• While more than 30 different industry segments utilize cleanrooms, 70 percent of U.S. cleanroom floor space is in the semiconductor and other electronic components, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. • Development of the modern cleanroom began during the Second World War to improve the quality and reliability of instrumentation used in manufacturing guns, tanks and […]
How to determine the best clean room products and supplies
Top 5 Questions You Should Ask When Buying Cleanroom Products 1. What applications are you using your cleanroom for? This will determine the classification of cleanroom you will need and the setup and type of shelves, cabinets, hinges and doors you’ll require. If you expect applications to change in the near future, getting modular casework […]
Cleanroom Classification
How are clean rooms classified? Brigham Young University Examines the different Cleanroom Classifications: Two standards are used to classify cleanrooms. The first, Federal Standard 209E, is used domestically and the newer standard is TC 209 from the International Standards Organization. Both standards classify a cleanroom by the number of particles found in the laboratory’s air. […]
NASA reveals some of their “clean rooms” might not be as clean as expected
A surprisingly diverse bacteria was found in at least three of the space agency’s clean rooms. Amid great efforts to keep the clean rooms free of such particles, Genetic testing has revealed this rare form of bacteria present in the rooms where NASA assembles its space crafts. The new study revealed at least a hundred different forms of the bacteria. Read the […]
UMass Lowell Introduces $80 million Clean Room: The Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center
The Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) houses a Class 100, Class 1,000 and Class 10,000 clean room spaces “In the Class 100 clean room, only 100 particles measuring about 0.5 micron are allowed per cubic feet of air; in Class 10,000, only 10,000 such particles are permitted. In comparison, an ordinary room can contain […]
A Look Inside NASA’s Jet Propulsion Clean Room in California
Mars Science Laboratory Clean Room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
Willis Whitfield, Inventor of the Cleanroom has passed away at 92
Willis Whitfield, the former lab physicist, has passed away at the age of 92. Fifty years ago, whilst working as a scientist at Sandia Labs, Whitfield invented the modern-day cleanroom. Whitfield had his initial drawings for the new cleanroom by the end of 1960. His solution for dealing with the turbulent airflow and particles found […]