SEMI S2 – Section 9 Manuals Part 4
SEMI S2 – Section 9 Manuals Part 4 In our fast paced world, everyone is looking for ways to get to market quicker and easier. There are definitely places where shortcuts can be made through streamlining the process and then there are places where spending a little more time on the details in the beginning
SEMI S2 – Section 9 Industrial Hygiene and Exhaust Ventilation Information Part 3
Steve Barcik Amstel has been guiding us through the SEMI S2 standard and our most recent videos have been dealing with Section 9 – Documentation Provided to User and our next section is Section 9.5, which deals with industrial hygiene and exhaust ventilation data. In this section of our training we discuss Industrial hygiene &
Your Products Listed Faster Through Conformity Discovery Process
How do you get your product to market faster? How can you reduce engineering and design costs, how can you shorten certification and listing timelines? As product certification, evaluation and testing lab, we here at High Tech Design Safety have seen all kinds of projects and various execution hurdles. How to get listed, how to
Forecasting for 2020 Budgets
2020 is just around the corner and it is time to start planning your next year. Today, our CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel is reaching out to you to plant a seed that can help you in the coming year to bring more ease and success. Link to video also available here: https://youtu.be/QpNL3jZiT3M We are going into
4th Quarter Countdown
You have probably felt the energy shift with the temperatures falling, the change of retail stores displays, advertisements, etc….4th quarter is upon us and everything starts to hustle and bustle even more than usual. Today, our CEO , Steve Barcik Amstel is reaching out to you, our current and future clients about the end of
SEMI S2 – Documents Provided to User Part 2
Environmental impact is our responsibility from the micro to the macro, from how we live our day-to-day personal lives to how we operate the manufacturing facilities of our companies. SEMI S2 includes these considerations and are part of the requirements for getting your product to market. We are continuing our SEMI S2, SEMI S2-0818
SEMI S2 – Documents Provided to User Part 1
This part of SEMI S2 outlines the documentation, drawings, manuals, and data you will need to provide to the purchaser of the equipment. All the details they will need to install, operate, maintain, and decontaminate the systems at end of life. These details also include all safety warnings and actions that they must take to
SEMI S2 – Evaluation Process Part 2
Documentation is a huge part of getting your equipment to market. Getting through the SEMI S2 evaluations is a part of the process and an evaluator will evaluate your equipment. Pulling together the documentation and requirements is going to be necessary and will make a big difference in the ease and completion of this part
SEMI S2 – Evaluation Process Part 1
As with most things in life, having an understanding of how things are done and what is expected will help determine the success and rate of success. This definitely pertains to getting your product through SEMI S2, the safety guideline for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. and why our CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel finds it imperative to lay
SEMI S2 – General Provisions
As part of our SEMI S2 Training, CEO Steve Barcik Amstel continues to break down the sections of SEMI S2 to help you and your teams to have a better understanding of how to have your equipment more widely accepted. Today, Steve talks about Section 7 – General Provisions. (Link to video also available
SEMI S2 – Safety Philosophy
In the Semiconductor Industry there are definitely some best practices and many of them stemmed from the SEMI S2 Standard. Our CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel has dedicated many years to help make things simpler, easier, safer and more practical on the path to compliance working with the SEMI S2 Standard. (Link to video also
SEMI S2 – Setting Up The Standard
Equipment suppliers often find SEMI S2 difficult and contradictory, however they do have to complete the evaluation and have equipment that is found conforming to SEMI S2, SEMI S8, SEMI S14 and other related standards in order to sell their equipment to major customers. Figuring out how to design the equipment to SEMI S2, design
SEMI S2 – What are the costs?
Let’s get real and down to the bottom line. What does it cost to have a SEMI S2 evaluation? Many in the industry are hesitant to divulge this information and at the end of the day…it’s what you will need to know to budget, allocate and ultimately pay to get your equipment evaluated. High Tech
SEMI S2 – Timeline
Getting your product to market requires many steps and being able to properly plan/schedule your team is critical. High Tech Design Safety is here to help you with your SEMI S2 needs and today CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel provides you with a timeline of what you can expect going through the SEMI S2 evaluation process.
