A facility without proper or functioning corrosion control and prevention is risking significant damage to both their facility and possibly the products they are making. Corrosive environments are classified by ISA 71.04:2013 and are denoted with G1/Mild, G2/Moderate, G3/Harsh or G4/Severe ratings. Depending on the...
The goal of every wastewater plant, electronics manufacturer, and other facilities that either generate corrosive gas or are sensetive to corrosive gasses is to get to a Mild or G1 level as defined by ISA 71.04:2013 in order to ensure that there are no ill...
When an industry is new, or when and old industry experiances a boom there are many compaines that try to jump in for the ride. This creates a lot of people talking about htings they really don't know anything about in order to earn some...
With cleaner indoor air becoming not only demanded by building occupants and required by increasing regulation it also is starting to have documented studies showing productivity gains by implementing programs to ensure clean indoor air - even in typically dusty/dirty manufacturing, warehousing, and other industrial...
A Minnesota college recently audited their air filters, and found surprising performance differences between different pleated air filter brands. Having spent many years buying from a combination of State Contract suppliers and Specify and Bid contract awarded to the lowest price supplier they wanted to see...
Cleanrooms vary in just how clean they need to be, and what is meant by clean. Typically Cleanrooms in the United States are designed by using US FED STD 209E (which has long been discontinued but still referenced) and ISO 14644-1. There is no set...
The number of requests we get for replacemnt "2x4" clean room filters is astounding and it seems that this very common request would be easy to answer - but clean room HEPA filters are not quite that easy. Some additional information is key to be...
Cottonwood seeds are known to travel up to 5 miles and each cottonwood tree sheds their seeds for two weeks. Those of us living in the Midwest United States can count on anywhere from one to three months of seeing cottonwood seeds flying around, though...
Cleaning Chillers becomes a common chore in areas with a lot of cottonwood trees, swamps with cattails, and near other high debris generating foliage. In some cases the problem can be so bad that chiller cleaning may be needed every two weeks during peak cottonwood...
If you look up at the ceiling of a cleanroom, operating room, anteroom, or pharmacy you will likely see a diffuser with a HEPA filter in it. These rooms require high purity air filters and the most reliable way of delivering that to a...