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Clean Room Air Shower manufacturers

Air Shower manufacturers

Air Shower is a self contained well built factory assembled and designed to deliver a spray of moving air from nozzles transported and virtually can be installed at any site. Absolute filter-fan module provide positive pressurization and filtration down to 99.97% efficiency on 0.3 micron. The clean air inside the Shower will support a very high degree of sterility and clean air condition.The system is supplied with optionally aluminium grated floor located approximately 6 inches above datum level. Duct air chassis are installed within the walls of the units. While the system is in operation, both doors will get automatically locked. In case there is a power failure or an emergency, the doors get unlocked.Air Shower is constructed of Mild Steel Powder coated / Stainless Steel 304 grade. Provided with two aluminium framed acrylic / glass door with automatic locking device. Statically/dynamically balanced, blower draws the air through pre-filters and throws it through HEPA filter into the chamber. Suitable to work on 220V, 1 phase 50 Hz, AC supply.

Air shower for clean room

Accumax India design,fabricate and install air shower for clean room personnel. These clean room air showers are especially used in different kinds of industries including pharmaceutical industries and animal facilities; where they act as entry systems that decontaminate personnel before entering into clean environment. Our engineering team carefully designs and configures an air shower that meets your specific working conditions. Tunnel and conveyor type units are also constructed for carts, equipment and cargo etc.

Accumax India in-house construct Air Shower machine; therefore, we offer our customers facility to order according to their specific requirements. Our Clean room air showers are available in different design configurations and material of construction. Our air shower prices are competitive, quality is outstanding and each unit is covered with excellent warranty terms.

Air showers are one of most demanding chambers in most of the industries; where, removing fine particles attached to persons and products is mandatory. Such industries are: animal facilities, pharmaceutical, chemical research lab, electronics and semi-conductor, optical and aerospace etc.

Air Shower System

Air showers works in the same manner as automated car wash pressure washer systems, utilizing multiple steps throughout the decontamination process.Below are the following Air Shower cleanroom specifications process details the operational aspects of a cleanroom air shower.

1. The worker passes through the entry door and a sensor activates interlock magnets, which locks the air shower and cleanroom doors.

2. Several adjustable nozzles blow high-velocity streams of Class 100 filtered air onto the worker.

3. The high-velocity air creates a flapping effect on clothing which produces a scrubbing action, removing particulates from cleanroom garments.

4. In order to make sure all particulates are removed, workers raise their arms and rotate in place.

5. Indicator lights signal the end of the cleaning cycle, and the cleanroom door opens.

Moreover, it takes four to eight seconds of cleaning time and another two to four seconds for the air shower to purge contaminated air before the worker can exit. Computerized microprocessor controls the cleaning and wait times associated with the air shower decontamination process.

Cleanroom Air Shower Tunnels prevent contamination between Cleanrooms

Cleanroom air showers can be integrated to create self-cleaning air shower tunnels for environments where two or more cleanrooms are being utilized. Cleanroom air shower tunnels successfully remove particles as personnel and products travel between cleanrooms, significantly reducing the risk of contamination between work areas that have different ISO ratings. Up to five Cleanroom Air Showers can be combined based on your requirements.

Air Shower Design considerations

Modular Clean Room Air Shower designs and configurations accommodate specific requirements for industry, as well as the number of personnel using the cleanroom. Modular cleanroom entry systems also simplify shipping and assembly.

Utilizing a 90-degree design, users enter on one side and exit to the right or left at a 90-degree angle. This allows the Air Shower, with nozzles on two opposing walls cleans workers with ease.This configuration has fewer air nozzles than the straight-through design and requires the worker to turn 360 degrees to make sure that they’ve been thoroughly cleansed. Other designs may have double doors or even three doors for entry and exit. Configurations include cart/parts-cleaning air showers, which are used for carts, conveyors, pallets and continuous-part operation. Low-profile air showers accommodate facilities with ceilings less than 96 inches. ADA air showers are sized so a wheelchair can turn around in the air shower.

Accumax India offers many different standard and custom sizes and shapes of air showers for cleanrooms. Many of the standard varieties for personnel passage include straight through showers, 90-degree turn showers, and many lengths of tunnel-style air showers. These can also be designed according to the site conditions. We supply many other equipment like Biosafety cabinets, Fume Hood, Pass Box, etc.

