Adjuster's photograph showing fracture of tower crane during raising.
FSM engineer's photograph of fractured diagonal lacing, caused by corrosion.
Semiconductor Wafer-Fabrication Equipment
Semiconductor Wafer-Fab Equipment/Repair Assessment :
Our professional staff has been involved with claims involving many types of equipment used in semiconductor wafer fabrication throughout world-class facilities in Singapore, Taiwan, China and South Korea. All of this equipment is state-of-the-art, highly sophisticated and very expensive.
- Detailed examination & damage assessment
- Local on-site repair is our first consideration
- If repair is feasible, a cost estimate is prepared
- When possible, we determine the cause and probable time/location of loss
- Reports are prepared realizing that our findings may be presented in a court of law
Some of our work : The following photos represent several assignments carried out by FSG:
Clean-Room Air Particle Analyzer |
Clean-Room Wafer Sorter |
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| Shipping damage in transit to Chinese wafer-fab facility. | Shipping damage in transit to Chinese wafer-fab facility. |
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) |
Nikon Stepper |
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| Damage during production at Singapore wafer-fab facility. | Shipping damage in transit to Singapore wafer-fab facility.
Steppers are considered to be amongst the most precise machines ever manufactured. |
Clean Track ACT |
Wafer Conveyor Transport |
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| Damage during installation at Chinese wafer-fab facility. | Damage during installation at Taiwan wafer-fab facility.
FSG indentifies start-up problems and recommends solution. |
Nikon Stepper |
Die Bonder Tool |
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| Operational damage during production at Singapore facility. | Shipping damage in transit to Chinese wafer-fab facility. |
Surface Mount (SMT) Tool |
Compressed Dry Air System |
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| Shipping damage while in transit at Hong Kong warehouse. | Damage during operation at a Singapore semiconductor facility. |
Wafer Inspection Tool |
Wafer Spin-Rinse Dryer |
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| Shipping damage in transit to Korean wafer-fab facility. | Shipping damage in transit to Chinese wafer-fab facility. |
Broken/Shattered Silicon Wafers |
Broken/Shattered Silicon Wafers |
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| Shipping damage in transit to Taiwan wafer-fab facility.
FSG contributed to the re-design of future shipping containers. |
Wafers (left) were first placed inside this special air-bag.
FSG discovered air-bag was over inflated & defeated the cushioning effect. |
Please contact Forensic Services Group (Hong Kong) as your next technical consultant !