Assembly of systems, among others, for the semiconductor industry

Rodriguez has a Class 4 cleanroom, which is an important prerequisite for the assembly and manufacturing of components, among other things, in the semiconductor industry. Image: Rodriguez

The Eschweiler location now has a comprehensive machinery park for the areas of linear technology and precision bearings. Among other things, Rodriguez has a Class 4 cleanroom according to DIN EN ISO 14644-1 available. It is an important prerequisite for the assembly and manufacturing of components in the semiconductor industry, aerospace, optical industry, and increasingly also in medical technology.

Cleanroom processes at Rodriguez are carried out in a so-called flow box, which is located within a temperature-controlled gray room. The box – a kind of glass display case whose front can be opened – draws in ambient air and filters it. This creates a positive pressure with clean air. The technician works with a cleanroom suit and special dirt-repellent gloves. Components and parts are assembled and packaged in a cleanroom-compliant manner inside the flow box. "When standard products are to be used in the cleanroom, we also wash out the regular fats and introduce special cleanroom fats," says Ulrich Schroth, Business Unit Manager for Value Added Products at Rodriguez. "In the cleanroom, we assemble everything from small storage systems to pre-assembled modules."

The cleanroom products are delivered in a two-layer cleanroom packaging. This means that Rodriguez applies an initial packaging in the cleanroom. Subsequently, a normal second packaging is applied. Upon delivery, the top/normal packaging is removed, and the second packaging is then removed in the customer's cleanroom. This ensures that there is no contamination by foreign particles during transport, which could later negatively impact the application.