December
2003
HF Etchants and Safety Considerations
HF etching is now being considered by PCM job
shops in their effort to become more involved in
new product developments, especially in the
fields of aerospace and medicine. However,
Health and Safety aspects ofHF arc extremely
important to understand from the viewpoint of
liability and litigation. I have a personal interest
in Health and Safety issues, since Jam Chairman
of the Cranfield University Safety Committee,
and I am obviously interested in their relevance
to PCM fabrication processes.
Professor David Allen, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University
