Surface Preparation for Wire Bonding Cleaning Solution for Bond Pad Contamination Introduction Shown in Figure 1 is a typical wire…

Cleaning Delicate Surfaces Using Sub-Micron Sized Solid Carbon Dioxide Particles Propelled by Gaseous Carbon Dioxide Cleaning Surfaces with Dry Ice…

The First CO2 Spray Cleaning Process Fong's (Lockheed Aircraft) Pellet Blast Process During the 1970’s, Calvin Fong, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation,…

The Short Story CO2 Composite Spray Technology Development CO2 Composite Spray™ technology can claim its beginnings going back to the…

Collaborative Extraction A Fully Integrated Extraction and Extract Treatment Process  Novel polarity-directed and mixed-polarity CO2 extraction solvent systems and processes…

Smart Extraction Cost-and Performance-Effective Solutions Tens of thousands of plant species are known to contain valuable extractable chemicals, so-called “Natural…

Solubility Gradients Synergistic, Synchronistic, and Synthesizing A plant is a complex system of physical structures, phytochemicals, and biochemical processes possessing…

Liquid CO2 is a Better Solvent Higher Power, Capacity, and Speed Laboratory testing and commercial equipment performance comparisons demonstrate that…

The Future of Liquid CO2 Extraction CO2 Extraction Reimagined The SLO Cooker™ natural product extraction system uses patents-pending Smart Technology™…

Bondability CO2 Technology Improves Bondability A manufactured product may require component surfaces to be joined using methods such as gluing,…

Perseverance rover converts CO2 into oxygen on Mars for the first time MOXIE produced five grams of oxygen, equal to…

Wettability CO2 Improves Surface Wettability A manufactured product may require component surfaces to provide fast and uniform spreading and contact…

CO2 MQCL for Titanium Machining Atmosphere. Optimized. Introduction The past century has witnessed significant advancements in cutting machines, cutting tools,…

Cleanability CO2 Improves Surface Cleanliness in Different Ways A manufactured product may require components to have a certain maximum level…

Surface Transformations CO2 Changes Surfaces in Different Ways The most practical and unique aspect of CO2  processing technology is its…

Contaminant-Constrained Manufacturing Systems Surface Contamination Constrains Manufacturing Manufacturing systems comprise numerous processes and apparatuses needed to fabricate a product. In…

CO2 Processing System Problem-Opportunity-Solution The CO2 processing system comprises three components, as follows: Problem: a manufacturing system comprising a manufacturing…

CO2 Processing Technology Overview CO2 as a Solvent, Coolant, and Lubricant It has been known for more than 80 years…

CO2 is a Manufacturing Technology Cleaning, Cooling, and Lubrication Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless, and naturally occurring chemical…

Future CO2 Developments CO2 Processing Units (CPU®) CO2 technology innovation continues today with an emphasis on new market and application…

CO2 Process Fluids Purification, Delivery, and Recycling During the initial CO2 technology development period, adjunct innovations were co-developed to support…

Automated Spray Cleaning SnoBot and CleanFlex Small affordable (so-called) desktop robots were being introduced in the early 1990’s. While watching…

CO2 Composite Spray Pencil Snow Blaster Concurrent with centrifugal liquid CO2 immersion cleaning process commercialization, development of a new CO2…

Centrifugal Liquid CO2 Immersion SuperFuge™ Design and development of a new high performance dense fluid immersion cleaning system began in…

Early Supercritical and Liquid CO2 Processes Mr. Orval Buck The first CO2-based immersion cleaning system was constructed and tested by Mr.…

CO2 Technology Development Faster, Better and Cheaper CO2 technology described in this blog-eBook represents more than 30 years of process,…

Forward Blog preview This eBook has been a long time in the making and continues to be a work in…

Dedications Thank you To my wife, best friend, and colleague, Karen, for her enduring love and support all these years.…

Technical Terms What does that mean CO2 An abundant and recycled gaseous by-product of industrial processes repurposed for precision cleaning,…

Copyright Notice All rights reserved CO2Mechanics.Blog Blog to eBook Practical knowledge, tools, tips, and techniques for developing and implementing innovative…

How to use this blog Icons used in this eBook Each chapter in this eBook is self-contained, which means you…

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Scope and Objectives Contamination is defined in many ways Contamination may be broadly defined as any material, substance, or energy…

While attending college, Mr. Jackson worked full-time as a manager of a certified testing laboratory analyzing pollutants in wastewater generated…

CO2 is Part of the Solution Recycled CO2 The human part of the Earth’s carbon cycle comprises our societal and…

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Universal Abundant and Natural Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an abundant, natural, and renewable manufacturing resource. To…