The number of persons that need to enter your cleanroom in each amount of time will have a major impact on the size of the air shower and filtration system that is required. Designs range from single batch systems where one person uses the shower at a time, to tunnel systems for larger groups to pass through quickly.Air Shower Tunnels are becoming more common because of the amount of cycle time needed for a shift change.

Doors

Like air locks, air showers have entrance and exit doors that cannot be opened at the same time. Workers enter one side and exit on the opposite side. When one door opens, the other door’s magnet energizes, preventing it from opening. During the cleaning cycle, both doors are locked to prevent anybody entering or leaving before the cycle is completed.

Materials

High-quality air shower shells are constructed of steel and painted with a strong, durable cleanroom-compatible finish. For some medical, pharmaceutical, or extremely wet environments, stainless steel construction is excellent.

Some manufacturers offer economy units made of laminated particleboard.Nonetheless,this option has major weaknesses, including temperature and humidity fluctuations that can cause delamination. The materials are also prone to damage and susceptible to joint loosening. Any of these conditions may generate particulate or biological contamination.

Air shower Specifications

1	Dimensions	WxDxH : 900x1000x2000 mm (Inner Area) WxDxH: 1400x1075x2150 mm (Outer Area) Or Customized
2	MOC	Galvanized Iron Powder Coated / Stainless Steel 304
3	Blower Assembly	Dynamically And Statically Balanced Motors And Blowers
4	Motor	Make Eyaani
5	Nozzles	Made Of Stainless Steel Rotating And Adjustable Fixed Either Side Of Wall And Top Ceiling Velocity 70 Meters/Sec
6	Blower CFM	25-30 Meters/Sec
7	Face Velocity	20-22 Meters/Sec (3937-4330 FPM)
8	Air Flow	20-22 Meters/Sec (3937-4330 FPM)
9	Class	10000
10	Interlocking Doors	Interlocking Facility Of Doors, One Door Lock Automatically When Other Is Opened With Electromagnetic Lock, With Timer Setting
11	Flooring	Aluminium Checker Sheet Anti Skid Or Stainless Steel
12	Door	Frame Made Of Stainless Steel / Galvanized Iron Powder Coated Interlocking Facility, Half Toughened Glass
13	Hingle, handle	Make Harrison/Godrej Or Equivalent
14	Light	LED
15	Prefilter	Washable Prefilter Down To 10 Microns, Particulate At An Efficiency Of 90% Duly Tested
16	Hepa Filters	With 0.3 Microns Particulate Of 99.978% Efficiency And DOP Tested, Frame Of Aluminium, Microfiber Glass Media Epoxy Sealed, Non Washable
17	Operations	Automatic Actuation Operation And Adjustable Timer Trough Microprocessor Based Controller
18	Noise Level	Less Than 75 Db
19	Safety	Emergency Switch In Chamber
20	Electric Supply	Work On 220v AC 1 Phase Or 3 Phase (To Specify)

Inner Size: (W X D X H)

900 x 1000 x 2000mm (2 Persons)
900 x 1500 x 2000mm (3 Persons)
900 x 2000 x 2000mm (4 Persons)
900 x 2500 x 2000mm (5 Persons)
900 x 3000 x 2000mm (6 Persons)
900 x 3500 x 2000mm (7 Persons)
900 x 4000 x 2000mm (8 Persons)
900 x 4500 x 2000mm (9 Persons)
900 x 5000 x 2000mm (10 Persons)

Features

Interlocking Doors Prevent Unnecessary Contamination Inflow And Thereby Prevent Cross-Contamination Of The Clean Room And The Air Shower. A Power Failure Safety Feature Automatically Releases The Doors In The Event Of A Power Failure to Operator Safety. LED Lighting Built Fitted Into The Ceiling. In Addition, An Emergency Stop Button Is Fitted In Air Shower Chamber Which Releases The Door Lock For Exiting.

Leading clean room air shower manufacturer in India and all over the world

Accumax India is a leading clean room Air Shower manufacturers in India and all over the world.Get clean room air shower price from Accumax India.We are a renowned company which is known for high quality air showers and also for after sales services.

