Figure 1. Cleanroom modular walls
Users have multiple choices when determining what type of cleanroom wall they will use in their hard wall cleanroom. Choices include modular wall systems and traditional stick built gyp-board walls.
Modular wall systems are a very popular choice for hardwall cleanroom walls due to the excellent variety of surface choices, economical cost, durability, and fast installation. The panels are prefabricated in the factory then transported to the job site and erected using anodized aluminum extrusions (base channel, connecting posts, corner posts, and cap channel) to create modular cleanroom walls.
Figure 2. Cleanroom modular walls being installed
Figure 3. Modular cleanroom walls
Figure 4. Cleanroom modular wall material options
Modular cleanrooms walls offer a wide range of choices for both the surface and core of a wall panel to meet customer’s hardwall cleanroom technical needs. Wall surfaces include vinyl, melamine FRP, painted aluminum and many others. Other modular wall advantages are durability, fast on-site installation, and easy to modify in future.
Figure 5. Floor to ceiling glass windows
Figure 6. Epoxy painted gypboard cleanroom walls
Figure 7. Modular cleanroom wall video
Figure 8. Clear Vinyl Walls - Softwall Cleanroom
Modular and stick-built cleanrooms are called “hardwall” cleanrooms. A non hardwall option is the softwall cleanrooms which use clear vinyl curtain walls to prevent contamination from entering the cleanroom space. You can push and the vinyl curtain will move hence the name softwall. The vinyl walls are hung from aluminum or painted steel frame (similar to a shower curtain).
Customer choices for their cleanroom walls include modular walls, traditional stick built gyp-board walls and vinyl soft-wall. Modular cleanroom walls are very popular due to the wide variety of wall surfaces, economical cost, fast installation, durability, and easy modifications.
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The author Anthony Chien has worked at American Cleanroom Systems for past 10 years. He has more than 40 years of cleanroom experience. Anthony has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering specializing in semiconductor manufacturing from the University of Illinois. American Cleanroom Systems is a design build modular cleanroom manufacturer based in Rancho Santa Margarita CA. It is expert in ISO-5 thru ISO-8 (class 100 to class 100k) modular cleanrooms for pharmaceutical cleanrooms, medical device cleanrooms, and industrial cleanrooms.
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