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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SMC is looking for <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
a partner to assist in the decontamination of Gate & Angle Valves and a 20~35 nanometer particle counter (See information below). If you provide this service in your facility or can help SMC identify a company to work with, please contact Garrett Flora:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Garrett S. Flora<br>
High Vacuum Engineer<br>
317.688.0608 or ext. 11608<u><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></u></span><a href="mailto:gflora@smcusa.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">gflora@smcusa.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
SMC Corporation of America</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SMC has a need for valve decontamination, and our facility is not set up for this process. Maybe you
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have some suggestions for partnering with a company to infrequently decontaminate warranty returns, repairs, etc....</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
This is basic sample of decontamination sheet that would be signed off by cleaning company declaring a valve is safe for repairs.</span>
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Normally each company develops its own unique document, procedure, template.</span>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Decontamination of Gate & Angle valves</span></b>
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<img border="0" width="154" height="189" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CDB846.8B38CF30" alt="cid:_1_0A5BB2400B8D4204005734D085257AA9"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><img border="0" width="157" height="181" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.gif@01CDB846.8B38CF30" alt="cid:_1_0A5BB4440B8D4204005734D085257AA9"> <b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Gate /Slit valve pic.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <b>Angle valve pic.</b></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Garrett S. Flora<br>
High Vacuum Engineer<br>
317.688.0608 or ext. 11608<u><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></u></span><a href="mailto:gflora@smcusa.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">gflora@smcusa.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
SMC Corporation of America</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
2.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <b>Particle counter</b></span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Testing fixture to place our valves within a chamber and test for particle</span>s generated.
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Laser particle counter with range that can detect in the 20~35 nanometer's</span>
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Thank you for your time and consideration of SMC’s needs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic"">~ Monica M. Cortez Allain, Ph.D. ~</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">************************************************************</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Monica M. Cortez Allain, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Managing Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Birck Nanotechnology Center</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1205 W. State Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Phone: (765) 494-5138 Fax: (765) 496-8299</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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