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AJ Lindell
Cleanroom Static Control & Applications Specialist at (PAC)
In What Areas Do You See Growing Demand in 2019?
We continue to see an uptick in cleanroom needs, particularly from accounts whose businesses support OEMs via their subassemblies of electronics, medical devices, and components. These customers generally need to keep their facilities up to par with end-customer expectations, both aesthetically, and from a performance perspective.
What Products Do You Suggest When Particle Contamination and Debris Removal is Problematic?
Specialty gowning room equipment/fixtures, cleanroom static control, cleanroom workstations, as well as debris monitoring and particle control programs help them meet specialty needs.
Particle contamination and debris removal is a concern for many of our customers in controlled environments. Static control is growing in popularity for customers who recognize the benefits of ionization and dissipative materials for particle and debris reduction.
Through the use of critical static control monitoring systems, such as Simco Ion’s IQ Power Neutralizing System and ionizers, which can include Nova monitoring sensors, customers are able to chart a return on investment (ROI). As a result, they are seeing less costly rework, reduced scrap rates, and improved end-customer satisfaction.
Paula Ashley
Cleanroom Decontamination Specialist at (PAC)
What challenges do you see hindering the potential of the cleanroom market?
What is your company doing to overcome these challenges?
What do you think is needed to further develop the marketplace?
Customers require knowledge and credible information around contamination control so they can make informed decisions. We help customers establish best practices and vette compliance issues early, a crucial benchmark for not only enterprise cleanroom builds but particularly small-medium sized firms.
PAC can provide both expertise and product-driven solutions from a single point of contact where many firms cannot, e.g. employees having a high rate of burn incidents from handling large heat dissipating parts, or when a particular contamination profile is problematic or unidentified.
Cory Nordmeyer
Cleanroom Environment & Application Specialist at (PAC)
How Do Your Customers Tackle Increased Particulates when Production Hours Expand?
In some cases, companies extend operation by one or two shifts to reach production goals. The increased operator volume and shift changeouts can produce particulate issues and increase defect rates. Without dedicated air quality monitoring systems, understanding the source and severity of particle generation requires a 3rd party testing service. Handheld particle counters and air quality monitors are a growing trend helping manufacturers spot-check and identify contamination in real time without capital investments into hardwired monitoring systems. We often recommend hand-held solutions from Particles Plus, which enable remote monitoring, testing, recording, and reporting for up to 1000 unique cleanrooms or locations.
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Big-ticket R&D projects in biopharma are the main driver of business for cleanroom solution providers in the US. The need for particle-free manufacturing spaces adds to the optimism in the market.
