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Perforated raised floors are often used in clean rooms, computer rooms, data centers, large high-end offices, and spaces that require good ventilation. The perforated raised floor is designed to provide excellent cooling to manage the heat load in mission-critical facilities. However, if you want to optimize the ventilation of the perforated raised floor and create the most efficient air conditioning system (UFAD - Under Floor Air Distribution) for the space, it is necessary to properly and correctly lay the perforated raised floor, which also includes selecting the right raised floor perforated tiles according to different environmental needs.

During the design of data centers, professionals often face the question of raised floor systems versus the use of an overhead cable tray while designing cabling distribution and air handling systems. Twenty years ago, this wasn't even a discussion, as virtually all data centers used raised floor systems, although it has now become a heated debate. While a case can be made for both options, there are certainly many reasons raised floors have remained the industry standard in data centers across the United States.

Microelectronics technology is increasingly ubiquitous, even within the human body, as medical researchers develop new approaches  to monitoring and treating a growing array of illnesses and injuries. A variety of implantable medical devices are now used routinely, ranging from intraocular lenses to electroencephalography (EEG) recorders and many others. The companies that design these devices require specific capabilities and qualifications from a potential medical device manufacturer. These requirements typically cover topics like experience in medical device manufacturing, the types of equipment necessary to manufacture, assemble and package the product, parts tracking methods, employee qualifications and/or specialised training, required  industry and governmental certifications, etc. However, as comprehensive as these requirements might appear, some of them fail to include an aspect that’s critical for some categories of medical microelectronics device manufacturing: a microbial-controlled cleanroom.

Due to the sensitive nature of their products, clean room facilities for microelectronic and semiconductor applications require stringent environmental controls. These clean rooms also house extremely precise and expensive equipment such as photolithography, etching, cleaning, doping, and dicing machines. Hence, any deficiencies in the cleanliness specifications can affect the entire production process. Other common issues in microelectronic & semiconductor clean room conception and design are the maximizing of space while also enabling future reconfiguration. For all these reasons, a modular clean room system is often the optimal solution.

As we move forward in an ever more tech-focused era, microelectronics technology is more pervasive, and has become an essential across varying industries. Life sciences and medical research have adopted microelectronics to help progress new ways of observing and treating an increasing number of injuries and conditions. For example, implantable medical devices are now routinely used in treatment.