will be removed from a pressurized liquid. Due to the fact that it needs no chemicals, energy consumption is low and handling is easy.

Media filtration is still very much in use in water treatment processes. In the multi-level filtration processes, anthracite or stones, as well as sand, are used to remove particles up to 10-15 μm from fluids. Due to the need for several operation modes, application-oriented system solutions help to achieve these processes efficiently.

Demineralization units (deionization, reverse osmosis, distillation techniques) secure the production of pure high quality process water in the industrial environment. Water purification, separation and decontamination of aqueous and other ion-containing fluids characterize applications in that water treatment area. In this context, ion exchangers can absorb unwanted ions in the water, thanks to selective synthetic resin beads, and release them during a regeneration process.

Completely controlled processes in industrial or laboratory applications with the highest purity and quality standards in manufacturing require process water of specified qualities at different levels such as deionized water or less demanding UPW water. For initial industrial water treatment and for guaranteeing a consistently specified water quality throughout the entire process chain, physical water properties, parameters and concentrations have to be precisely controlled and reliably maintained.