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Nor-Cal UK Ltd

Units 5 and 6 Home Farm Business Centre
Minety
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 9PL ( Road Map )

Tel: 01666 861221
Fax: 01666 861223

Number of Employees: 1 - 20

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Stainless Steel Vacuum Components

Stainless Steel Vacuum Components

Nor-Cal UK Ltd is the sole UK distributor for California based Nor-Cal Products Inc., one of the world’s market leaders in the manufacture and supply of stainless steel vacuum components.

We offer the full range of Nor-Cal products, including high vacuum and ultra high vacuum flanges, fittings, valves, foreline traps, feedthroughs, manipulators and heater jackets.
 
Nor-Cal has embraced new technology as the high vacuum industry has grown, and constant investment in our manufacturing allows us to offer high quality, reliable vacuum components at competitive prices.
 
Our vacuum components are used in high and ultra high (uhv) vacuum applications such as semiconductor fabrication for both the equipment manufacturers, end users and installation contractors.
 
Our throttling control valve technology with both throttling butterfly and throttling sealing pendulum valves are proving to have unmatched pressure control performance.
 
Our wide range of angle valves, inline valves and gate valves have become an industry standard. A wide range of vacuum foreline traps and foreline heater jackets prevent by-product build-up reducing foreline and vacuum pump maintenance.

Comprehensive Downstream Solutions

Our experience coupled with a broad product offering allows us to integrate components, providing comprehensive solutions to semiconductor fabs and equipment manufacturers.

To improve overall system performance and achieve customer defined goals, a thorough evaluation of the system is conducted.
 
A detailed worksheet is posted below for you to download. Filling out this worksheet will greatly assist us in calculating your cost of ownership model. A cost of ownership model can show payback as a result of increased tool utilisation and decreased maintenance costs.
 
Foreline traps, thermal products, IntellisysTM pressure control valves, GenesisTM soft start valves and weldments can be provided as turnkey modules.
 
Thermal and vacuum characterization can be performed at Nor-Cal before the assembly is supplied, leak checked, blanked off and clean room packaged.

Semiconductor and Microelectronics

Semiconductor and Microelectronics

Computers, cell phones, PDAs, iPods, automobiles and appliances are the end products that create the single largest demand for microelectronics and vacuum components. Our products are used in almost every facet of semiconductor processing, starting with crystal pulling of the silicon ingots that are sliced into silicon wafers and ending with the metrology equipment used to inspect the individual integrated circuits.

Nor-Cal Products is a preferred supplier of standard and custom or build-to-print components of all types to the 'front end' capital equipment manufacturers, who produce the 'cluster tools' used in semiconductor foundries or 'fabs'. Cluster tools contain several vacuum chambers providing critical wafer processing steps, including chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD or sputtering) and etch. Other systems perform ion implantation and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). These require contaminant-free cleanliness and precise performance from pressure control systems, isolation valves, vacuum chambers and other system components.
 
We also provide the piping, fittings and flanges used by the mechanical contractors to connect the vacuum pumps to the cluster tools during fab construction and expansion. The companies who manufacture the vacuum pumps and gas abatement equipment installed in the fab also purchase valves and other components from Nor-Cal.

Vacuum Components and Abatement

Vacuum Components and Abatement

Nor-Cal Products stocks a complete selection of stainless steel vacuum fore-line and pump-line hardware.  We offer in excess of 2,500 standard flanges, fittings, adapters and transitions, and have the ability to provide value added, custom designed vacuum-line assemblies in a variety of configurations and sizes.  In addition pump-line management solution products aimed at controlling or eliminating troublesome contamination build-up further complete Nor-Cals offering in this area.  This diverse segment of products and associated manufacturing capabilities include:

  • All types of hardware for ISO, NW, Conflat and ASA piping systems
  • Special EVAC flange systems and wire seal solutions
  • Tube bending and port pulling for custom weld-free assemblies
  • Molecular sieve as well as water cooled and liquid nitrogen cooled traps.
  • Particulate filters and oil mist eliminators
  • Heater jackets and controllers

No requirement is too small or big, and no custom solution is too complex for our experienced vacuum system designers.  Please contact our knowledgeable staff to learn more or to submit an RFQ for your specific requirements.

Flanges, Fittings and Adapters

Flanges, Fittings and Adapters

Nor-Cal manufactures a full line of flanges, fittings and adapters for vacuum applications. We offer NW (KF), ISO, CF, ASA, Wire Seal and EVAC style flanges and fittings to fit almost every application. Custom flanges are available upon request. We specialise in manufacturing components from 304 or 316 stainless steel with several items available in aluminium as well. Centering rings, gaskets, clamps, bolts and other hardware components are available to complete your project. We maintain a large inventory for prompt deliveries and to meet those unexpected demands.
 

Chamber and UHV Components

Nor-Cal Products has earned a reputation as a world-class manufacturer of high and ultra-high vacuum chambers. The quality, appearance and performance of our chambers are unequalled. We supply one-off chambers designed from customer specifications for university or national laboratory research projects, as well as production quantity chambers that are built-to-print for equipment manufacturers. Thin-film deposition and compound semiconductor processing are common applications for our high-vacuum, O-ring sealed chambers that commonly operate at pressures down to 1x10-9 Torr. Vacuum fired 316L material and metal seals are recommended for ultrahigh vacuum surface science chambers that operate at pressures in the 1x10-11 Torr range. Nor-Cal’s Vacuum Chamber and UHV Accessory offering includes:

  • Cylindrical, spherical and rectangular shaped stainless steel chambers.
  • Doors, stands, water jackets and Mumetal shields
  • Loadlocks, bell jars, base plates and feed through collars
  • Manipulation and feed through devices
  • UHV flanges and special flange and seal systems

In addition, Nor-Cal has its own in-house chemical clean and electropolish capabilities.  Please contact our knowledgeable staff to learn more or to submit an RFQ for your custom chamber requirement.

Vacuum Manufacturers Wiltshire UK

Vacuum Manufacturers Wiltshire UK

Nor-Cal Inc. Products has been manufacturing stainless steel vacuum components for over 50 years.

Our 85,000 square foot corporate HQ and manufacturing facility is located in Northern California where around 200 employees serve a network of distributors throughout the world.
 
In 1997 Nor-Cal Products established a 4,000 square foot research and development facility in San Diego, California. The staff is currently developing downstream pressure control devices for semiconductor processes.
Our products go to customers both building equipment (OEM) and running equipment (End User), as well as universities and other research establishments.
 
Our customers are drawn from all sectors of the vacuum industry, from semiconductor fabrication to nuclear research.
 
More information about the organisation can be found in our catalogue, available in full from the Products page on this site, or by visiting the Nor-Cal Products Inc. website.

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Selected B2B Stock items for Nor-Cal UK Ltd

Item NamePart CodeQuantityPrice
camera iconFITTING3TR-300-200 - £POA
camera iconCF FLANGEB-450D - £POA
camera iconFITTING2KL-ISO-80-OF - £POA
camera iconHOSEFH-100-36 - £POA
camera iconWELD FITTINGB-31W-300-250 - £POA
camera iconTRAPCT-4-0752-NWB - £POA
camera iconREPLACEMENT PARTSISO-400-OR-B - £POA
camera iconFITTINGNW-16-1/2 MVCR - £POA
camera iconWELD FITTINGG-2WK-300 - £POA
camera iconHOSEFH-400-18-2CF - £POA

Last Updated: 14-Apr-2011

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