Cleanroom Design and Implementation

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Dec 05, 2012

In the course of designing, it would be useful to include numerous points of view from within the company, such as engineering, quality control, and production personnel who can specify what functions the clean room needs to carry out and what sorts of features it could have. This will reduce the chance of any costly errors made when the building is being implemented.

Layout starts with ventilation and the filtration system, such as that with a HEPA filter. These components are essential to a functioning clean room. The type of filtration and the direction of the air flow as it relates the architecture of the clean room is an essential part of the design process. Another factor to consider is the traffic of workers and materials. Where are the products going? Where is the waste going? These flows should be well understood when designing an optimal clean room.

Many clean room designs feature machinery that is situated between rooms: part of it sits in the clean room, and part of it sits in another room that doesn't necessarily function as a clean room. This allows easy access to maintenance, since maintenance in a clean room can create more contamination and difficulties. Other things to consider in the design process are whether you will include airlocks and intermediary chambers where clothes can be changed and other things of that nature.

Materials to consider when crafting a clean room are materials that have a smooth and sturdy finish, as well as an absence of any sharp angles or edges where particles can collect on. The surface should also be easy to clean on a regular basis.

There are multiple ways to construct a clean room, though the most advantageous would be through modular construction. A modular clean room is designed and then manufactured in factory settings, away from the designated workspace, such that additional contamination from construction processes is avoided. Modular clean rooms install quickly and cleanly and can be altered in the future. Also if any design changes are made, a modular system can be quickly altered to account for the changes.

All of these factors go into building a clean room. A quality clean room requires an excellent design that can account for complex processes. Flexibility and non-invasiveness in construction are major pluses. With a modular clean room, the client can save on time and costs and have a quality clean room to handle their research of their manufacturing as well. Design and implementation go hand and hand in getting this done.