79 results about "Cleanroom" patented technology

A mobile, modular, cleanroom facility is made from one or more pre-assembled modules, transportable in their pre-assembled form. Each pre-assembled module includes an air filtration system including a ceiling plenum for providing clean air to the interior of the module. The air filtration system provides air cleaned to at least an ISO 8 classification. When the mobile, modular cleanroom facility is made of two or more modules, each of the modules is pre-assembled, and is transportable in its pre-assembled form. Each of the modules also includes an air filtrations system having a ceiling plenum for providing clean air to the interior of the module. Most preferably, the modules are connected by a connection assembly effective for providing a seamless transition from one module to the other while maintaining the appropriate clean air classification in the transition space.

The invention is directed to a ready-to-use modular cleanroom and facility, in particular for the production of drugs and biological substances, which is equipped with pre-approved manufacturing equipment cores. The modular cleanroom is implemented in the interior space of a container, such as a standard shipping container, and includes at least one bioreactor station. The modular facility can be installed on-site from pre-approved cleanroom modules without further regulatory approval. The cleanroom and facility comply with FDA-approved good manufacturing practices (GMP) and good laboratory practices (GLP).

An improved, user-friendly silane/silica sol copolymer hardcoating composition for protecting optical plastic and other substrates (including wood, metals, glass, plastics and most coated articles) from scratching is able to be manufactured at lower costs and to provide much-improved ease of use in transportation, storage, dipbath (or other coating tank) stability, and blush resistance in ordinary cleanroom atmospheres. The silane/silica sol copolymer is formed as a direct reaction product of an acidic silica sol and monomethyltrialkoxysilane, preferably substantially monomethyltriethoxysilane, in ratios of 30:70 to 70:30, most preferably about 40:60. A tail solvent aids blush resistance, reduces internal stress and permits adhesion to unprimed polycarbonate. Optionally, colloidal silica sol dissolved in water-miscible solvent may be reacted in a second stage with acidic aqueous colloidal silica sol earlier silanized with monomethyltrialkoxysilane.

A system for managing cleanroom resources by providing a number of critical features in an integrated, low-cost package is described. The critical features include monitoring and recording cleanroom environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and room differential pressure, notifying users of alarm situations when cleanroom environmental conditions fall outside predetermined limits, and reducing cleanroom energy usage by turning off HEPA filter fan units (FFUs) and cleanroom lights when they are not needed.

A portable printing cabinet having a housing with a substantially enclosed interior and an opening formed in a side surface thereof, a printing device located within the interior of said housing, and a paper tray positioned outside of the housing and in communication with the opening of the housing is provided.

A cleanroom cleaning device includes a multi-compartment container having two or more compartments and one or more breakable seals with at least one compartment containing a cleaning implement and at least another compartment containing a liquid capable of saturating the cleaning implement when the seals are broken. Another cleanroom cleaning device includes a nonbreakable/nonburstable outer pouch, a breakable/burstable inner pouch containing a liquid, and a cleaning implement where the inner pouch containing liquid and the cleaning implement are both contained within the outer pouch.

A cleanroom wiper is revealed. A cleanroom wiper roll is embossed, melt and slit into a plurality of edge embossed-and-sealed rolls simultaneously by heat energy generated from ultrasonic vibration. Each of two sides in the warp direction of the edge embossed-and-sealed roll is formed with an embossed portion during the process of embossing and slitting in the warp direction. Thus the cloth fiber of the edge embossed-and-sealed roll is cut completely. Once again the edge embossed-and-sealed roll is embossed, melt and cut into small pieces of cleanroom wipers by heat energy of ultrasonic vibration. Each of four sides of the cleanroom wiper has an embossed portion so as to achieve the purposes of no frayed edges and low particle generation. Thus quality of high-tech products is improved effectively and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Therefore, the international competitiveness of high-tech industries is enhanced.

A testing system for semiconductor chips having a removable device under test printed circuit board (DUT PCB) that electrically connects with the electrical testing components of the system. A removable top plate is placed on top of the DUT PCB and is locked in place by a plurality of locking posts that selectively connect to cam surfaces in the top plate that pull the top plate down sandwiching the DUT PCB between the top plate and the electrical testing components of the system. The DUT PCB is quickly and easily removed and replaced by moving the locking posts between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In this way, a single testing system can be used to test a great variety of semiconductor chips thereby reducing capital equipment costs and space needed in cleanrooms.

The invention provides a cleanroom system comprising a cleanroom, a high-pressure water mist humidifier and an air conditioning device, wherein the cleanroom comprises a clean air chamber zone and an air return zone arranged on the periphery of the clean air chamber zone, the clean air chamber zone is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and the air return zone is communicated with the clean air chamber zone by the air inlet and the air outlet; and the high-pressure water mist humidifier is arranged in the air return zone. The air conditioning device comprises an air conditioning chamber and a thermostat, wherein the air conditioning chamber is communicated with the air return zone and is suitable to provide first air flow which flows through the inner part of the air conditioning chamber to enter the air return zone; the thermostat is used for regulating the temperature of the first air flow; second air flow enters the air return zone after leaving the clean air chamber zone from the air outlet, is humidified and cooled by the high-pressure water mist humidifier in the air return zone and is combined with the first air flow to form third air flow; and the third air flow enters the clean air chamber zone from the air inlet. In addition, the invention also provides a cleanroom air-conditioning method.

