Course Overview
Best Practices for Equipment Suppliers to Drive High Reliability, Minimize Preventive Maintenance, Increase Profit and Surpass Customer Expectations, All at the Same Time. This comprehensive 3-day course covers advanced tools and strategies for semiconductor equipment reliability and maintainability.
Key Focus Areas
Corporate Goals / Strategies
- Offer Aggressive, yet Low-risk Warranty
- Output and/or Line Yield Based More Advanced Tools
What You'll Learn
- Fundamental concepts and principles
- Industry best practices and standards
- Practical applications and case studies
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Quality control and optimization
- Future trends and developments
Data Analysis
- Probabilities of Individual Failure Modes using Weibull
- Identify Infant Mortality, Constant Rate and Wear-Out Modes
Failure Analysis
- Driven Objective Science-Based Causal Analysis
- This Drives Further Data Collection/Analysis
- "Expert-Opinion" not Overly Influential
Solution Generation
- Complete Resolution & Problem Elimination
- Solution Concepts Evaluated on "Elegance" (low cost and simplicity)
- Based on Causal Analysis, utilize proven solution concepts
- "Robust Decision Making" to Evaluate Concepts
Preventive Maintenance
- Scrutinize all recommendations
- Usage-Based and Cycle-Based Frequencies
- PMs focused on Known Failure Modes
- Effective use of Predictive Maintenance
Field Service / Spares
- Spares Levels based on Individual Failure Mode Analysis Data
- Spares Levels determined by Statistical Confidence
Who Should Attend
- Field Service Support
- Process Engineers
- R&M Technicians
- Equipment Engineers
- Tool Design Engineers
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and equipment maintenance principles