• DocumentCode
    2925076
  • Title

    Moving toward sustainability in cathode manufacturing process

  • Author

    Roberts, Scott ; Effgen, Mike

  • Author_Institution
    Semicon Assoc., Lexington, KY, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    24-26 April 2012
  • Firstpage
    479
  • Lastpage
    480
  • Abstract
    Meeting present and future sustainability requirements in cathode manufacturing processes are now major issues for vacuum electron device manufacturers. Global material and energy resources, markets, and economies have direct relationships on vendor pricing, supply chains, quality and consistency of materials, and ultimately meeting customer requirements. This paper will identify and discuss historical actions, baseline efforts, and a future model for sustainable cathode manufacturing.
  • Keywords
    cathodes; customer satisfaction; electron device manufacture; pricing; quality control; supply chains; sustainable development; cathode manufacturing process; customer requirements; energy resources; global material resources; material consistency; quality; supply chains; sustainability; vacuum electron device manufacturers; vendor pricing; Cathodes; Economics; Electron devices; Machining; Manufacturing processes; Materials; cathode; environment; process; sustainability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electron Sources Conference (IVESC), 2012 IEEE Ninth International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0368-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVESC.2012.6264204
  • Filename
    6264204