CleanRooms articles from January 2006

CleanRooms archives from January 2006

Still in business with you.(from the editor)(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... The title of this column in the January 1995 issue of CleanRooms was "In business with you." At that time, I was introducing our readers (many of whom are still with us) to a brand new magazine format, mission statement and approach to coverage...

NIOSH director to keynote CleanRooms CCT 2006: safe advancement of nanotechnology will be addressed.(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
January 1, 2006... Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will deliver the keynote address to the 2006 CleanRooms Contamination Control Technology...

Conference track explores USP 797.(news)(CleanRooms Contamination Control Technology conference)
January 1, 2006... An important new program track entitled Hospital pharmacy compounding--Compliance challenges and USP 797 has been added to this year's CleanRooms Contamination Control Technology (CCT) conference program being presented this March in Boston....

IEST carries contamination-control technology firmly into 2006.(Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology)
January 1, 2006... Since its founding in 1953, the Institute of Environmental Sciences & Technology (IEST) has played a critical role in identifying and establishing standards for effective contamination-control practices, processes and environments. Now, over...

Small world, big challenges.(Nanotechnology causes safety issues)
January 1, 2006... Nanotechnology is a major new force in the manufacture of products as diverse as car bumpers and drug-delivery micromachines. With its increasingly widespread applications, however, nanotechnology has drawn growing attention to occupational...

CleanRooms Puerto Rico attracts island's brightest and best.(2005 CleanRooms Puerto Rico Contamination Control Technology Conference and Exhibition)
January 1, 2006... The 2005 CleanRooms Puerto Rico Contamination Control Technology Conference and Exhibition posted record attendance last November at San Juan's Wyndham Condado Plaza Hotel. Presented by CleanRooms magazine and Puerto Rico's Industry University...

Exciting news from current IEST contamination control working groups.(Setting the Standard)(Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology)
January 1, 2006... Newly graduated engineers, scientists and technicians working in the contamination-control, design, test and evaluation, and product reliability industries are discovering that many of the procedures and processes for maintaining international...

Decontamination system for use with a rapid transfer port.
January 1, 2006... This invention relates to the decontamination of transfer containers for use with rapid transfer port (RTP) systems, which are used to transfer articles between two environments, such as an isolator barrier system and a transfer container, that...

Automatic microbial air sampling system and method.(automatic air sampling system is useful for assess the possibility of microbial contamination)
January 1, 2006... This invention describes an automatic air sampling system that is useful for remotely sampling air from an isolated container-filling machine to assess the possibility of microbial contamination. Traditionally, to test for microbial...

Nanofactories: glimpsing the future of process technology; Making sense of the molecular machine shop.(special report)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2006... Nanofactories--manufacturing systems that work on the atomic scale--are gradually moving from science fiction to science fact and one day could be used to build all manner of items such as drugs, semiconductor chips and even cell-sized robots...

Microscopic cleaning for cleanrooms: ultrasonic cleaning offers several advantages.
January 1, 2006... Cleanrooms are, by very definition, environments that must remain clean at all times and the level of cleanliness required depends on the process within. For example, a Class 100 (ISO Class 5) cleanroom used in hard-disk-drive manufacture can...

What's in a number? ISO cleanroom standards continue to give solid foundation to contamination-control community.
January 1, 2006... Numbers have meaning, and described below are a few numbers that have particularly significant meaning to the contamination-control community. The most important of these is 209--or more precisely ISO/TC209. Another is 1993--the year the...

Range of protective garments, products.(Product Spotlight: Cleanroom garments and fabrics)
January 1, 2006... DuPont is dedicated to the science of protection. The goal of DuPont Contamination Control is to find high-performance solutions for today's demanding controlled environments. Combining its rich heritage of scientific innovation and material,...

Cleanroom garments, textiles.(Product Spotlight: Cleanroom garments and fabrics)
January 1, 2006... For more than twenty-five years Dastex has successfully supplied varying segments of the cleanroom industry such as pharmaceuticals, semiconductor, biotechnology and others. As a leading European producer of cleanroom garments, Dastex is able...

Garment, fabric manufacturer.(Product Spotlight: Cleanroom garments and fabrics)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Puritech cleanroom garment sets are composed of antistatic, lint-free polyester for use in Class 1 to Class 1,000 [ISO Class 3 to 6] cleanrooms. Puritech's smocks feature strong chemical resistance, highest particle filtration, longer life, and...

Garment and storage cabinets.(Product Spotlight: Cleanroom garments and fabrics)
January 1, 2006... Garment and storage cabinets from CleanZones, LLC are designed as an effective means to store prepackaged, unopened and opened garments for cleanroom use. All cabinets feature sloped tops to prevent particulate build-up or storage of unwanted...

Autoclavable labels.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Computer Imprintable Label Systems (CILS) has launched a label specifically developed to stop vials from fusing together in the extreme environments of autoclaves. To prevent damage to the label, loss of important data and the vials becoming...

