At a glance
| Booth | S7952 |
| Country | US |
| Website | www.carpentertechnology.com |
Company profile
Carpenter Technology supplies high-performance specialty alloy-based materials and process solutions tailored to demanding industrial and semiconductor markets. Since its founding in 1889, the company has developed premium specialty alloys including titanium, nickel, and cobalt and has built its materials business around demanding manufacturing environments. Its expertise transforms manufacturing and material challenges into innovative, scalable solutions that provide a competitive edge in highly corrosive and demanding environments. Carpenter Technology supplies chemical manufacturing companies, industrial plants, and semiconductor facilities with specialty alloys for flow control, continuous flow, and material-processing applications. Those materials are intended to maintain reliability under rapid pressure changes and temperature fluctuations, linking alloy selection with operating conditions that can be corrosive, thermally variable, and demanding. For semiconductor applications, Carpenter Technology states more than 40 years of semiconductor-industry experience and describes itself as a key supplier to major fluid-control, metrology, motion-system, and shielding-device manufacturers.
Exhibits
The material lineup includes High Temperature Alloys, Nickel-Copper Alloys, Soft Magnetic & Electrification materials, Stainless Steel, Titanium, Tool & Die Steels, Alloy & Specialty Steels, and Medical Alloys. Carpenter Technology supplies corrosion-, heat-, and pressure-resistant specialty alloys and stainless steels for valves, fittings, and fasteners, along with specialty materials for smaller, lighter, and more durable mission-critical components. Additional applications named in the product range include engines, landing gear, precision components, and metal powder additive manufacturing. For semiconductor components, Carpenter Technology specializes in high-purity alloys designed for corrosive environments where contamination is not tolerated and identifies ultra-high-purity gas-delivery applications as a core use area. Its semiconductor alloys are engineered around corrosion resistance, cleanliness, weldability, machinability, and electro-polishability, with in-house metallurgical and manufacturing expertise used to address application requirements. The company identifies itself as a primary producer of high-purity 316L-SCQ meeting tight specifications and SEMI-F20 standards, and it states that it has the world's largest Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) capacity and the largest high-purity alloy capacity. Custom-alloy development is offered for unique use cases and new designs, allowing specific alloy requirements to be developed with customers rather than limiting the semiconductor range to standard grades. For semiconductor gas-delivery systems, the alloys address corrosion resistance, cleanliness, weldability, and electro-polishability in critical valves, fittings, regulators, and filters used for deposition, etching, and general fabrication construction. Featured gas-delivery material groups include ULTRA-HIGH PURITY (UHP), HIGH PURITY (HP), and SPECIALIZED ALLOYS such as Conichrome®/Elgiloy® (Co-Cr-Ni-Mo), C-276, and 625. For measurement systems, Carpenter Technology emphasizes uniformity plus thermal and temporal stability in sensors and mounts, with featured materials including ULTRA-HIGH PURITY (UHP), 13-8 MO, INVAR 36, and SUPER INVAR 32-5. For semiconductor motion systems, the range addresses linear actuation and galling-prone applications with wear-resistant alloys, including the GALL-TOUGH® / NITRONIC® FAMILY and 440C for high-stress applications. For shielding, the portfolio includes alloys for flux concentrators and magnetic shielding, with HIGH PERMEABILITY 49 for high permeability in magnetic fields and HYMU 80 for shielding applications. Carpenter Technology produces three standard and multiple custom variants of 316L-SCQ, an austenitic stainless steel developed for very fine surface finishes and controlled material cleanliness. For 316L-SCQ, sulfur content can be specified in tight ranges below 0.015% to control machinability, weldability, and inclusion count, while selected melt stock is used to restrict typical residual elements and optimize internal micro-cleanness. Its premium melting routes include Air melting + vacuum arc remelting (AOD+VAR) for refined surface finish and Vacuum induction melting + vacuum arc remelting (VIM+VAR) for alloys intended to meet stringent micro-cleanness requirements. The semiconductor-alloy solutions are described as lab-tested and field-proven for component integrity in challenging environments, while AOD+VAR refines metal in vacuum for a clean surface and VIM+VAR is used to produce alloys that are virtually free of inclusions for stringent micro-cleanness requirements.
Capabilities and products
- high-purity specialty alloys for semiconductors
- high-performance titanium, nickel and cobalt specialty alloys
- corrosion-, heat- and pressure-resistant alloys for valves and fittings
- alloys for ultra-high-purity gas delivery
- SEMI-F20 high-purity 316L-SCQ
- custom alloy development
- thermally and temporally stable alloys for measurement systems
- anti-galling wear-resistant alloys for semiconductor motion systems
- alloys for flux concentration and magnetic shielding
- AOD+VAR vacuum arc remelting
- VIM+VAR vacuum melting
- metal-powder additive-manufacturing materials