Vacuum Systems: Product/Process Development

The primary goal of the Vacuum Systems Group is to form a partnership with the customer. Using the customer's knowledge of their own products and specifications, PADT combines this with its own expertise and tools to solve real-world problems and to develop world-class products. Some of the types of projects that the Vacuum Systems Group has assisted customers with include:

Conceptualization, design, and fabrication of sublimation sources
Utilization of fluid flow and heat transfer analysis to optimize designs for thermal uniformity and faster heating and cooling transients
Rapid Prototyping of system components for flow visualization testing, as well as assembly and structural testing
Redesign of components for cost reduction
Design, simulation, and testing of liquid delivery systems
Ultra-high and ultra-low temperature chamber and component design and analysis
Shape and configuration optimization of sputtering system magnet arrays for maximum target utilization
Optimization based on CFD analysis of baffles and showerheads for even gas distribution
Simulation to determine and correct causes of field-revealed failures