Top Misses on UL, S2 and CE
As with any industry, experience working with clients reveals commonalities. At High Tech Design Safety, CEO and founder Steve Barcik Amstel has worked with hundreds of clients on a diverse spectrum of products and industries and still there are things that apply to many and common things that get overlooked with some of the complex
SEMI S2 – What Should I expect
High Tech Design Safety CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel and his team have completed thousands of SEMI S2 evaluations and today he shares answers to one of the top questions he gets from his clients: what to expect from SEMI S2 and how you can make your process easier. (Link to video also available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfEoU7aE5ho)
HTDS Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials
High Tech Design Safety, HTDS, is a third-party test laboratory. We do evaluation, certification and design reviews and as well as this whole other space called conformity discovery process, which allows your team to discover how much they already conform and then learn what it takes to get the rest of the conformity in place
SEMI S2 Breakdown – Sections 15 -28
High Tech Design Safety CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel understands how important it is for clients to get their product to market in a timely and practical manner. Building to the standard is critical to accomplishing this and today he continues to provide an in-depth look at the primary standard for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, SEMI S2.
SEMI S2 Breakdown – Sections 1-14
Today our CEO and Founder, Steve Barcik Amstel continues to give an overview of the overarching standard SEMI S2 which applies to equipment used to manufacture, measure, assemble and test semiconductor products. This video is part of an in-depth training for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and today, Steve will be giving an overview of the first
SEMI S2 – An Introduction
We here at High Tech Design Safety are kicking off the new year with a new multi-part video series on product safety. We will start it off with an in-depth training for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment. And in today’s video specifically, Steve Barcik Amstel will give an introduction to SEMI S2 and an overview of what
Design Review Importance
CEO and Founder, Steve Barcik Amstel with High Tech Design Safety noticed this reoccurring thing that he wants to share with you that will help any hardware development project…In this blog and video post, Steve reflects on a conversation he just had today….It is important to him to share some of the common things he
Over Current Protection Devices
There are many considerations when getting a product to market and luckily there are companies like High Tech Design Safety available to help walk you through the process. In the last video we talked about part selection and HTDS CEO, Steve Barcik Amstel talked quite a bit about over current protective devices and today in
Part Selection for Simplifying Certification
Steve Barcik Amstel, our CEO and founder, has been sharing a video series, the process to get your product from where it is today through certification, CE marking, UL or whichever standard you need to get your product to market. Today our video is about part selection and how this critical aspect of the design
BOMs – Your Bill of Materials
Our CEO and founder, Steve Barcik Amstel has been sharing through this video series, the process to get your product from where it is today through certification, CE marking, UL or whichever standard you need to get your product to market. In our video today, he will be talking about how High Tech Design Safety
Top S2 and CE Non Conformances
This video is a continuation of our series on how to get your product certified to UL, CE marking or all the other types of certifications you might need…NFPA, etc. You are going to need your product certified at some point. We have talked about safety, warnings for manuals and labels and we have talked
Manuals and Safety Warnings
Last week in our video, we talked about the process to get your product from where it is today through certification, CE marking, UL or whichever standard you need. Our CEO and founder, Steve Barcik Amstel talked about how High Tech Design Safety can help you with your manuals as well. Each of the standards
The HTDS Process Through Certification
Last time we spoke about product certification UL, SEMI and CE for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, which is a very specific niche and where our business started. However we have expanded way beyond that and let’s talk today more broadly about all types of equipment, everything from life sciences and medical equipment to oil and gas
Equipment Certification and Design Process
Do you have a piece of equipment that needs to be certified? High Tech Design Safety’s CEO and founder, Steve Barcik Amstel walks you through the equipment design and certification process in this week’s video so that you have a clear understanding of what is necessary to get your product to market. The process works