Moveable-Wall Cleanroom Layout for Rapid Reconfiguration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and time required to reconfigure cleanroom and laboratory spaces for changing needs, such as shifting from vaccine development to mass production, hinder efficient use and safety in responding to emerging bacteria and viruses, as existing systems lack flexibility in layout and equipment adaptation.
Innovation Solution
Field-changeable multi-mode cleanrooms and laboratories featuring moveable interior walls, a feature grid, and environmental controllers that allow for quick reconfiguration of layouts and environmental conditions, including air pressure, airflow direction, and feature distribution, to accommodate different uses and meet regulatory standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed cleanroom layouts are used, then structural stability and regulatory compliance are maintained, but flexibility and reconfiguration time are severely limited
Solution Approach 1:
The cleanroom is divided into modular sections with movable walls that can be independently repositioned. Each wall segment can be detached and reattached to different divider guides, allowing the space to be reconfigured into various layouts without constructing new facilities.
Solution Approach 2:
Fixed walls are replaced with movable interior walls that can be dynamically repositioned between different divider guides. This dynamic structure allows the cleanroom to adapt its layout in response to changing operational needs while maintaining regulatory compliance through controlled movement mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional cleanroom space is built to meet emerging needs, then capacity and versatility are improved, but construction time and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The cleanroom system is designed with universal features including multiple divider guides, movable walls, and a feature grid that can accommodate various operational modes (vaccine development, mass production, etc.). This multi-functionality allows a single facility to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate specialized spaces for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of expanding horizontally by building additional facilities, the system utilizes the dimensional flexibility of movable walls that can be repositioned along track systems. This allows the same physical space to be reorganized into different configurations, effectively creating new functional areas without adding physical volume.
3Productivity
If equipment is added or modified in existing cleanrooms, then operational capability is improved, but reconfiguration complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-installs multiple divider guides and a comprehensive feature grid during initial construction. This preliminary action creates a flexible infrastructure that accommodates future equipment additions and modifications without requiring complex reconfiguration work, as the structural framework is already designed to support various layouts.
Data Source
AI summary
A building includes a building shell, a moveable interior wall, and a feature grid. The building shell includes a first divider guide and a second divider guide. The moveable interior wall is configured to couple to only one of the first divider guide or the second divider guide at a time. When the moveable interior wall is coupled to the first divider guide, a first building layout including a plurality of first building layout rooms is provided and when the moveable interior wall is coupled to the second divider guide, a second building layout including a plurality of second building layout rooms is provided. The feature grid provides a feature layout for features such that each room of the plurality of first building layout rooms and the plurality of second building layout rooms contain an appropriate subset of the features regardless of a location of the moveable interior wall.