Safety questionnaire
Procedure for
returning
ADIXEN
products
You wish to return an Adixen product for maintenance. The
equipment
will be dismantled
and
possibly cleaned by a technician from our Service
Centre.
In compliance with European Community’s L360 directives, French labor code L231 - R231
and
Federal OSHA Safety Standard 1910-1200, Alcatel Vacuum Technology requires this form to
be
completed to preclude the
potential
health risk to its service personnel that can occur
when
receiving, disassembling, or
repairing potentially contaminated products.
Equipment returned without
this form
completed
and secured to outside of package
will
be
returned
to customer
unprocessed.
Equipment must be drained of fluids and residue, securely packaged and shipped
prepaid.
Concerning the closing of the ports (inlet & outlets of the product), metallic
airtight
blank
flanges
should be used
if
toxic or copper
gases
have been
pumped.
We wish to draw your
attention
to the
following points:
•
The risk may be of the
following nature:
- Chemical: Danger to health, risks of explosion, fire, risks for the
environment.
Please
indicate
the chemical
formula
and name of the
gases
or
substances
that have been in contact with
the
equipment
(pump or
detector).
- Biological: In
case
of
contamination
(such as
pathogenic
germs, micro-organisms
(bacteria,
viruses, etc.)
c
l
a
ss
e
s
1
to
4 and group
E),
our Service Center is currently unable to
decontaminate
and recycle such material
without
risk to the safety of our staff.
Please
contact us
before
sending the product to the Service
center.
-
Radioactive:
In
case
of
contamination,
our Service Center is currently unable to
decontaminate
and recycle such material
without
risk to the safety of our staff.
Please
contact us
before
sending
the product to the Service
center.
- Copper
contamination:
Copper based by products formed in
sputtering
or etching processes
are considered as a poison in some semi-conductor processes.
If following inspection
and
quotation,
customer elects to not proceed
with repair, he
will be subject to service fee to cover
product decontamination,
disassembly,
cleaning
and
evaluation
costs.
Please to fill in the
following form,
print
it
and attach
it
to the
product before shipping
to the
service-repair
office closest to
you.
In the event of chemical
contamination,
please
indicate
the
following
gases or substances:
Gases
introduced
Reactor
A
Substances
produced
by
reaction
C
B
Exhaust
A
B
C
Pump or pump
unit
•
Gases
(or
substances)
introduced
into the reactor and which may be found at the exhaust
(A).
•
Gases
(or
substances)
resulting from the reaction or process (B).
•
Gases
(or
substances)
that may possibly be formed inside the pump (due to a
thermodynamic
or
chemical reaction, condensation,
deposition, precipitation,
etc.) (C).
•
Precautions need to be taken
before transferring contaminated products.
Please
contact Service Center for
recommendations
.
1/2