Improve Control without Breaking the Budget October 7, 2009 -- 1:00PM (ET)

In this free webinar, you’ll hear about the major budget and risk challenges facing cleanrooms; risk assessment, determining the right garment type to wear, what to expect from your garment supplier as well as cost comparison from field experts.

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Science Is Foiled Again
By John Durkee, Ph.D., P.E.
This column is about understanding how and why sonic transducers perform as they do in cleaning operations. That understanding is based on an analysis of how the power applied from transducers is distributed throughout the tank. The involved science is sophisticated but the understanding may come mainly from a simple and old method.
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When Should Cleanroom Garments be Replaced?
Some cleanroom industries rely on a subjective, aesthetic evaluation of the cleanroom garment or number of launder cycles for replacement. Most cleanroom garment laundries have validated their processes for at least 100 launder cycles for the cleanroom garments they supply to the cleanroom industry. However, I recommend an objective testing of the cleanroom garment and fabric as well as establishing the efficacy of particle entrapment, the lack of particle shedding, and ESD efficacy as the criteria for replacement.
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Operational Responsibilities of Leaders
The depth and scope of operational responsibilities within an organisation can greatly vary, yet there is one constant. Leaders are needed to integrate the vision or mission of the organisation with the day-to-day activities.
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