Tag Archives: Microelectronics

Aseptic Cleaning, Cleaning & Disinfection, Knowledge Base

How Many Passes With a Cleanroom Wipe Will Get a Surface Clean and Sterile?

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Cleanroom Wiping How Many Passes
14
Dec

Answer: Berkshire cannot provide specific recommendations regarding how many swipes/passes of a wiper on a surface will make the surface clean or free of microorganisms.The main reason for this is each situation where wipers are used is different and has many variables, each of which will have an impact on the outcome of any cleaning. [Read More…]

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Aerospace, Cleanroom News

How Photon Sails Are Powering CubeSats Across the Final Frontier

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How Photon Sails Are Powering CubeSats Across the Final Frontier
30
Oct

For readers who keep up to date with new issues in psychology (we know, but bear with us…) a recent discussion of megalophobia must have been of some interest. Megalophobia is a disorder defined as the fear of large objects, or objects that are perceived as being larger than they ‘should’ be. An example could [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanroom Technology, Cleanrooms

Lab-Grown Diamonds – HPHT – CVD

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lab grown diamond, led, solar panel, semiconductor
05
Jun

Now that the poolside grill-fest that is Memorial Day is behind us, it’s time for a pop quiz to jolt us out of our carb-induced somnolence. So here’s a question: what do semiconductors, LEDs, solar panels, and diamonds have in common? Take a moment, we’ll be right here waiting… No, it’s not that they’re all [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

Apple’s A12 Bionic Chip Races Out of the Cleanroom!

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old mobile vs new phones3
12
Mar

What do we talk about when we talk about Apple? Perhaps it is no longer surprising that the devices and consumables that most readily spring to mind when we hear of the 11th most profitable company in the world (behind a spill of oil producers, Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, and the perennial love-to-hate behemoth, Walmart) [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanroom Technology

Cleanroom Technology at CES 2019

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CES 2019 tv comparison
16
Jan

Perhaps no event is quite so synonymous with the art and science of innovation than the Consumer Electronics Show held annually in Las Vegas, NV. With a social media reach of over 50 million views and mentions, and 4,500 exhibitors catering to around 183,000 live, in-person attendees, the show that kicks off the year is [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Internet of Things

Haptics and Ultrahaptics

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Haptics and Ultrahaptics
24
Oct

From Disney to Microsoft, NASA to MIT, corporations and institutions large and small are increasingly reviving their interest in haptic technologies, whether pursuing the edge on the next generation of smartphones, adding a piece into the puzzle of augmented reality, or engineering a robot hand that can both collect soil samples on Mars and play [Read More…]

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Cleaning & Disinfection, Knowledge Base

Human-Generated Particle Contamination

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particle contamination
25
Jul

CLEANROOM PERSONNEL Cleanroom garments cannot contain all human detritus Particles (µm) travel up through the garments toward the head Particles (µm) fall down the legs during activity Gowning SOPs and continuous training is crucial  

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Aseptic Cleaning, Cleaning & Disinfection, Knowledge Base

Proper Wiper Folding and Surface Cleaning Video

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Cleanroom Wiper folding
12
Jul

Berkshire’s Guide to properly fold and use a low-linting wiper for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in a controlled environment.   Download our Cleanroom Proper Wiper Folding and Surface Cleaning Poster Today! Shop our Cleanroom Wipes

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Cleaning & Disinfection, Knowledge Base

How Small is a Micron?*

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how_small-is-a-micron
20
Jun

HEPA VS. ULPA IN A CLEANROOM 1. This large circle represents the cross section of a human hair, with an average visible diameter of 75μm. 2. This smaller circle, still visible to the human eye, represents a 50μm diameter particle. 3. This represents a 0.3μm diameter particle. HEPA filters remove over 99.97% 4. This represents [Read More…]

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Cleaning & Disinfection, Knowledge Base

Contact Transfer Revisited

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red toast jelly floor
07
Jun

Your toast lands jelly side down on the floor.  Could there be a more dramatic example of the contact transfer phenomenon described in “Particles on Surfaces 103”?  You have no difficulty seeing the transfer of jelly to the floor and you can easily imagine that there is a simultaneous transfer of floor bacteria onto the [Read More…]

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