Interview
educational program? Q9. As we move into a year of uncertain- production volumes for metal parts can be
ty, how do you think it will affect KYZEN eye popping. It is a problem if you start to
We teach them to familiarize themselves
and what strengths do you think will help find defects after you have manufactured
with the process to enable them to make
you through the downturn? 6,000 pieces, but basically the same value-
intelligent, scientific choices about chem-
added process drivers are at work: a robust,
istries and cleaning equipment. Too often I am cautiously optimistic. Although the
efficient process, high quality products,
a customer comes to us after the decision electronics manufacturing market is slow-
and cleaning at low cost of ownership.
to buy equipment has been made. In many ing, there is an increased interest in clean-
In the optics field the drivers are
cases we could have saved the customer ing. Customers need high reliability and
similar, but here we deal with more exotic
money or improved the efficiency of his increased yields to maintain their competi-
polymers and coatings, where we have to
process if he had come to us first. We are tive advantage in the market. A 2% yield
be careful not to introduce any damage to
in a position to give him an unbiased opin- increase can be a very big deal and reap
the lenses. Both markets are considerably
ion of which machine/chemistry combina- handsome rewards. Lead-free and reduced
larger than electronics and draw the atten-
tion will best serve their requirements. form factors are moving into high-end
tion of many potential suppliers through-
consumer products, increasing their need
out the world.
Q8. Are there limitations with some for cleaning and yield enhancement.
For nearly 20 years, our focus at Kyzen
cleaning equipment?
has been building world-class products, a
Q10. You are also involved in the metal
Not really. We work with all cleaning global organization, core knowledge and,
cleaning and optics industries. Can you
equipment manufacturers to develop and we hope, a reputation for quality and
tell me about KYZEN’s presence in these
enhance the cleaning parameters. In many service that our recent success with the
markets?
cases we start with tests on our own Kyzen- Global SMT Innovation Awards has kindly
built inline machine or one of several Not surprisingly, while there are many helped validate. In a nutshell, continuous
batch systems used in our lab. Here we can differences between industries, regarding improvement and growth is what we’re all
establish the concentration of chemistry cleaning there are great similarities. Quality about: kaizen by Kyzen is what we like to
and the length of cleaning time needed issues, sometimes cosmetic, but more often call it.
and experiment with various nozzle tech- cleaning prepares a part for a downstream
nologies to achieve the optimum cleaning surface treatment or plating step. Likewise, Kyle Doyel, many thanks for spending time with
process recipe, using the least amount of ferrous parts require significant corrosion us today.
chemistry, energy and of course cost. protection, which play to our long time
strength in that technical area. Of course, Trevor Galbraith.
Complex components
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