How Wafer End Effectors Conducts Operation in the Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication?

The wafer end effectors provide a combined and powerful wafer solution that can integrate a high precision mechanical device for every wafer type with indulging thin, perforated, glass, polish and bare wafers.

Wafers are also held with the programmed constant gripping force. With its closed-loop force feedback, the mechanism abides the wafer stress withholding the wafer gently and securely.

When we dive into robotics, the end-effector is the device or toll connected to the robot arms' end. Further, its structure and the nature of the programming and hardware that drive it are based on the proposed task. The robotic arm can only take specific end-effector task modes without any charges to the ancillary hardware or programming. It is impossible to replace a gripper with the screwdriver head and then expect a good result. It is important to totally change the robot controller's programming and make use of different sets of end-effector motors to make it happen rather than the gripping force. After then the gripper could also be replaced with the driver's head.

If we talk about Kensington's robot end effectors, they have a long history of semiconductor wafer fabrication operations. In fact, many of Kensington's end effector innovations have got the advanced wafer processing capability. Kensington, such wafer end effector, is built of Type 3 anodized aluminum equivalent to the sapphire in terms of hardness. We also deliver standard vacuum end effectors, including the designs for high temperature and lower backside contamination applications.

Let us talk about its configurations:

• The edge-grip end effector
• The vacuum grip end-effector
• Through Beam: Vacuum grip and the edge grip end-effectors
• Thin wafer vacuum end-effector
• High-temperature applications
• The square substrate handling through the beam
• The transparent substrate handling with the beam
• The wafer sizes of 50mm to 300mm
• The crown and taiko wafer designs

The end-effectors are available over the multiple robot types and also for the manual wafer handling applications.

With the Kensington stage repair 6000 series and 8500 series and Newport PM500 repair services, it increases the repeatability and accuracy and inflates the operating life with expert repair services. It includes:

• Listed troubleshooting, problem resolution as well as repair and performance optimization
• Upgrades for the components and the firmware
• Integrated stage repair and examining the individual elements and fully integrated stage systems
• The Kensington Laboratories 6000 series and 8500 series stages
• The Newport corporation PM500 and MPM500 stages
• You can check out the listing of semiconductor equipment with Kensington stages to have an eye over the productivity that can intensify with Kensingtons' repair services and certified spare parts.
• Remember that Kensington's certificate of conformance ensures the Kensington stage repair service and Newport PM500 repairs service job is scrupulously being analyzed and then returned to the basic operating specifications.

At Kensington Laboratories products, we can be grasped in every market where the precision movement or placement of the substrate is needed. Our markets might be mature with long histories like Semiconductor capital equipment and Semiconductor wafer processing and emerging markets such as additive manufacturing, 3D printing, and microlaser machining.

Our certified partners are the single source for genuine, freshly manufactured, and current revision parts and repairs with the parts for the wafer handler robots, multilink robots, and stages. Another thing to remember is beware of the third parties not using Kensington certified parts for the Kensington stage repair as their parts might be new, not built and tested via the Kensington standards, or not up to Kensington's design. The Kensington products that are retired can be refurbished with the help of the current components crafted for backward compatibility. The retired electronics can then be upgraded to the current version of the electronic components or the system. It enables the additional productive life for the mothballed and the retired assets.

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