Abstract:
Discussion of the fundamentals of electrostatics and its contributing role with regard to airborne particulate attraction. The ESA presentation features a series of unique and eye-opening copyrighted videos showing normally unseen particulate attraction to suspended objects as a direct result of electrostatic charges. Images captured through a technique involving innovative use of a high intensity light source and infrared technology in dark conditions which highlights the attraction of particles to the electrically charged surface. . Which medical devices have the most contamination issues . Review of case studies involving medical plastics manufacturers and yield improvements of up to 95% . Role of Air Ionization for maximizing yields.

We will discuss:

• Yield Losses in medical plastics industry
• Unique videos of never before seen particle attraction
• Role of Ionization in eliminating contamination yield losses
• Case Studies of medical plastic manufacturers

Intended audience: Medical Plastics and Medical Device Manufacturers

About the speaker:
Roger J. Peirce, Manager, Technical Services

Roger Peirce is Simco-Ion's Manager of Technical Services and provides ESD/ESA consulting services to the semiconductor, electronics assembly, and medical electronics markets. He is an expert in the field of ESD/ESA failure mechanisms and yield enhancements. He holds ten US patents, has authored and published more than 20 technical papers on ESD/ESA, and has traveled extensively throughout North America and Asia since 1986. He is an active member of both the ESD Association's WG-3 Ionizer and WG-17 Process Evaluation Standards Committees. Prior to joining Simco-Ion, Mr. Peirce was President of ESD Technical Services from 1986 to 2006, an ESD/ESA consulting company he founded. He provided a variety of ESD/ESA related services for more than 2,000 facilities worldwide. In 1983,

Mr. Peirce co-founded Voyager Technologies. Voyager designed and manufactured industry-leading ESD monitoring and test equipment. Prior to Voyager, he worked 13 years at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, as an electronic research engineer.