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Röhm Manufacturing for Cleanrooms

Röhm Manufacturing for Cleanrooms

The clamping and gripping tool specialist Röhm from Sontheim an der Brenz (Baden-Württemberg) offers pure precision, literally. To ensure Röhm's customers can produce optimally in cleanroom environments, Röhm now also offers its popular clamping, gripping, and handling technology with cleanroom certification.

"Whether in optics, fine mechanics, semiconductor manufacturing, the automotive industry, or aerospace. In these sensitive areas, production must meet the highest cleanroom standards, and this naturally also applies to the components we use in the respective manufacturing environment. We offer our customers a wide range of products that is continuously growing. We are happy to develop the ideal solution for their cleanroom production together with our customers," says Gerhard Glanz, CEO of Röhm GmbH.

Extensive Range of Cleanroom-Ready Components and Assemblies

Röhm offers its customers the full spectrum of components and assemblies in cleanroom quality, such as swivel, retooling, and breakaway fixtures, delivery modules, carrier frames, transport carts and devices, handling frames, buffer storage inserts, absorber plates, and sealing plugs. Röhm also supplies clamping heads, chuck fixtures, support pins, and mechanical assemblies in cleanroom quality.

The final assembly and packaging are carried out in Röhm's own cleanroom in Sontheim up to cleanroom class EN ISO 7. "This also applies to the assembly of larger assemblies. For higher cleanroom class requirements, certified suppliers currently handle the final cleaning and packaging. However, plans are already underway for a dedicated cleanroom building. Because cleanroom technology is an absolute growth field," says Volker Hirsch, Head of Sales Clean Room at Röhm.

Currently, Röhm offers components in cleanroom class EN ISO 7 with dimensions up to 2 m³ and a weight of up to one ton. A cleanroom with material and personnel airlocks and cleaning wheels for incoming and outgoing items is integrated into the process. A darkroom with particle measurement technology and ESD-protective flooring is also part of the Röhm cleanroom facilities.

Professional Project Management

At Röhm, the key to success in cleanroom technology is professional project management and customized product development, which not only addresses the core task solutions but also considers the requirements of the cleanroom. The focus is on material selection, product design, and manufacturing process. "We are very flexible: either working according to our customers' specifications or operating freely within a predefined framework to develop our own solutions, which we then coordinate with them," explains Hirsch.

The Process in the Cleanroom

In project and process management for cleanroom production, customers can rely on Röhm's full expertise. The process typically involves the following steps: setting up a customized project management plan, designing the product for cleanroom compatibility, machining including heat treatment and surface finishing of individual parts, cleaning according to customer specifications in the in-house cleanroom, final assembly in the in-house cleanroom, packaging of the product in the cleanroom, and delivery to the customer.

Cleanroom Materials

For the production of cleanroom-compatible components, Röhm GmbH uses approved aluminum alloys, corrosion-resistant steels, and special plastics as materials suitable for cleanroom environments.