The present invention relates to a test film for detecting surface particles in a clean room in order to prevent inferior products by measuring the contamination level of the clean room using the surface particles. The present invention provides a test film for detecting surface particles in a cleanroom, the test film comprising a substrate which has a predetermined thickness and is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material; a first adhesive layer which is formed at one side of the substrate and collects the surface particles; a release film which is adhered to the first adhesive layer and is separated from the first adhesive layer when the surface particles are collected; a second adhesive layer which is formed at the other side of the substrate; and a protective film which is adhered to the second adhesive layer so as to protect the substrate and has gradations indicated thereon. According to the present invention, there is an effect in that it is possible to easily and quickly check whether or not a clean room is contaminated by collecting, on the adhesive layer-applied surface of a substrate to which an adhesive is applied, surface particles adhered to an object to be measured, and then measuring the number, size, distribution, etc. of the surface particles with the naked eye or using instruments such as a light, a magnifier, a microscope, or the like.

A rapidly deployable cleanroom is constructed from multiple modular building sections that are side-by-side and have similarly sized lengths, as well as user-accessible panels in multiple of them for air, water, power, networking, and other utilities at a similar internal location along their lengths. The utility panels can be standardized such that each panel is substantially identical to one another. The modular building sections can be drawn together using tension cables within lateral hollow extruded structural tubes beneath and/or above the cleanroom, the tension system utilizing jackscrews to pull everything tight. Because the utility panels are at the same longitudinal location in the building sections, the joined structure and resulting open space “ballroom” style cleanroom has the utility panels aligned with each other inside the cleanroom.

A wiper for use in a cleanroom environment made of a knitted, continuous synthetic filaments is disclosed. The wiper has a surfactant added to the surface of the knitted substrate. The wiper has improved wiping ability, low lint and low extractable ions making it suitable for use in critical cleanroom environments.

An illuminating filter which provides both clean air and light to a particle controlled environment. The integration of filtration and lighting simplifies the design of cleanrooms, mini-environments, and clean zones. Space savings and cost savings are served by combining filtration and lighting into a single structure. Light emitters, such as LEDs or other solid state devices, may be used where low voltage or low current is desirable.

The invention provides a ventilation system for clean rooms, which comprises wind inlet units, wind outlet units and a control unit, wherein a wind replenishing opening is arranged below a clean roomwith a lower clean level; the wind replenishing opening is connected with the wind inlet unit of the clean room with a lower clean level and is connected with the wind outlet unit of an adjacent cleanroom with a higher clean level; and filter screens are arranged in the middle of the ventilation system, and the apertures of the filter screens based on different clean levels are different. The wind inlet unit of the clean room with a lower clean level regulates the wind inlet quantity according to the wind replenishing quantity without influencing the wind outlet quantity of the wind outlet unit, and by analogy, the wind exhaustion of a clean room with a highest clean level is used as a primary wind replenishing source, the wind exhaustion is thoroughly finished until a wind outlet unit with a lowest clean level is replenished. The invention has the effects that the wind replenishing opening is arranged below the clean room, thus large-area turbulent flow of the upward air can not occur, the wind outlet quantity is reduced simultaneously, and a larger amount of electric quantity is saved.

Methods and devices to determine rate of particle production and the size range for the particles produced for an individual are described herein. The device ( 10 ) contains a mouthpiece ( 12 ), a filter ( 14 ), a low resistance one-way valve ( 16 ), a particle counter ( 20 ) and a computer ( 30 ). Optionally, the device also contains a gas flow meter ( 22 ). The data obtained using the device can be used to determine if a formulation for reducing particle exhalation should be administered to an individual. This device is particularly useful prior to and/or following entry in a cleanroom to ensure that the cleanroom standards are maintained. The device can also be used to identify animals and humans who have an enhanced propensity to exhale aerosols (referred to herein as ''over producers'', ''super-producers'', or ''superspreaders''). Formulations to reduce particle production are also described herein. The formulation is administered in an amount sufficient to alter biophysical properties in the mucosal linings of the body. When applied to mucosal lining fluids, the formulation alters the physical properties such as the gel characteristics at the air/liquid interface, surface elasticity, surface viscosity, surface tension and bulk viscoelasticity of the mucosal lining. The formulation is administered in an effective amount to minimize ambient contamination due to particle formation during breathing, coughing, sneezing, or talking, which is particularly important in cleanroom applications. In one embodiment, the formulation for administration is a non-surfactant solution. In one embodiment, the formulations are conductive formulations containing conductive agents, such as salts, ionic surfactants, or other substances that are in an ionized state or easily ionized in an aqueous or organic solvent environment. Preferably the formulation is administered in the form of an aerosol.

A filter unit for airtight attachment to a framework of a cleanroom ceiling includes a filter, a circumferential wall surrounding the filter, and a downwardly projecting sealing knife to be received in a sealant containing groove formed in said framework. The sealing knife includes vertical weldable wall elements interconnected by welding and mounted on the circumferential wall by airtight mounting means.