Digital, lean, and human-centered: Ten guidelines for designing future-proof production systems have been developed by scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA in the study "Holistic Production Systems 4.0". Their practical requirements for designing meth…

Piepenbrock has been carrying out an extensive cleaning contract for FEUER Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG in Nordhausen since February 1, 2021. Not only the size of the operational area but also special floor coverings pose particular challenges for maintenance cleaning. Piepenbrock convinced with a needs…

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and AIXTRON, the leading provider of deposition equipment for compound semiconductor materials, have demonstrated epitaxial growth of gallium-nitride (GaN) buffer layers qualified for 1200V applications on…

Yesterday the Belgium-based Connect Group signed the agreement to acquire IKOR. IKOR, a developer and manufacturer of electronics with locations in Spain, Mexico and China, had been part of the ebm-papst Group headquartered in Mulfingen since 2016.

"As part of our strategic alignment we will focus ev…

For the second time, ICULTA – the 'International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications’ – presented a forum for the UV LED community to exchange ideas and results on cutting-edge topics. The program of last week’s virtual event covered the most recent and novel developments in UV LED…

Human skin, wax and leaves: At first glance, there’s no apparent connection between them. However, contact with a light source shows what they have in common: they’re translucent. Translucence refers to the partial light permeability of an object and is a characteristic that can frequently be found…

On 28th April 2021 CytoSMART Technologies announced the release of its first fluorescence cell counter. The CytoSMART Exact FL is an automated, dual fluorescence cell counter with an expanded field of view and unmatched performance.

Although the system’s footprint is very small, its specifications ri…

A year full of growth, progress, but also challenges, ebm-papst neo looks back on the first anniversary of its official founding day. The digital start-up in Dortmund and subsidiary of ebm-papst, a globally leading manufacturer of fans and drives, develops and markets digital solutions, for example…

Clarification to the question:
Do companies that carry out metrological tests for the qualification of cleanrooms have to be accredited?

The following are the requirements from the relevant standards and guidelines:

ISO EN DIN 14644:
This series of standards specifies the requirements for the measuring…

During the filling of cream milk and dairy products, contamination repeatedly occurred at a Spanish manufacturer in the cleanroom areas. The reason: a poorly coordinated air quality concept. Freudenberg Filtration Technologies developed an engineering solution for sterile filling with a variety of c…