Services
A few of the services we offer. We are an engineering firm also so we may be able to help you with your design needs.
What's New:
Welcome to our new Website
July 11, 2011
LFT will be attending Semi-Con again this year! We will be vi sting booths, catching up with customers and hoping to meet new ones. Maybe we will see you there!
It's a new year and we have a few things going on.
* We are building up our supply of MFC adaptors.
*We have new automated liquid dynamic response testers (ATE).
* Also we are adding digital devices to our service list.
( More details soon!)
Watch for the "Extra! Extra!" Quarterly newsletters!
CurrentNews:
Our new home
July 2010
With the increases in our customer base and volume of business, we outgrew our old facility. We have moved to a new site that offers triple the lab space. Our phone numbers and email remain the same but our new address is:

2528 Qume Drive, Suite 4
San Jose, CA 95131
RecentEvents:
TBA
January 31, 2011
Our Services
Liquid Flow Devices • Mass Flow Devices • Pressure Devices • Engineering Solutions
Liquid Flow Technology, Inc. provides a full range of services for calibration, repairs, re-range, and cleaning of liquid flow devices. We also offer hardware and software upgrades for systems out of OEM warranty or facing obsolescence. LFT, Inc. guarantees quick turnaround, high quality and cost-effective calibration and engineering services for liquid flow process devices, maintaining the Original Device Manufacturer (ODM) standards for critical processes. Our second source devices include warranties and certifications.
Work In Process (WIP)
LFT realizes the importance of tracking these devices from customer to customer in order to better understand what each customer needs and to determine where the source of continuous problems or failure are recurring. LFT has developed a unique Work In Process (WIP) software application that is designed to not only improve the throughput of the service of these devices but also to flag recurring issues by following calibrations dates and returns, even when not under warranty. The WIP also generates a powerful database which allows us to search out various commonalities between failures to the tool and device.
We purchase parts directly from the OEMs and their suppliers. All devices are tested to OEM specifications upon completion of the repairs. If quotes are necessary, a revised quote it provided prior to work.
Typical Services Offered
- Clean/Calibrate/Certify*
- Repair
- Re-Range
- Core Exchange
- Refurbish
- Rebuild
- Sale of Refurbished and Rebuilt Devices
- Pairing of Liquid Flow Meters and Injectors
| * | Injectors are certified, not calibrated to assure that the operation is within manufacturer specification under operational conditions. |
All liquid flow are performed using a gravity-mass primary standard with IPA as the calibration liquid source. Leak tests are performed using Helium.
Pairing of Injector and Liquid Flow Meter
The extensive experience and expertise of LFT, Inc. has shown that this pairing eliminates the need to do any adjusting or part jockeying.
- Send both the Injector and LFM for Certification and Calibration
- This assures proper operation and longer life of both units
- The pair will be dynamically tested together
- They can be adjusted for the temperature and flows of the specific process of the end user
- The PID loop is then adjusted for optimum vaporization
- The two will be packaged together
Some of the Manufacturers we Support
- STEC/Horiba
- Porter/Parker Hannifan
- Lintec/Qualiflow
- AERA
- Tylan/Mykrolis/Millipore
- Unit/Celerity
- MKS Instruments
- Brooks Instruments
- Vacuum General
- Sierra
If you don't see a manufacturer listed, please contact us.
Replacement Device Upgrades
- We can recommend replacements for old or obsolete devices
- We have developed drop-in replacements for Porter NVL-003
- Large stock of devices both obsolete and current
- We continuously replenish our on-hand stock
Quick Turnaround
- Standard Turn-Around is 5 business days
- Expedited service is available at additional cost
- Off-hours service is available at additional cost
Warranty
| For Clean and Calibration or Range Change: 90 days from installation but not to exceed 180 days from date of service. |
| For Repairs, Core Exchange, Build-ups, Refurbishes, and Rebuilds: 180 days from installation, not to exceed 270 days from date of service. |
| Warranty items are given priority when received. |
| Following inspection, a function test is performed. Course of action is determined at this point. If unit is broken down, photos are taken of the condition and compared to photos taken when unit was serviced. |
| Warranty items start a new warranty period when returned to customer. |
Quality
- Flow control devices and manometers are calibrated using primary standards.
- Injectors are certified and tested under actual flow conditions.
- Repairs, refurbishes, and rebuilds have photos taken of interior components prior to final assembly.
- Devices and documentation are inspected prior to shipment.
Support
| We offer 24 hours per day, 7 day per week support. |
| One day turnaround is offered on most devices (subject to reasonable Rush Fee). |
| Given the symptoms, we can advise which devices are questionable. |
Liability
- We service and repair OEM devices and certify that they are working to OEM specifications.
- Our liability extends only to warranting the device itself against the work we have performed on it. For a calibration, only that it is in cal and works at the time of shipment. For repairs, the operation and calibration of the device.
- Warranty items will be repaired, replaced, re-calibrated, or re-certified as appropriate.
- Costs associated with down time of a process due to failure of a warranty item are assumed by the customer.





