By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Tue, 2008-06-24 16:42
It happens more often than one cares to remember that short power interruptions affect key equipment (lithography equipment, vacuum pumps, ion implanters, etchers, memory testing benches…), bringing a production line to a halt. The same counts for short variations in the voltage supply level (dips or surges). Apart from those issues that seriously affect power availability and were also quantified by ECI’s PQ Survey, other PQ phenomena can also affect semiconductor plants’ equipment, namely uncontrolled harmonics.
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By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Tue, 2008-04-15 17:52
The chemical sector suffers unnecessary financial losses caused by their own electrical power systems that often cannot cope with a variable electric power supply. ECI’s Survey has identified many losses and much wastage due to poor PQ throughout the industry’s different production centres. It has demonstrated that PQ solutions often cost less than the financial losses they resolve.
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By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Tue, 2008-04-15 17:48
ECI’s PQ Survey demonstrates that the majority of the PQ problems faced by the chemical industry result from the end users’ own electrical installations’ inadequate design. The solutions therefore lie very much in the industry’s own hands.
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By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Tue, 2008-04-15 17:29
The European Copper Institute’s Power Quality (PQ) Survey questioned whether the sector’s own electrical power systems are adequately designed to withstand such common power interruptions and disturbances. Wide ranging financial losses caused by inadequate PQ Power interruptions of less than a second can bring a production plant to a halt. The immediate consequences are:
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