Air Shower in Pharmaceutical industry

The aim of setting up air shower system is to control the risk of spreading contaminants in the cleanroom environment by removing particulate matter on the personnel by throwing class 100 airflow. The air shower chamber throws high velocity HEPA filtered air through jet nozzles which removes particulate matter (includes solid and liquid particles suspend in air and some of them are hazardous in nature). The contaminated air is again purified and re-circulated. With-in seconds, the person entering into air shower comes out entirely clean i.e. free from harmful dust. Electronics and Pharmaceutical productions are some of areas where air showers are extensively used.
Accumax India is an ISO and CE certified Air Shower manufacturers in India. Our in-house capabilities include the design, building, and installation of air shower entrance systems for use in manufacturing facilities, clean rooms, and laboratories, among other settings. These systems are meticulously built at our factory, put through multiple tests, and then delivered to the client's location.. Our Air Shower units are designed with corrosion resistant materials (Stainless steel or powder coated MS), fitted with easy to use controls and safety arrangements; filters are easily replaceable whenever needed.

Applications

Air Showers have different type of applications. Clean Room Air Shower is used in pharma production, clean room ,micro- electronic fabrications and production units,Semi-conductor production lines, basic and applied science research laboratories,to detect the acidity or alkalinity of the solution.

5 Types of Cleanrooms that Use Air Showers

If you own and operate a cleanroom, you know that people are the single largest source of entering contaminants. Cleanrooms serve to limit potential contamination from reaching your work, but even constant filtration, garments, and gloves can only do so much — there will always be particles that make it through. These particles not only threaten your ability to reach your cleanroom classification, but could pose hazards to delicate work — from semiconductor manufacturing to defense system calibration, medical research, and more.

The next layer of defense for sensitive environments are air showers. Air showers are another step before entering the cleanroom that removes lingering particles, providing additional protection for your environment and the critical work you do. How do air showers work and what types of cleanrooms can benefit from air showers? Let’s answer these questions and more.

How Do Air Showers Work?

Air showers are chambers installed at the entrance of a cleanroom or pass-through to a more secure part of a cleanroom that use concentrated bursts of air to remove particles from entering workers, carts, and supplies. They are an added layer of protection for people and products moving from a less secure to a more secure area.

Air used in air shower is concentrated, high-velocity, and ultra-filtered to dislodge any particles that have settled on garments or surfaces. Once it has served its purpose, “dirty” air, full of the removed particles, is pulled out of the chamber through the exhaust system.

When appropriately installed and utilized, air showers are an effective means of reducing potential contaminants and protecting sensitive work at a relatively low cost.

5 Types of Cleanrooms That Use Air Showers

Air showers aren’t required in all types of cleanrooms, but various applications can benefit from the added step of particle removal. Industries that require strict cleanliness standards per their cleanroom classification have the most to gain including air showers in their cleanroom design.

Let’s look at 5 such applications that use air showers.

1. Air Showers in Medical Research Cleanrooms

Medical research and highly sensitive equipment used in that research can both be compromised by entering contaminants. To keep the environment as free of particles as possible and reach stringent ISO Class 5 or lower standards, these types of cleanrooms use air showers for researchers and doctors to “rinse off” before entering the controlled environment.

In some medical cleanroom applications, such as those working with bio-hazardous materials, infectious diseases, or toxic fumes, what’s inside the cleanroom may be more dangerous than the outside. In addition to negative pressurization to isolate internal contaminants, air showers may be placed within the cleanroom to remove particles from workers exiting the controlled environment as an added defence.

2. Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms

Pharmaceutical cleanrooms are trusted to develop, test, and produce life-saving drugs and compounds. Any contamination of their processes could negatively affect test results or consumer health. Pharmaceutical cleanrooms must meet high cleanliness standards, and frequently implement air showers to help reach them. The additional layer of protection ensures that personnel traveling from the ante chamber to the compounding room are not carrying potentially dangerous contaminants.

3. Air Showers in Aerospace Cleanrooms

Too many particles in an aerospace cleanroom can result in a compromised sensor or a malfunctioning piece of electrical equipment. On a small scale this may not seem like much, but when applied to a complex machine like aircraft or spacecraft, every piece of equipment must be in optimal condition to ensure worker safety and project results. These types of cleanrooms use large air showers at the entrance and exit of the cleanroom to remove particles from personnel, products, and parts to maintain a clean, contaminant-free environment.

