[labnetwork] Cleanroom gowns: laundered in house

[larry.rehn]

We faced the same issues that you describe. We determined that our user base has moved almost entirely away from traditional semiconductor work with concerns for sodium, towards various MEMS devices for bioengineering, optics, lab-on-a-chip, etc. Further, not too sensitive to extreme measures for particle control. Therefore we elected to purchase an industrial top load Maytag washer installed in a janitor room very close to our gowning area. After washing we take them inside the first cleanroom bay to drip dry.Works quite well. Larry RehnAggiefab Nanofabrication FacilitySent via the Samsung Galaxy S8, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Aju Jugessur <Aju.Jugessur at Colorado.EDU> Date: 11/1/19  2:15 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Cleanroom gowns: laundered in house 

Hi all,
 
I am reaching out to the ISO 5 and 6 cleanroom users regarding cleanroom gowns.
 
Does anyone opted to laundered their own cleanroom gowns in house? If yes, what type of washers/dryers you use? I am aware that washers specific for cleanroom can be very expensive and outsourcing the task
 is also expensive. I am also aware that some labs are using dedicated regular washers.
 
Any advice and suggestions will be great.
 
Thanks so much.
Regards
Aju
 
 
 
 
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