<div dir="ltr">Iulian,<div><br></div><div>good morning. Here at the Lurie Nanofab we're using fiberglass material in the original fab areas (vintage 1986), and teflon coated stainless steel in all of the renovated, and new construction, areas (vintage 2006-2008). When we looked at the various materials for our new facility, the teflon coated material was a HUGE cost savings on our project, a savings somewhere north of $160K between the two projects. The big advantages were ease of installation (reducing the labor costs), and the fact that the ductwork no longer required fire suppression. Even though fiberglass is fire resistant, it'll still burn/melt/vaporize (I can tell you a story about a local fab that had that happen). We're so pleased with the teflon coated stainless material, that even in the original fab locations where we're reworking the exhaust connections at benches and tools, we're installing the teflon coated stainless material.</div>
<div><br></div><div>By the way, we're using the PSP material from Fab-Tech.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any additional questions, just give me a call, I'd be happy to share our experiences in working with the material.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>Dennis Schweiger</div><div>Facilities Manager</div><div>Lurie Nanofabrication Facility</div><div>University of Michigan</div><div> </div><div>734.647.2055 Ofc</div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Iulian Codreanu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:codreanu@udel.edu" target="_blank">codreanu@udel.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear Lab Network,<br>
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I, once again, seek your wisdom. Could you please share with me the type of material used for your corrosive exhaust system, how long you had it in operation, if you had any problems with it, and what you would do differently of you were in a position to do so?<br>
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Thank you very much for your help.<br>
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Iulian<br>
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iulian Codreanu, Ph.D.<br>
Director of Operations, UD NanoFab<br>
University of Delaware<br>
149 Evans Hall<br>
Newark, DE 19716<br>
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