Corrosion-resistant brush.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Felton Brush has introduced a flexible brush that is suitable for clean-processing environments. The DesignFlex[TM] brush uses synthetic, inert materials and is flexible, lightweight and chemical-resistant. The brush can be used in...

Compact pipette pump.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... The compact and lightweight design of the Scienceware[R] Pipette Pump III[TM] Pipettor adds only 152 mm (6") to the pipette length, which is ideal for use in fume hoods and controlled-environment glove boxes. The thumb wheel aspirates and...

Slide-culture system.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... The MycoVue[TM] system from Hardy Diagnostics is a ready-to-use, diagnostic slide-culture system for identifying fungi. It provides a standardized, comprehensive method that eliminates the time-consuming preparations and technical difficulties...

Laser particle monitor.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Kanomax USA, Inc. has recently introduced its cleanroom monitoring system to the domestic U.S. and international markets. This fully-featured, continuous monitoring system is designed to measure particle contaminant levels, temperature,...

Modular air-quality booth.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... The Gold Series[R] Booth (GSB) from Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) provides a convenient, manufacturing-friendly system for protecting workers from dusty environments. The GSB encloses the work environment on three sides and creates a...

Magnetic field cancellation system.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Technical Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) has introduced Mag-NetX[TM], a magnetic field cancellation system that compensates for magnetic interference that diminishes the performance of scanning and transmission electron microscopes,...

Ultrafiltration membranes.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Millipore has announced the availability of its family of ultrafiltration (UF) membranes for the microelectronics market. The company's void-free polyethersulfone (PES) and regenerated cellulose UF membranes can collect and concentrate...

Stainless-steel gages.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Dwyer Instruments, Inc., has announced the release of its new Series SGL stainless-steel gages. These gages feature dual English/metric scales with 1 percent ASME Grade 1A accuracy, and are designed with 304 stainless-steel housings and 316L...

Silicone tubing.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... PumpSil[R] from Watson-Marlow Bredel is a platinum-cured silicone tubing designed with an ultrasmooth bore to control protein binding and bacterial growth. The tubing is post-cured to minimize leachables and extractables. With a high level of...

Water purification system.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Millipore has announced the availability of the new RiOs 3 water purification system, designed to meet the needs of laboratories that require up to 30 L/day of high-quality, pure water from tap. This adaptable system is suitable for general,...

Valve actuators.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Flowserve Corp. has announced the launch of the Limitorque Actuation Systems L75 series of electric valve actuators. The L75 series provides remote-control actuation of quarter-turn valves and other rotary devices, including On/Off and...

Clear protective film.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Integument Technologies, Inc. has announced the availability of FluoroGrip[R] optically clear, fluoropolymer film to protect windows, machine guards and equipment from harsh manufacturing environments. The film offers cost-effective protection...

Equipment tracking solution.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... AdvantaPure has announced the availability of Process Equipment Tracking (PET), an equipment identification and lifecycle analysis system designed to identify and track process equipment such as pumps, hoses, biobags, diaphragm valves, filters,...

High-purity gas regulator.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... The Veriflo division of Parker Hannifin has recently introduced a miniature point-of-use pressure regulator designed to reduce semiconductor tool real estate and costs. With a compact footprint of just 1.25 square inches (31.75 mm), the new...

Electrostatic voltmeter.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... TREK, INC. has introduced the Infinitron[TM], its new ultrahigh impedance voltmeter with a hand-held probe that enables contacting voltage measurements to be made with virtually no transfer of electric charge to or from the measured object. It...

Pleated filters.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... D-Mark, Inc. has recently expanded its OdorGuard[R] Plus product line to include 1-inch, 2-inch and 4-inch pleated filters with adsorbent loadings of 125, 250, and 375 grams per square foot of filter area respectively. The "Plus" pleats offer...

Validatable heat-sealer.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... Accu-Seal Corporation has introduced its new high-temperature Cryo530 Medical Pouch Sealer, a validatable heat-sealer with CryoBand[c] sealing element. This machine was designed for sealing fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) cryobags and...

Stainless-steel feeding adapter.(New Products)
January 1, 2006... PIAB Vacuum Conveyors has introduced the Feed Station, a stainless-steel feeding adapter that can mix air with material being transported in a variety of processing or manufacturing environments. This adapter is an ideal accessory for PIAB's...

Final certification doesn't have to be a hurdle.(Unfiltered)(cleanroom or controlled environment tips)
January 1, 2006... What's the last thing on the schedule prior to start-up of a new cleanroom or controlled environment? It's normally the one thing given the least weight in the grand scheme of things; the one thing added almost as an afterthought; the one thing...

Calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... JANUARY 19-20 4th Annual Forum on Laboratory Construction and Renovation, sponsored by the Center for Business Intelligence (CBI). The Doubletree Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. For more information: www.cbinet.com JANUARY 23-24 ...