4.Precision Manufacturing Cleanrooms

Not all manufacturing environments require stringent particle control, but the manufacturing of highly sensitive products, such as radar systems, sensors, and computer hardware must be completed in a controlled space, often a cleanroom. Defence cleanrooms, for example, often employ air showers because the potential for excess particles can threaten the development of complex parts and equipment, weapons, and security systems.

5.Air Showers in Microelectronics and Semiconductor Cleanrooms

Semiconductor cleanrooms and cleanrooms that manufacture, handle microelectronics have some of the most strict requirements for particle control. Typically ISO Class 5 and lower, these types of cleanrooms rely on many layers of protection, including air showers, to reduce the potential of contaminating particles entering the cleanroom environment. Highly sensitive integrated circuits are easily compromised by particles carried in on personnel. Adding air showers to semiconductor cleanroom design can help prevent the corruption of these valuable materials.

Air Showers and Cleanroom Design

Air showers can range in size and configuration depending on the needs of the type of cleanroom, layout of the facility, and cleanroom design. They are usually placed at the entrance to the facility, but some applications may require air showers at multiple entry points or at both the entrance and exit of the cleanroom.

They contain a motor that powers directed, filtered, concentrated air out of many blowers to remove particulate matter from the personnel or objects within the shower’s walls. Particles and air is directed towards vents and wall plenums through a closed-loop exhaust system.

Also, different facilities may require non-standard sizes for air showers if they must accommodate large equipment or carts of supplies that must pass through to the controlled environment. In these cases, air tunnels are used which can accommodate a larger number of personnel at once, as well as products and parts.

The air shower contains a locking system that prevents the entrance and exit from being open at the same time — further reducing the travel of airborne particles through the air shower and into the cleanroom.

Accumax India designs cleanrooms that can incorporate a variety of design features, including air showers.Seek an advice of an engineer today to get started designing your cleanroom.

Testing

As a leading Air Shower manufacturers,Accumax India conducts rigorous test for all of our Air Showers. The testing goes on in many phases to check out possible loopholes in functioning and technology framework.The testing phase also involves complying with the certifications for safety and OHS as per the needs of the industry.As a leading Air shower supplier We also conduct customer needs and industry-specific certifications that help you in providing a fool proof and cleaner room in the area.

Air Shower Efficiency Testing

Accumax India is a popular brand in the industry to validate the efficiency of our air showers using the body box test, a method pioneered by Accumax India .

New clean room garments without laundry processing, which have residual particulate contamination from manufacturing in a non-clean room environment, are used.
The operator gowns up (in a jumpsuit, booties, gloves, mask and hood), and enters a specially sealed enclosure (the body box). This enclosure is equipped with vertical laminar flow.
The operator performs a series of standardized physical movements in order to induce the generation of particles in the body box, for a specific duration.
A particle counter connected to the base of the body box measures particle count levels. This count is the baseline level.
The operator gowns up using another garment from the same batch.
The operator proceeds into the Air Shower (device under test), for a shower cycle.
The operator exits the air shower and proceeds into the body box. In the body box the operator performs the same series of standardized physical movements in order to induce the generation of particles in the body box, for a specific duration
Particle count levels are measured, and compared against the baseline. The overall effectiveness of the air shower under test and shower cycle is calculated. Shower cleaning efficacy at various particle sizes is also characterized.
The test is repeated multiple times, to put together sufficient data and eliminate any bias. Exposure Time In Air Shower (SEC) Exposure Time In Air Shower (SEC)

Air Shower installation

Before you install your air showers make sure to get the complete specifications of the air shower that you are planning to install. You will need to work with a partner that provides ongoing support to their customers so that you are not stranded when something goes wrong with the air shower installation. Regular service is also required to ensure that your air showers are operating at an optimum level. The filtration system needs to be cleaned regularly to sustain the best performance of your industrial air shower. Ongoing maintenance is therefore of paramount importance. Identify a highly experienced and professional partner for your air shower installation so that they do not disappear from the scene after they have installed your air showers.

How much does an Air shower cost

The price of an Air shower would depend on the number of persons taking shower in one go.Accumax India manufactures Air Shower according to the need of customer.Get Air Shower price and technical specifications from Accumax India.

