Many Clean Room Environments Require an Air Shower
By kelly
Thursday, January 15, 2008
clean rooms come in all shapes and sizes, from microenvironments to cavernous spaces that are required for the manufacture of items for a wide variety of industries. clean rooms are designed to restrict the admission of all types of particulate and microbial contamination. Numerous contaminants can be introduced into a clean room environment by being transported on the outer garments and person of an individual entering a clean room, and for that reason, many clean rooms will feature a decontaminating personnel, equipment or product air shower. An air shower is very often a self-contained unit that utilizes specialized, high efficiency air flow and other technologies to effectively remove all types of contaminants from the person of every individual who must pass through the air shower to enter a clean room—certain objects and/or equipment can also be decontaminated with an air shower.
A Truly Clean Room Requires an Air Shower
clean rooms are utilized for a wide variety of industrial, medical, pharmaceutical, and research applications. They can be constructed in place—typically the case for larger and more permanent installations—or portable, prefabricated clean rooms can be delivered to a site for rapid assembly and installation. Depending on the allowable levels of contamination for any particular application, a clean room may or may not require a personnel decontaminating air shower. When the highest levels of particulate and microbial contaminant control is required, an air shower will always be installed.
Clean room environments must be monitored closely, and individuals entering and exiting the space on a continual basis are a chief cause for concern when ultra-clean environments must be maintained. Clean room garments, when changed frequently and exchanged between different individuals, provide a wealth of opportunities for particulates to contaminate these garments. A personnel and equipment air shower ensures the cleanest environment possible for industries such as:
- Medical patient isolation units
- Biomedical and other research endeavors
- Sterile packaging facilities
- Pharmaceutical research and manufacturing applications
- The electronics industry,including microchip manufacturing
- Aviation and aerospace manufacturing applications and more
The Science of Clean Room/Air Shower Technology
Whatever the application, from cutting edge medical research to the manufacture of sterile band aid packaging to the critical fabrication of a navigational device for the Space Shuttle, the challenge of creating a truly clean environment is a daunting one. A clean room worker who sneezes onto his sleeve prior to entering a clean room can introduce hundreds of thousands of microbial contaminants into a clean room environment. Engineers who add the oftentimes critical component of an air shower into their clean room design provide one more barrier to a host of contaminants that could seriously impair the functionality of a clean room environment.
In addition to sophisticated High Efficiency Air Filtration (HEPA) systems, engineers also rely on clean room components such as: specially designed and easy to clean wall and flooring materials; product and materials pass-thru units; sophisticated personnel gowning antechambers; negative pressure airlock designs; lint free laboratory garment materials; specially designed environmental surfaces that resist microbial contamination, negative ion dust precipitation systems, and of course, high efficiency air shower technology.
Consider a Clean Room Air Shower for the Cleanest Environment Possible
By John Washburn
Friday, January 09, 2008
Whether you’re involved in the fabrication of aerospace components or searching for a cure for cancer, if your work requires a contaminant free, clean room environment, a decontaminating air shower should be installed. Particulate and microbial contaminants can be difficult to eliminate from any environment, and a specialized air flow air shower stands as one more barrier to clean room contamination. Lab and manufacturing personnel continually entering and exiting a clean room provide an excellent opportunity for contaminants to spread, but the introduction of an air shower into the clean room design will serve to stop contaminants at the most likely point of entry.
Sometimes I wish we had a Portable cleanroom with an air shower.
By kelly
Monday, March 31, 2008
Having kids and pets in and out of our home all day there are times I wish there was a Portable
cleanroom with an air shower they needed to go through first. I can vacuum everyday and it could be done more.If we had a Portable cleanroom with an air shower these pets and kids would not be able to track in all of their dirt and grime in my house.Maybe someday someone will come up with a Portable cleanroom with the air shower for a home.I truly believe that the idea of a Portable cleanroom for a home would be a huge seller.
Every home with kids should have a cleanroom with an air shower and Wet process station.
By Michelle
Thursday, April 17, 2008
If every house had a
cleanroom with an air shower and Wet process system not only would it cut down on dirt, but it would cut down on germs too. I have two kids, two dogs, a cat, and m
ore kids than I can count most of the time in and out of my house non stop.If I had an air shower and Wet process station that everyone had to go through to get to the clean room my life would probably be a lot less chaotic.The Wet process station would allow me to wash any muddy pet or child before they entered the
cleanroom.That alone would save me time, work, and money. The air shower leading into the
cleanroom would cut down on any germs and dirt that was on anyone coming into the house. That would probably cut down on what we are exposed to by all the in and out traffic in our lives.That’s why every house should come with a
cleanroom equipped with and air shower and Wet process station.
We need an effective air shower..
Posted By Bob L.
On 07/06/2007
We need an effective air shower for entering and exiting our cleanroom. You see dust particles can ruin cleanrooms completely. A cleanroom is a room that has a controlled level of contamination usually specified by the number of micro particles per cubic meter at a specified size. cleanrooms are usually used in laboratories or manufacturing plants. You see without an air shower you could not ensure the dust particles and contamination would not get on the items in question. Other things that air showers prevent are microbes, aerosol particles, and chemical vapors from entering and exiting a cleanroom. Myself and my personnel always pass through an air shower to maintain cleanliness in our laboratory and work area. To keep our work free from contaminants we use air showers to get rid of any particles that might be hazardous to our work. Our air shower has an audible alarm system to let you know when you are finished and also has magnetic locks on doors to prevent discharge. We use a multiple filtration system to contain any and all contaminated microbes. Our air shower is a walk through unit with a L shape for easy pass through walk in.
