[labnetwork] Dicing Saw Advice.....

[Beall, James A. (Fed)]

Ditto what Bill F. reported. We have 2 DISCO DAD3220 (one set up for silicon and one for hard materials).
They are very solid with many users. We have DISCO service them ~every 2 years.


Jim Beall
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Quantum Sensors Group
Mailcode 687.08
325 Broadway 1C-110
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
303-497-5989
303-497-3042 (fax)

On Aug 2, 2019, at 4:20 PM, A. William (Bill) FLOUNDERS <bill_flounders at berkeley.edu<mailto:bill_flounders at berkeley.edu>> wrote:

Since this has become a poll of sorts:
Disco, 100's of users, highest quality, trouble free
Bill Flounders
UC Berkeley

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:49 PM Vlahakis, James <James.Vlahakis at tufts.edu<mailto:James.Vlahakis at tufts.edu>> wrote:
Hi everyone, I’m hoping the group can provide some advice regarding dicing and dicing saws.

We have a refurbished (within the past 3yrs) MicroAutomation MA1006<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.tufts.edu%2Fmicrofab%2Fcapabilities%2FMA1006Saw.htm&data=02%7C01%7Cjames.beall%40nist.gov%7C507a488af2344990d67808d717a46050%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C1%7C637003867075897169&sdata=riTIX5ox1lG6wS9qJBa73f6N2BBeVCLvw7UplBlPIvM%3D&reserved=0> saw which requires significant time/resources to keep online. Unfortunately, it is underutilized, only 1-2 dicing jobs per month. With such poor bang-for-the-buck we’re considering alternatives -


  *   A different service provider – maybe our support is subpar?

For those who have similar tools, who maintains them? What are your results?

  *   Purchase a different, hopefully more reliable saw

For those with other saws, what do you have? Can you comment on reliability? Consumable costs? Ease of use?

  *   Remove the saw and do not replace it

Losing capabilities is suboptimal and perhaps sets a perilous precedent (we are university lab, none of our tools are justified *economically*). Have others done this? Can anyone recommend a source for dicing services – specifically for small, infrequent jobs?

  *   Other possibilities we haven’t considered?

I’m eager to hear various perspectives and experiences.

jim



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