What we excel in

Our cleanroom air showers help you maintain a dust-proof and contamination-proof area inside. We suggest that you keep the air showers just before the entrance to your production area or research and testing centre.We are a leading air shower manufacturers with our products in demand across industries by small and large players.

Is a Cleanroom Air Shower Worth the Cost?

It always comes down to the bottom line. Undoubtedly, air showers are effective, but are they worth the additional cost? Well, believe it or not, an air shower actually adds up to just a tiny percentage of an overall cleanroom installation fee. Compared to the rest of the cleanroom that you’re paying for, the cost of a cleanroom air shower is simply miniscule. In fact, if an air shower prevents even one contamination of a pharmaceutical batch, you’re saving way more than the air shower even cost you, making its price a very small concern. If you’re in the following applications, an air shower can save your big money in mistakes and contaminated product:

• Biotech

• Biomedical

• Parental drug

• Microelectronics

• Precision manufacturing

• Pharmaceutical

• Aerospace

• Nanotechnology

In addition to the money an air shower saves you in product consistency, cleanroom air showers have also proven to increase cleanroom efficiency, and lower the amount of particulate buildup within the cleanroom itself. Since the air shower is ensuring that as much particulate as possible is eliminated before anyone enters the cleanroom, less particulate buildup occurs over time. This means that a cleanroom with an air shower will require less maintenance than a cleanroom without. It also means that a cleanroom with an air shower will put less stress on HEPA filters–making them more efficient–since they won’t have to work as hard with additional particulate and contaminants.

No matter the cleanroom application, an air shower is guaranteed to reduce particulate and the presence of contaminants. And when it costs just a fraction of the price of your cleanroom itself, it’s a practical addition to your project. If you have more queries about cleanrooms, or if you’re considering adding an air shower to your new or existing cleanroom project, make sure to give the experts at Accumax India a call! We’d love to answer any questions or help you design a cleanroom that’s perfect for your application, your space, and your budget.

Frequent Training Sessions on the Use of Air Showers

It’s crucial to regularly train personnel on how to use the Cleanroom and take necessary precautions to avoid complications, such as air contamination, which could affect process requirements. One of the subjects to cover would include the use of air showers.Accumax India have a highly qualified team of professionals to deliver this.

The need for such training from time to time cannot be over-emphasized, as it helps refresh the memory of existing staff, as well as orientate new staff with regards these processes. It also serves to introduce new, improved methods and standards of operation.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What material is Air Shower?

Accumax India manufacture Air Showers made of Stainless Steel.

2. Are Air Showers effective?

When used properly, an air shower can cut down on a vast majority of potential contaminants and helps ensure that your product remains safe and uncontaminated. Nowadays, air showers have become relatively commonplace due to their benefits, and comparatively small price.

3. What is the size of an Air Shower?

The standard size of an Air Shower is 900x1000x2000 mm (Inner Area) and 1400x1075x2150 mm (Outer Area)

4.What are the different types of air showers?

Different kinds of air showers include: cart, single door, straight, tunnel, L-shaped, S-shaped, U-shaped and three-door air showers.

5.What is the cycle of an Air Shower?

This is one of the most crucial aspect of an Air Shower effectiveness.Studies suggested that 20-30 seconds of Air Shower is effective to remove contamination.

6. What are the benefits of integrating cleanroom air showers in controlled environments/ facilities?

Installation of Accumax India cleanroom air showers enables seamless entry/exit of personnel in and out of the controlled environment. The “scrubbing” effect of the high-velocity air showers on particulate matters or surface contaminants allows mitigation of potential cross-contamination; therefore increasing cleanroom and process integrity.

7. Can Accumax India cleanroom air showers measure the differential pressure across filter?
Standard models of Air Shower are not designed with a device to measure and display differential pressure across filter. Upon client request, Accumax India can customize cleanroom air showers to have add-on magnahelic gauges to display differential pressure value across filters.

8.What ISO standard is an air shower?

Air showers are used to clean particles off personnel before they enter a cleanroom. They are generally used for higher classification cleanrooms (ISO-5 /class 100 cleanrooms, ISO-6 / class 1000 cleanrooms) and are very popular in the semiconductor industry.

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