Successful premiere of the EJOT technical seminar "Technical Cleanliness in Industry" in Winterberg

Interested faces at the first EJOT professional seminar "Technical cleanliness in industry" in Winterberg.

Conference leader Markus Hansel explaining the EJOCLEAN® cleanliness concept during the plant tour.

In the EJOCLEAN® cleaning system, the goods are finely cleaned to the required level of cleanliness.

"That was a clean affair," reflected the satisfied expressions of the numerous participants at the end of the first expert seminar on the topic "Technical Cleanliness in Industry," which the connection technology specialist EJOT conducted on April 26 and 27 in Winterberg. Renowned speakers conveyed the fundamentals of technical cleanliness to the engineers and manufacturing specialists from all over Germany who traveled to attend. The focus was on holistic cleanliness concepts for electroplated connection elements and plastic components.

Right from the start of the inaugural event, it became clear to every participant that a "hot topic" should be addressed in Winterberg. Because the large number of visitors, mostly representatives of the "Who's Who" of the German and international automotive supply industry, had a good reason to travel to the Sauerland. That reason was cleanliness. Safety-relevant, technical cleanliness. Because especially in the automotive industry, increasingly complex electronics and hydraulic components are becoming more sensitive to particle contamination. Even a single, electrically conductive particle in an electronic component can lead to its complete failure. A particular risk is posed by particle contamination in driver assistance and safety systems in automobiles.

It is understandable that the term "technical cleanliness" has recently come into focus for development departments. And precisely these engineers and developers from these areas were heavily represented among the participants, taking the opportunity to learn firsthand about suitable cleaning techniques for connection elements, cleanliness-appropriate packaging concepts, and state-of-the-art testing methods to determine the degree of technical cleanliness. The special requirements for cleanliness concepts in the manufacturing of plastic components were also discussed in detail in Winterberg. Conference leader Markus Hansel, product manager EJOCLEAN® at EJOT: "The large number of interested parties for this seminar suggests that we have addressed exactly the problems and questions that our customers regularly face. We are naturally especially pleased that with this new seminar format, we can provide valuable support for daily work."

The highlight of the inaugural event was the keynote speech by Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Phys. Markus Rochowicz, group leader of contamination control at the Department of Cleanroom and Microproduction at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation in Stuttgart, who brought the participants up to date on the current status of VDA 19. This guideline for testing technical cleanliness in the automotive industry was initiated by Rochowicz in 2004.