The words “clean room” are just as likely to evoke images of people in protective clothing as they are to evoke images of actual rooms and equipment. As important as all of the constituent equipment in a clean room is, the protective clothing often worn by users of clean rooms is just as important as much of the actual clean room equipment. This is true for a number of reasons. One of the principal purposes that clean rooms serve is air contaminant control. Humans are a primary source of air contaminants. They generate and shed dead skin cells, which contribute in very Continue reading →

Clean room image courtesy of Abtech, Inc.

Clean rooms seem like some of the most advanced industrial utilities out there. After all, the most advanced clean room varieties are capable of filtering air to the extent that within a given cubic meter of atmosphere, there can be found no more than 10 particles of 0.1 micrometers in size (just for reference, a micrometer is Continue reading →