Cleanroom installation design starts with asking a lot of questions, ‘what will the rooms be used for, what will the room temperature be, are there requirements for relative humidity, will heat be produced, etcetera’. The final result is a cleanroom installation with an international certificate.
Procurement of a cleanroom installation is a process where in “design phase” the client needs to answer many technical questions. HIGHCARE’s engineers work closely together in this phase to achieve an optimal design with low energy costs and minimal maintenance.
The installation parts
What are the most common components in an average HIGHCARE cleanroom installation,
- heating battery
- cooling battery
- wetting
- air filters coarse, fine and if applicable HEPA filters
- fan
- remote control via protected access from any browser
Sizing a cleanroom installation is a growth process based on trust and “progressive understanding. During the process, clients’ knowledge increases. We are happy to be of service in this process.
What is unique about a HIGHCARE cleanroom
– high classification
– air technology; full air flush from the ceiling and return through the baseboards
– modular system
– hollow walls and ceilings
– walls and ceilings are demountable
– solid metal system
– the long economic life
– fire-safe materials, no PUR, PIR or PS
– all pipes are located above the ceilings and in the walls
– synergy between the walls, ceilings and technical installations
– in-house production and engineering
– European semi-finished products from Siemens, ABB, etc., among others.
– low annual maintenance costs
– delivered ready-to-use
Flexibility
– flat, sleek demountable walls and ceilings
– Damages can be replaced quickly and inexpensively
– this modular system makes it easy to enlarge spaces
– the lighting plan is movable and easy to expand
– flexible, even ten years after delivery
The technicians at HIGHCARE are at your service and will be at your side as advisors to include your wishes in the design in close consultation. This creates a unique cleanroom, which is delivered ready to use including the internationally recognized ISO certificate.
Construction time
The average construction time of a cleanroom is between four and six months. The client’s knowledge plays an important role in this and grows as the construction process progresses. Experience is the key word.
Success Factors
In times of economic scarcity, “everyone” is building cleanrooms. Yet it is a specialty; a trade, and experience is the key word here. If you want to be successful, don’t do it for the first time. It is important to appoint one project coordinator on the client’s side.
Building is a specialty in which several professional disciplines come together. A cleanroom is a unique combination of construction engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, execution, software and logistics. Before the rooms can be delivered ready for use, all these disciplines must be attuned to one another. This makes each project unique.
Flexible
How flexible is HIGHCARE? An important question. HIGHCARE provides a fully demountable system. With moveable metal walls and ceilings. The cleanrooms can even be moved easily.
Between the walls is a cavity, an empty space in the wall, which is used for pipes and return air. Thus, any place in the cleanroom is accessible through the wall or ceiling. In a HIGHCARE you do not see any pipes, they are located in the wall and above the ceiling.
In the unlikely event that a panel is damaged, it can easily be replaced.
Engineering
During discussions, knowledge increases and the sketch design turns into a final plan. In practice, it is usually not the keenest price that is decisive, but the pleasant cooperation.
We call the new cleanroom the “inside box” and the building in which it is placed the “outside box. Some questions we want to answer with you:
– What will the cleanrooms be used for?
– The dimensions of rooms in the inner box?
– Where are the workstations located in these rooms?
– Is the location fixed?
– The inside dimensions of the outer box: clear height, width, length?
– Are there photos and drawings of the operating hall/space?
– What equipment will you place in the clean room?
– How many people will be working there?
– Is there an outline of the flow of goods and personnel?
– What is known about the equipment that will be used?
Cleanroom installation usually starts with the design process. Experienced cleanroom installers are in many cases the best consultants. They do it on a daily basis. Therefore, it is more of a process of collaboration and trust.
Sketch design
Putting together a price for supplying a cleanroom is done on the basis of a sketch design. Nowadays there is less sketching with a pencil, but usually uses a drawing program on a computer. We can assist with this and are happy to be of service. Looking for the most ideal floor plan.
Utilities
Construction time for a clean room takes between three and six months on average. Putting together the final design is the biggest cause of delay. For example, the utilities in the workspaces are usually not yet fixed. This requires consultation with the users of the rooms. Where are power and or compressed air connections going to be made, et cetera, and what is the capacity. installing a cleanroom can proceed quickly provided the research into the right utilities is left out of the bid. These are questions that can also be answered at a later date thanks to HIGHCARE’s flexible system. Each project is worked out by HIGHCARE in a thorough project planning before the start of implementation. This includes that interim goals are clearly formulated and that all construction and design activities are geared to the shortest possible construction time. A short construction process is relatively inexpensive. Choosing the right necessary utilities requires a lot of internal consultation, which usually takes more time than expected.
Utilities
HIGHCARE builds according to the revolutionary IFD construction technology this system significantly shortens construction time and costs. We build with industrially assembled products that are flexible and also dismantleable in time. But there are also risks. A major delaying factor can be the extension of the building installation, performed by the utility companies. In some cities, the delivery time exceeds three months. Since 1994, HIGHCARE has been building “lean and mean,” meaning that the project approach and work in cleanroom construction is limited to the essentials. Results count and the key to success is project realization at an economically interesting price and, of course, in compliance with specifications and preconditions. Utilities do not take this into account and have their own agenda.
Construction of a clean room
Together with client employees, HIGHCARE designs, develops and builds the new low-dust environment. The modular, schematic structure of the system gives maximum flexibility for changes during the design and construction process. Construction time and costs can possibly be influenced by advancing insight. In close consultation with you, through a thorough design phase, we aim to minimize this as much as possible. The atmosphere is cooperative and focused on working together. HIGHCARE’s engineers think along and are at your side to incorporate your wishes into the design in close consultation. This creates a unique productive cleanroom;which we deliver to you in the shortest possible time.