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Why Do Electronics Factories And Pharmaceutical Factories Use Different Air Shower Rooms? You Will Understand After Reading This

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Many customers who do clean workshop projects often ask: "There are several types of air showers. Are the ones used in electronics factories and pharmaceutical factories the same?" In fact, the seemingly similar equipment has completely different clean level requirements, production environment characteristics and industry standards. Why are the air showers used in electronics factories and pharmaceutical factories different? By the way, let's talk about the difference in the materials of these two common air showers. You will know after reading this.


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The role of air shower room in clean workshop

Air Shower Room is a common air purification equipment at the entrance of clean workshop. Its function is to remove dust particles on the surface of people or goods entering and leaving through high-speed clean airflow, and prevent pollutants from entering the clean area. It is actually equivalent to the "airlock" of a clean room, which is an important gateway to ensure the cleanliness of the room.

At present, whether it is Cleanroom Air Shower or other purification equipment, it will be equipped with products of different specifications, materials, and configurations according to the requirements of different industries for cleanliness levels to ensure that the environmental standards in the workshop are finally met.

Why do electronic factories and pharmaceutical factories use different air shower rooms?

The reason is actually very simple, but many purchasers tend to overlook it when selecting equipment. There are mainly four aspects:

1. Different cleanliness level requirements

  • Electronics factory: In general electronics factories, LED, optical instruments, semiconductors and other industries, the clean room level is around 10,000 to 100,000, mainly controlling dust, fiber, and tiny particles. The equipment itself has relatively low requirements for antibacterial and anti-corrosion.

  • Pharmaceutical factory: The clean workshop of a pharmaceutical factory, especially the workshop of sterile preparations, blood products, biopharmaceuticals, and medical devices, has a much stricter cleanliness level, commonly 100, 1000, and 10000, and has extremely high requirements for the number of environmental microorganisms and anti-pollution capabilities.

2. Differences in humidity in the production environment

The clean workshop of a pharmaceutical factory is usually accompanied by high humidity and high temperature, especially the environmental humidity of liquid preparations, injections, and blood products workshops is maintained at 60%-80% for a long time. The higher the humidity, the greater the corrosion to the equipment material.

The workshop of an electronics factory is relatively dry, with humidity controlled at 40%-60%, and there is basically no corrosive gas or humid environment.

3. Different cleaning and disinfection frequencies

The air shower room of a pharmaceutical factory often needs to be sterilized with 75% alcohol, chlorine-containing disinfectants or hydrogen peroxide, and the material must have good corrosion resistance.

The cleaning requirements of an electronics factory are relatively low, and surface dust can be wiped regularly with a dust-free cloth, and almost no disinfection chemicals are required.

4. Differences in service life and maintenance costs

The pharmaceutical factory project has a long engineering cycle and large equipment investment, and has high requirements for the durability of the air shower room, and does not want frequent repairs or replacements.

The engineering budget of an electronics factory is limited, and the workshop process layout changes frequently, so initial cost control is more important.

The difference between stainless steel air shower and plastic spray air shower

In the final analysis, the main difference between the air showers used in electronics factories and pharmaceutical factories lies in the material - stainless steel air shower and plastic spray air shower.

Stainless Steel Air Shower

The air shower body, liner and door of this air shower are all made of 304 or 316 stainless steel, which has strong anti-corrosion ability, bright surface, easy to clean, acid and alkali resistance, and anti-oxidation. It is especially suitable for high humidity and high-intensity disinfection environment such as pharmaceutical factories.

Advantages

  • Anti-oxidation, anti-corrosion, and anti-rust

  • Resistant to high humidity and high temperature environment

  • Easy to clean, not easy to breed bacteria

  • Long service life and low maintenance cost

Spray-coated air shower

The body is made of cold-rolled steel plate electrostatic spraying, with beautiful appearance and economical price. It is suitable for ordinary clean workshops such as electronics factories, food factories, and plastic products factories.

Advantages

  • Low cost and high cost performance

  • Suitable for dry and non-corrosive environment

  • Customizable colors and diversified appearance

Disadvantages

  • Not resistant to moisture and easy to rust

  • Easy to paint off when encountering acidic and alkaline disinfectants

  • Many maintenance times in the later stage and short service life

You need to pay attention to these details when purchasing an air shower room

Whether it is a pharmaceutical factory or an electronics factory, you cannot just look at the price when purchasing an Air Shower Room. What is more important is to combine the following points:

  • Clean workshop grade standard (Class 10 to Class 10000)

  • Workshop humidity, disinfection frequency, chemical usage

  • Material corrosion resistance, antibacterial performance

  • Later maintenance frequency and labor cost

  • Balance between initial budget and equipment life

Pharmaceutical factories should not pursue cheapness, and electronics factories should not blindly pursue high prices. Scientific selection is the most worry-free.

Summary

In cleanroom projects, every piece of equipment and every process is to protect the final product quality. Cleanroom Air Shower may seem simple, but it is an indispensable part of ensuring the safety of a clean environment.

If you happen to be planning to build or upgrade a cleanroom, you might as well choose the type of air shower room reasonably according to your industry and environmental characteristics. If you need to know the specifications and configurations of Stainless Steel Air Shower, customized prices, or more technical information about Air Shower Room, please feel free to contact me, and we will provide you with professional customized solution suggestions.


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