Webinar - Sampling Compressed Gases in Cleanrooms? - Video

Overview: Monitoring compressed gases introduced into cleanroom processes is crucial for several reasons, particularly when adhering to ISO 8573.

Here's why it's important:                                                                                
1. Maintaining Product Quality: Compressed gases are often used directly in production processes or for cleaning and operating equipment in cleanrooms. Any contamination in these gases, such as particles, water vapor, or oil, can directly impact the quality and safety of the pharmaceutical, semiconductor, or biomedical products being manufactured. Monitoring ensures that these gases meet the stringent purity requirements necessary to maintain product quality.

2. Ensuring Compliance with Standards: ISO 8573 specifically provides a classification of air purity, particularly in terms of particulates, humidity, and oil content. Regular monitoring of compressed gases ensures compliance with this standard, which is critical for industries where air quality directly affects production outcomes. Compliance helps in meeting regulatory requirements and avoiding potential legal and financial penalties.

3. Preventing Contamination Risks: In cleanrooms, the slightest introduction of contaminants can lead to product failures, batch losses, and increased production costs. Monitoring compressed gases helps identify and mitigate the risk of introducing external contaminants into the cleanroom environment.

4. Operational Efficiency: By ensuring that compressed gases are free from excessive moisture, oil, and particulates, facilities can prevent damage and wear to sensitive equipment and instruments used in cleanrooms. This leads to better operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs and downtime.

5. Safety: Some compressed gases can be hazardous if not handled or monitored properly. Ensuring the integrity and purity of these gases not only protects the products but also the safety of the personnel working within the cleanroom environment.

6. Documentation and Traceability: Consistent monitoring allows for the documentation of compliance with quality standards, which is critical during audits and inspections. It also provides traceability in the event of a product defect or contamination issue, helping to quickly pinpoint and resolve potential sources of a problem.

In this webinar you will get a tutorial on how to test compressed gases in several cleanroom industries with examples and application examples. This webinar will focus on viable and non viable particulate tests.