What is Cleanroom?
A cleanroom is a controlled environment, where contaminants like airborne microbes, dust particles and other pollutants are filtered out, to ensure the highest level of cleanliness possible. Based on ISO 14644-1 standards, a cleanroom can be classified into different classes, depending on the maximum number of particles, varying by particle sizes, that can exist per cubic meter.
Upholding higher quality standards for product safety in cleanrooms is essential to companies in the product manufacturing market segments, such as pharmaceutical, electronics, semiconductor and food & beverage industries. The global COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the need for controlled and sterile environments in medical-related industries, and demand for cleanrooms is expected to thrive in the next few years.
While a comprehensive cleanroom technology solution can be installed to ensure cleanliness standards such as environmental monitoring or Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) controls are abided by, an overall compliance cannot still be fully guaranteed. Machines or equipment inside the cleanroom, system components and even consumables may also influence the overall cleanliness of the space.
What Do End-Users Look Out For In Cables Used In Cleanrooms?
Cable material is one of the top concerns of end users as it ensures particle count compliance during regular tests conducted for respective ISO class cleanrooms in particle count per square meter. Such tests are carried out every 6 months for ISO Class 5 and below cleanrooms, and every 12 months with ISO Class 6 and above cleanrooms. Furthermore, electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by multiple equipment in small enclosed spaces must also be suppressed, to avoid affecting the accuracy and efficiency of the environmental setting.
Other optimal cable requirements OF END-USERS:
Compliance on particle emissions in a clean room environment
Low outgassing components to eliminate contamination
Shielding options for protection against EMI
Small outer diameters compared to standard cables
Olflex Cleanroom Cables – Responding Ever Faster To Quality Requirements
LAPP’s ÖLFLEX® Cleanroom Cables target low voltage and control applications which have been tested by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA to meet all the necessary cleanroom requirements. Some of the cables also come with flame-retardant properties to ensure that fire propagation can be controlled, in cases of fire hazards.
Fun Facts!
Our cable products are either ISO Class 1 or 2 certified, which means they can be installed in the most stringent of cleanrooms in the world.
All the cables are also suitable for moving chain applications while adhering to the lowest particle emission standards.
Installation Across Myriad Industries, Olflex is Your
Solution To Strict Cleanroom Specifications
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Photovoltaics Manufacturing
Medical Devices Manufacturing
Electronics Components Manufacturing
Food & Beverage
Panel Display Production
Precision Engineering
Optical Fabrication
Pharmaceutical
Explore Our Range of Olflex Cleanroom Cables
With the aim to provide high quality and reliable products and solutions, we are always ready to embark on the journey of growth with you. For advice on your connection solution or to connect with LAPP for your next innovative project, email our specialists at sales_jjls@jjsea.com