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Aerospace & Defense Cleanroom
Aerospace & Defense cleanroom classifications regulate a cleanroom’s degree of cleanliness and are defined by the allowed amount of contamination by particle count and size, as well as the necessary air change rates depending on the cleanroom’s classification level. Aerospace and defense cleanrooms are typically regulated by the classification standards of two major organizations: The International Standards Organization (ISO) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
Construction In Existing Structure
The ability to construct a cleanroom in any space is a major advantage of the modular cleanroom building process. Retrofit cleanrooms can still reach a wide variety of ISO cleanroom classifications. With a modular cleanroom retrofit in your existing structure, you have the ability to adapt your existing structure to save space and materials. Let’s take a look at where you can build a cleanroom in your existing space, and what that process looks like.
Automotive Cleanroom Design
Your cleanroom doors are the most vulnerable part of the cleanroom. As the most likely place for particles and contamination to enter your controlled cleanroom environment, it’s important to choose cleanroom doors that are secure, reliable, and contaminant-free. There are many factors to consider when choosing cleanroom doors for your facility. The first consideration you’ll need to make is the type of cleanroom doors that will best serve your automotive cleanroom’s needs.
Choosing Cleanroom Flooring
When designing the perfect cleanroom, every element has to fit together. Working from head to toe, each component has a part to play in keeping your cleanroom running efficiently. When it comes to flooring, you’ll need to pick the type that best fits the work you’re doing, the materials you’re using, and adds to the cleanliness of your space.
Floors And Coatings
Among the elements that make up the physical structure of a clean room, the floor and its coating are undoubtedly the elements of greatest demand. It is over these that, daily, there is intense traffic of people, vehicles, raw materials, machines, etc.
ESD Flooring For Cleanroom
Selecting the right kind of ESD (electrostatic discharge) flooring is always a challenge, and in controlled environments, the stakes are particularly high. While cleanroom environments are known for the exacting standards used to control contaminants, it's ironic that their anti-static flooring doesn't always meet industry specifications. This is a critical concern on several levels:
