 NASA's Glenn Research Center cleanroom. A cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by the number of particles per meter-cubed and by maximum particle size. To give a perspective, outside would be considered about a 5,000,000 class clean room. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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Cleanrooms can be very large. Entire manufacturing facilities can be contained within a cleanroom with factory floors covering thousands of square meters. They are used extensively in semiconductor manufacturing, biotechnology, the life sciences and other fields that are very sensitive to environmental contamination. Nasas Glenn Research Center clean room. ...
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The air entering a cleanroom from outside is filtered to exclude dust, and the air inside is constantly recirculated through high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) and ultra low penetration air (ULPA) filters to remove internally generated contaminants. Staff enter and leave through airlocks (sometimes including an air shower stage), and wear protective clothing such as hats, face masks, boots and cover-alls. Equipment inside the cleanroom is designed to generate minimal air contamination. Common materials such as paper, pencils, and fabrics made from natural fibers are often excluded. Low-level cleanrooms are often not sterile (i.e., free of uncontrolled microbes) and more attention is given to airborne particles. Particle levels are usually tested using a particle counter. AIR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: The Annals of Improbable Research, a monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour All India Radio - Indias Government Radio service AIR, a popular electronica band from France. ...
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HEPA (IPA: ) is an acronym for high efficiency particulate absorbing or high efficiency particulate arrestance or, as officially defined by the Department of Energy (DOE) high efficiency particulate air. This type of air filter can theoretically remove at least 99. ...
ULPA is an acronym for ultra low penetration air. An ULPA filter (theoretically) can remove from the air at least 99. ...
An airlock is a device which permits the passage of objects, people, and the like, between a pressure vessel and its surrounding space while minimizing the change of pressure—and loss of air—in the vessel. ...
An Air shower is an extensive (many kilometres wide) cascade of ionized particles and electromagnetic radiation produced in the atmosphere when a primary cosmic ray (i. ...
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Some cleanrooms are kept at a higher air pressure so that if there are any leaks, the air rushes outside. This is similar to the lower pressure used in biological hot zones to keep the microbes inside. Air pressure can refer to the pressure of air environmentally, as in atmospheric pressure, or to the pressure of air in an inflatable or other sealed object, as might be read by a tire-pressure gauge. ...
Cleanroom HVAC systems often control the humidity to low levels, such that extra precautions are necessary to prevent electrostatic discharges. HVAC (pronounced either H-V-A-C or, occasionally, H-VAK) is an initialism/acronym that stands for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning. This is sometimes referred to as climate control. ...
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In cheaper cleanrooms, in which the standards of air contamination are less rigorous the entrance to the cleanroom can be without the air shower. There is an anteroom, in which the special suits have to be put on, but then a person can walk in directly to the room (as seen in the photograph on the right).
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Cleanroom classifications The following is adapted from Rockwell Automation: and from FILT AIR:
The cleanroom standards tables indicate the maximum number of allowable particles of the indicated size per cubic foot (for US FED) or cubic meter (for ISO) for each class.
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US FED STD 209E cleanroom standards | particle/ft³ | | Class | 0.1 µm | 0.2 µm | 0.3 µm | 0.5 µm | 1 µm | 5 µm | | 1 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | 10 | 350 | 75 | 30 | 10 | 1 | | | 100 | 3500 | 750 | 300 | 100 | 10 | 1 | | 1,000 | | | | 1,000 | 100 | 10 | | 10,000 | | | | 10,000 | 1,000 | 100 | | 100,000 | | | | 100,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | NOTE: US FED STD 209E was canceled November 29, 2001. Reference: http://www.iest.org/publctns/fedstd209.htm A micrometre (American spelling: micrometer, symbol µm) is an SI unit of length. ...
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ISO 14644-1 cleanroom standards | particle/m³ | | Class | 0.1 µm | 0.2 µm | 0.3 µm | 0.5 µm | 1 µm | 5 µm | | ISO 1 | 10 | 2 | | | | | | ISO 2 | 100 | 24 | 10 | 4 | | | | ISO 3 | 1,000 | 237 | 102 | 35 | 8 | | | ISO 4 | 10,000 | 2,370 | 1,020 | 352 | 83 | | | ISO 5 | 100,000 | 23,700 | 10,200 | 3,520 | 832 | 29 | | ISO 6 | 1,000,000 | 237,000 | 102,000 | 35,200 | 8,320 | 293 | | ISO 7 | | | | 352,000 | 83,200 | 2,930 | | ISO 8 | | | | 3,520,000 | 832,000 | 29,300 | | ISO 9 | | | | 35,200,000 | 8,320,000 | 293,000 | [edit]
Cleanroom class comparison | ISO 14644-1 | FED STD 209E | | ISO 2 | 1 | | ISO 4 | 10 | | ISO 5 | 100 | | ISO 6 | 1,000 | | ISO 7 | 10,000 | | ISO 8 | 100,000 | BS 5295 - Class 1: The particle counts shall not exceed a total of 3000 particles/m3 of a size of 0.5µ (micron) or greater. The greatest particle present in any sample shall not exceed 5µ (micron).
- Class 2: The particle count shall not exceed a total of 300,000 particles/m3 of a size 0.5µ (micron) or greater: 2000 particles/m3 of a size 5µ (micron) or greater: 30 particles of a size 10µ (micron) or greater.
- Class 3: The particle count shall not exceed 1,000,000 particles of a size of 1 micron or greater: 20,000 particles/m3 of a size 5µ (micron) or greater: 4000 particles/m3 of a size 10µ (micron) or greater; 300 particles/m3 of a size 25µ (micron) or greater.
- Class 4: The particle count shall not exceed a total of 200,000 particles/m3 of a size 5µ (micron) or greater: 40,000 particles/m3 of a size 10µ (micron) or greater: 4000 particles/m3 of a size 25µ (micron) or greater.
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