Founded in 2009, SilcoTek is the world’s leading provider of coating services using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology. With over 200 patents for coating materials and applications that are trusted by global leaders in semiconductor, analytical, life sciences, energy, and other industries.
SilcoTek’s inert, precision CVD silicon barrier coatings protect and improve critical surfaces throughout semiconductor process systems. Coating all critical flow path surfaces will prevent ion and particulate contamination, improving process yield. SilcoTek® coatings like Silcolloy®, Dursox® and Dursan® make critical flow paths corrosion resistant and inert, assuring process components are protected and free from yield-reducing metal ion contamination.
Areas where SilcoTek deliver real value include:
Etch processes where corrosive media is used, such as hydrogen chloride (HCl) or hydrogen bromide (HBr) – the corrosion rate of stainless steel is significantly reduced resulting in less downtime for required maintenance and component replacement.
Abatement processes where exhausts of highly volatile and corrosive gaseous compounds rapidly corrode the internal components of scrubber systems. Downtime is reduced, expensive replacement parts are no longer required, and processes are not interrupted.
High purity supply components such as metalorganic bubblers or DI water handling components where ion contamination via leaching contaminates the fluid.
These are just a few of the applications SilcoTek coatings deliver real value. The coatings can also improve vacuum performance, create hydrophobic surfaces for easier cleaning, this list is extensive.
Beyond semiconductor applications, the coatings offer pharmaceutical processes significant advantages. For example, SilcoTek’s silicon CVD coating technology can be applied to complex or narrow part configurations without impacting even extremely tight tolerances, such as precision needles used for biological sampling and analysis. Proteins and other components of blood samples stick to stainless steel at a microscopic level, a phenomenon known as non-specific adsorption (NSA) Non-specific adsorption leads to inaccuracies with critical diagnostic analyses, a problem that coatings like Dursan™ solves.
Speak to OptiFab to determine how SilcoTek coatings can improve your processes and tool uptimes, whilst potentially reducing operational costs.
We now hold stock in Germany of precoated 316L stainless steel tubing (both straight lengths and coils) as well as a range of valves, filters and compression fittings, all precoated with SilcoNert® 2000 (Sulfinert®), the industry standard for creating a chemically inert flow path in laboratory and analytical instrumentation.
Download the latest brochure giving the tube size ranges and stock list of precoated parts, ready to ship.
