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Maintenance Tips For PCM Etching Equipment Kirk Lauver, Marketing and Customer Lab Manager, Chemcut Corporation, US
Kirk Lauver is the Marketing and Customer Lab Manager at Chemcut Corporation in State College, Pennsylvania. Kirk began working with photochemical milling in 1974 when he joined Chemcut as their Customer Service Engineer.
Throughout his 43 years at Chemcut, Kirk has held various marketing and customer support positions. Other than Chemcut, he also worked at Photofabrications Engineering.
Kirk attended his first PCMI Meeting in 1985. Since then he has participated on various PCMI Committees, served on the PCMI Board of Directors, and was President of PCMI.
Abstract
Maintenance is usually looked at as mechanical and electrical part replacement. PCM etching equipment requires both special materials of construction and chemical solutions that are not part of the average maintenance technician’s training. Therefore, topics for this presentation will focus on these specialized areas:
• Lubricants for plastics and elastomer components;
• Centrifugal pumps with a little pump science;
• Chemistry issues affecting etching machine cleaning (performance); and
• Nozzle cleaning and inspection with a little nozzle science
Issue 138 December 2021 PCMI Journal 44