CASE STUDY · CLEANROOM · SEMICONDUCTOR
Cleanroom System Ceiling
Samsung Austin Semiconductor · Taylor FAB 1 · Taylor, TX
In Samsung Austin Semiconductor’s Taylor FAB 1, PROCON E&C crews install the cleanroom system ceiling area by area: the ceiling grid, blind panels, fan filter units (FFU) and blower filter units (BFU), chemical filters and the box lighting in the grid, with each area cleaned before turnover.
PROJECT FACTS
- Location
- Taylor, TX
- Owner
- Samsung Austin Semiconductor
- Facility
- Semiconductor fab (FAB 1)
- Sector
- Semiconductor
- PROCON role
- Cleanroom system ceiling contractor, self-performed
- Status
- In progress · 2024 –
- Scope
- Ceiling grid, blind panels, FFU and BFU, chemical filters, box lighting, area cleaning before turnover
Owners are named for identification only; this does not imply their endorsement.
THE CHALLENGE
THE CEILING THE FAB HANGS FROM
Level and true
The ceiling grid sets the plane for everything above the cleanroom. The AMHS rails that come later hang from the grid’s main tees, so the grid has to be level and true first.
Filters flush with the grid
Every FFU filter face has to sit coplanar with the grid, and every opening without a filter is closed with a blind panel.
Area by area, in a live program
The fab is turned over area by area while other trades work around each one, so every area has to close out as one complete package.
WHAT WE DID
THE U.S. SEQUENCE, AREA BY AREA
We follow the U.S. sequence: the floor comes first, then the ceiling. Below is the part of that sequence in PROCON’s scope at Taylor FAB 1.
01
Grid leveled to the floor datum
With the floor in first, its datum is carried up to the ceiling and the grid is leveled to it.
02
FFUs coplanar with the grid
FFUs and BFUs are set in the grid with their filter faces coplanar with the grid; blind panels close the remaining openings.
03
Chemical filters and box lighting
Chemical filters and the box lighting in the grid go in as part of the same area package.
04
Area cleaned and turned over
Each area is cleaned and turned over as one complete ceiling package, ready for the AMHS rails that hang from the main tees after the FFUs.
BIM coordinationPROCON’s BIM team has also run coordination for Samsung Fab 1: clash detection and shop drawings.
ON SITE
FROM THE JOBSITE
WATCHSemiconductor cleanroom: system ceiling and overhead AMHS (concept video, 53 s) The concept video shows the full fab sequence. PROCON’s scope at Taylor FAB 1 is the system ceiling.
RESULT
WHAT IS DELIVERED
- Ceiling turned over area by area as one package: grid, blind panels, FFU and BFU, chemical filters, box lighting and cleaning
- Self-performed by PROCON crews
PROCON builds cleanrooms from ISO Class 8 support areas up to semiconductor fab cleanrooms at the highest cleanliness classes, and is building system ceiling packages for SK hynix in Indiana and Amkor in Arizona.
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