EE 344 LAB SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES

These procedures are meant to be a reminder to instructors, researchers, and special project students new to the facilities. They are NOT a substitute for being shown how to carry them out, but occasionally it helps for students to have the information contained here. Locations are indicated on the lab map at the end of this appendix.

SHUTDOWN CONFIGURATION:

The following tasks can and should be performed as soon as possible (after students are done)

Aligners:

• Check for masks left loaded.
• Power - OFF
• UV power - OFF
• IF not needed for testing, THEN turn OFF House Vacuum pump ASAP

Furnaces:

• Set furnaces to standby temperature. For analog controllers 200 = 600°C. (Leave Anneal Furnace alone).
• Flow controllers OFF and in MANUAL.
• Boats - IN
• End caps - ON
• Fan & Light - OFF
• IF not needed for > 1 week, THEN trip the breakers on the sides and shut off the H2 and O2 tank valves.

Fume Hoods:

• Hotplates - OFF
• Clean up PR spinner and bowl.
• IF LAST LAB OF WEEK, THEN
  • empty and clean the PR syringe
    (e-mail the Monday TA how much remained)
  • switch developer bottle with DI bottle
  • clean developer sprayer and area with DI.
  • drain all acids (as appropriate) and rinse containers
  • prop up the labware to dry.
  • spray and wipe down acid hood surfaces (use the drying wipes)
  END IF
• Degreaser - OFF, lid in place.
• Check that the lids are on the chemical containers.
• Pour waste acetone and IPA into bottle.
• Storage doors closed and bottles inside.
• Lights OFF on Spinner and Degreaser Hoods.
• IF RCA CLEAN PERFORMED THEN
  • dump SC-1 solution with lots of water
  • Pour SC-2 solution into waste tank.
  END IF

Rinser/Dryer - OFF

Cooke systems: SHUT DOWN as per Appendix A instructions.

Plasma Asher:

• Power - OFF
• Pump - OFF
• Chamber - closed

Hot point probes - OFF

point probes - OFF

Junction grinder POWER - OFF

Nitrogen and compressed air - OFF (except at furnaces)

Microscope lights - OFF

HP CPUs ON, Monitors OFF

All test equipment and PCs- OFF

Storage cabinet (to right of the safety shelf) - LOCKED

IF MONDAY LAB AND THERE ARE FULL WASTE CONTAINERS, THEN

• take containers to drop off point in 50G and call CHEM. PICK UP (3-9278)

CLEAN UP MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS.

Take out full trash bags and replace.

Record any ideas for improving this lab manual by writing in Lab Copy.

Students - OUT

Lights - OUT (don't forget the wet lab room lights).

If there is more than a single empty solvent bottle in the chase, take the extras out to the recycling bins.

In the chases turn OFF the following:

• House Vacuum pump (HV1)
• Fume hood power main breaker (FB1)
• All gas and water (including DI) valves EXCEPT
  • the annealing furnace
  • the Cooke 301 air and water if D-pump not cool
  • the degreaser water if its not cool (power off for 20 min.)
  • valves labeled LEAVE ON
• Solvent fume hood exhaust iff degreaser is cool (power off for 20 min.)
• IF Acid Exhaust was used, THEN (in this order)
  1. Turn OFF the make-up air handler in 50G
  2. Turn OFF the acid exhaust fan
  3. Turn OFF the static air pressure control valve - do not adjust regulator.
• Chase lights

Student storage bins locked

Outer room lights OFF

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