Cleanroom walls
Cleanroom walls cover approximately 60% of the space’s surface area. A smooth, clean finish between windows, walls and ceilings plays an important role in space classification. The synergy between the Highcare ceilings and walls enhances the system’s properties and makes cleaning the space quick, easy and reliable.
Highcare supplies a fire-safe hollow wall with ample space in the cavity for pipes and/or return air. The flat wall is flush with the glass of the windows. This creates a smooth, flat surface that is easy to clean.
Special requirements
The inert metallic finish has been specially selected for use in cleanrooms and meets all common requirements. The transition between the wall segments consists of a thin, four-millimeter-wide butt joint, which is filled with a special cleanroom sealant.
The design and composition of this flexible hollow wall system determine both the maintenance and long- term costs. Should it be necessary to replace clean room panels in the future, the wall panels in a Highcare cleanroom are easy to replace; without the need for breaking or sawing.
Leasing
The complete system, with the exception of the cast or slab floor, is fully demountable. The cleanroom can be relocated if necessary. That is why a Highcare system can be leased and there is even a second-hand market for it.
Cleanroom walls
The standard Highcare wall is hollow and fire-resistant and does not contain PIR, PUR or PS, as seen in cold room elements. The wall system is unique, with a proven track record of 25 years. The system also features smooth, seamless connections between the windows, wall panels and sliding doors.
What is special about Highcare walls?
– unique air technology; running from the ceiling and returning via the baseboards, through the hollow walls
– flat, clean, removable walls and ceilings
– solid metal system
– long economic lifespan
– hollow walls and ceilings
– pipes are located outside the cleanrooms inside the walls and above the ceilings
– walls and ceilings are easily accessible
– damaged parts can be replaced quickly and cheaply
– the modular system allows for easy expansion of spaces
– highly competitive, renovations keep costs limited
– the lighting plan is movable and easy to expand
– fire-resistant materials, no use of PUR, PIR or PS
– synergy between walls, ceilings and technical installations
– in-house production and engineering
– turnkey delivery
– flexible, even a decade after delivery
– the wall and ceiling system has a proven track record of over 25 years
A Highcare system is super clean thanks to the synergy between the ceilings, walls and windows. The complete system can be dismantled and rearranged. Easy to keep perfectly clean, as the walls are flat and smooth without pipes, cables and grilles. The wall system is hollow, i.e. has a cavity, in which pipes or return air ducts run. The modular walls ensure that the cavity remains accessible.
The modular system further creates synergy between the walls, ceilings, air conditioning and daily maintenance. If necessary, parts in a Highcare system can be easily replaced. The quality of the wall system, with its unique return ventilation strips at the baseboard level, plays an important role in the annual certification, as well as limiting maintenance costs.
A space without pipes is easy to keep clean and sanitary and can be thoroughly flushed with filtered air. The absence of cumbersome pipes in the cleanroom also simplifies daily cleaning. Some cleanrooms are cleaned several times a day.
Easily interchangeable
The 900 mm wall system is designed in such a way that all components are easily interchangeable. Highcare has opted for a standard size of 300 mm for all building components. With everything on a human scale, standard cabinets, tables, chairs, seating areas as well as the dimensions of door frames, walkways, etc. fit by default.
This modular design minimizes the need for any special sizes. All components in the cleanroom are constructed according to this modular system. This makes windows, doors, return grilles, LED lighting, etc., easily interchangeable. In principle, this system allows ‘anyone’ to create a design on paper.
Material
The need for this type of modular wall system to be inert and dimensionally stable, explains why Highcare has chosen metal. There is no alternative to metal that meets so many requirements, such as resistance to mechanical damage, fire safety, anti-static properties or reproducibility.
This wafer-thin material is strong and yet resistant to great forces. It is readily available, comes in large sizes and with a variety of finishes that are resistant to all kinds of chemicals.
Hollow wall (cavity wall)
In cleanrooms, the flush properties and sanitized conditions determine the quality of the space. The Highcare wall system is hollow. The cavity is used to supply utilities from outside the space. The cavity space remains accessible from the mezzanine even after delivery. The cleanroom wall panels are easy to open when you need to expand or move connections. The hollow space is also used to extract return air.
Expansion joints between wall panels
The Highcare cleanroom wall provides for a flush and sealed bond on all four sides. The vertical seams are connected with a special 4 mm wide cleanroom sealant. The width of the seams is chosen so that the bond remains firmly connected to both panels and the back. The connection is airtight and watertight. The special cleanroom sealant is both flexible and adhesive and can be removed after disassembly if necessary. The system is designed in such a way that all modular cleanroom walls are removable.
Synergy
Over the past twenty years, cleanroom walls have improved significantly. The synergy between walls, ceilings and air handling technology forms the basis for the high-quality technology in a Highcare cleanroom. We have been producing cleanrooms for over twenty-five years. Compact, sterile metal wall elements, efficient and smoothly finished with plenty of glass, provide a safe and pleasant working environment.
Demountable/remountable and moveable
A cleanroom wall is sometimes dismantled several times during its lifecycle when machines or other technical components are replaced. A Highcare wall system allows for easy dismantling of the wall after delivery and, if necessary, for the wall segments to be divided into different parts.
Fire safety system
Read more about Fire Safety on the fire department website.