Standards such as IATF 16949 also stipulate calibrated tools for quality inspections in the area of technical cleanliness. This is often neglected, especially in industries such as automotive manufacturing, where quality requirements are particularly high. As a result, different cleanroom laboratories obtain different results. However, if different measurement results are available, this leads to irritation and, in the worst case, the cleanliness analysis remains contestable and expensive complaints are threatened. In order to calibrate cabinets and filter devices uniformly in the future, calibration standards from RIO GmbH in Siegen are now available. These make it easy to check the function of cabinets and filter devices. Details about the calibration standards and how they work can be found in our article.
Read more about it in issue 10 / 2021 of the magazine for surface technology - or right now with a premium access on oberflaeche.de!