https://sic-processing.com/Unabhängige Fachtexte zu Drahtsägen, Slurry, Siliciumcarbid und Recycling in der Waferfertigunghttps://sic-processing.com/en/critical-raw-materials-silicon/https://sic-processing.com/en/critical-raw-materials-silicon/2026-10-24Why silicon metal, gallium and germanium are strategic raw materials in the EU, what benchmarks and permitting rules the Critical Raw Materials Act sets, and how recycling of production scrap fits in.https://sic-processing.com/en/fab-site-requirements/https://sic-processing.com/en/fab-site-requirements/2026-10-24What a site must provide for a semiconductor fab or a solar wafer and cell plant: cleanroom classes under ISO 14644-1, ultrapure water, power supply and grid connection, hazardous substances, and the EU rules on environmental assessment, industrial emissions and major-accident hazards.https://sic-processing.com/en/pv-module-recycling-weee/https://sic-processing.com/en/pv-module-recycling-weee/2026-10-24How the WEEE Directive covers photovoltaic panels, which recovery targets apply, what changed in 2024, how modules are dismantled, and where circularity sits in wafer and semiconductor production.https://sic-processing.com/glossar/https://sic-processing.com/glossar/2026-10-24Die wichtigsten Fachbegriffe rund um Waferschneiden, Sägeslurry, Aufbereitung und Siliciumcarbid kurz erklärt, mit Verweisen auf die ausführlichen Artikel.https://sic-processing.com/sicherheit-umwelt-reach/https://sic-processing.com/sicherheit-umwelt-reach/2026-10-24Welche Gefahren beim Umgang mit Sägeschlamm, SiC-Staub und Siliciumfeinstoffen bestehen (Wasserstoff, Staub, Fasern) und wie Abfallrahmenrichtlinie, Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz, REACH und CLP die Aufbereitung einordnen.https://sic-processing.com/en/industrial-electricity-prices-eu/https://sic-processing.com/en/industrial-electricity-prices-eu/2026-10-23How Eurostat measures electricity prices for non-household consumers, what the consumption bands and price levels mean, why wholesale and retail prices differ, and what that implies for energy-intensive wafer, solar and SiC production.https://sic-processing.com/en/kerf-loss-silicon-recovery/https://sic-processing.com/en/kerf-loss-silicon-recovery/2026-10-23How much silicon is lost as kerf during wafering, why it is so hard to recover from slurry, what diamond wire changed, which contaminants matter and which recovery routes research describes.https://sic-processing.com/en/silicon-carbide-power-electronics/https://sic-processing.com/en/silicon-carbide-power-electronics/2026-10-23Why 4H-SiC suits power semiconductors: breakdown field, thermal conductivity, doping and native oxide, the weak spot at the MOS interface, and why sawing SiC crystals is a challenge of its own.https://sic-processing.com/kerfverlust-silicium-rueckgewinnung/https://sic-processing.com/kerfverlust-silicium-rueckgewinnung/2026-10-23Wie viel Silicium beim Waferschneiden als Schnittfuge verloren geht, warum es so schwer zurückzugewinnen ist, welche Verunreinigungen stören und welche Wege Forschung und Patente beschreiben.https://sic-processing.com/koernung-fepa-jis/https://sic-processing.com/koernung-fepa-jis/2026-10-23Was Körnungsbezeichnungen wie F400, F800 oder GC#1000 bedeuten, wie Makro- und Mikrokörnungen gemessen werden, welche Medianwerte FEPA 42-2 festlegt und worauf man beim Vergleich von Normen achten muss.https://sic-processing.com/siliciumcarbid-leistungselektronik/https://sic-processing.com/siliciumcarbid-leistungselektronik/2026-10-23Warum 4H-SiC für Leistungshalbleiter interessant ist: Durchbruchfeldstärke, Wärmeleitfähigkeit, Dotierung, MOS-Grenzfläche. Und warum das Sägen von SiC-Kristallen eine eigene Herausforderung ist.https://sic-processing.com/diamantdraht/https://sic-processing.com/diamantdraht/2026-10-22Diamantdrahtsägen im Vergleich zum Slurry-Verfahren: gebundene Körnung, dünnere Drähte, wasserbasierte Kühlflüssigkeit, andere Waferoberflächen, neue Anforderungen an Texturierung und Recycling.https://sic-processing.com/en/diamond-wire-sawing/https://sic-processing.com/en/diamond-wire-sawing/2026-10-22Diamond wire sawing compared with slurry sawing: fixed abrasive, thinner wires, water-based coolant, different wafer surfaces, new demands on texturing and on recycling of silicon kerf.https://sic-processing.com/en/silicon-carbide-acheson/https://sic-processing.com/en/silicon-carbide-acheson/2026-10-22What silicon carbide is, how it forms from quartz sand and coke in the Acheson furnace, why there is green and black SiC, how grit is made from it, where it is used and what occupational health rules apply.https://sic-processing.com/en/siting-wafer-and-module-plants-in-europe/https://sic-processing.com/en/siting-wafer-and-module-plants-in-europe/2026-10-22What the Net-Zero Industry Act and the European Chips Act actually offer a new wafer, cell, module or chip plant, how they differ, and which practical site criteria decide where such a plant can be built.https://sic-processing.com/index.php/firmengeschichte.htmlhttps://sic-processing.com/index.php/firmengeschichte.html2026-10-22Die technische Entwicklung in Etappen: Acheson und das Siliciumcarbid, das Mehrdrahtsägen mit loser Körnung, die Aufbereitung von SiC-Glykol-Slurries, der Wechsel zum Diamantdraht und die Rückgewinnung von Silicium.https://sic-processing.com/siliciumcarbid-acheson/https://sic-processing.com/siliciumcarbid-acheson/2026-10-22Was Siliciumcarbid ist, wie es im Acheson-Ofen aus Quarzsand und Koks entsteht, warum es grünes und schwarzes SiC gibt, wie daraus Körnungen werden und wo der Werkstoff eingesetzt wird.https://sic-processing.com/index.php/Aufbereitung_und_Rückgewinnung.htmlhttps://sic-processing.com/index.php/Aufbereitung_und_Rückgewinnung.html2026-10-21Die Verfahrensschritte der Slurry-Aufbereitung im Überblick: Fest-flüssig-Trennung, Zentrifugen und Hydrozyklone, Klassierung der SiC-Körnung, Entfernung von Silicium und Eisen, Rückgewinnung des Glykols.https://sic-processing.com/en/slurry-recovery-process/https://sic-processing.com/en/slurry-recovery-process/2026-10-21The unit operations of wire-saw slurry recovery: solid-liquid separation, hydrocyclones and centrifuges, grit classification, removal of silicon and iron, and recovery of the glycol.https://sic-processing.com/en/why-recycle-slurry/https://sic-processing.com/en/why-recycle-slurry/2026-10-21What a spent wire-saw slurry contains, why silicon carbide and glycol are reused, how cost, EU waste law and resource value drive reprocessing, and where the limits are.