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10.11.2022
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Electronics (wafers, semiconductors, microchips,...)

Sustainable Semiconductor Production: Exyte acquires Airgard Inc., a specialist in exhaust gas cleaning systems

– Acquisition of the US-American specialist for wet separators and exhaust gas cleaning systems
– Exyte CEO Büchele: "The acquisition strengthens our position to support customers with technical solutions for their exhaust gas management."
– Further strengthening of Exyte's "Technology & Services" bus…

The controlled, clean environment is achieved through two U15 filters and an efficient recirculation system.

The fully glazed front of the ISO 9 cleanroom provides bright working conditions.

The lock is accessed via two fully glazed sliding doors.

09.11.2022
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Cleanroom

Bright production in ISO9

The Avintos AG has commissioned an ISO 9 cleanroom of 90 sqm in Rheinfelden, Switzerland. Avintos is a leading system supplier in the field of high-quality industrial fittings and hose lines. For the assembly of silicone hoses for the pharmaceutical industry, the modern company requires a clean envi…

09.11.2022
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Systems

GMP Monitoring: Advantages and Disadvantages of a Radio System

For a GMP monitoring system for environmental conditions in cleanrooms and equipment (such as refrigerators and freezers), a high degree of flexibility in sensor selection is often required. Refrigerators, for example, are occasionally moved to a different location, or an additional freezer is neede…

09.11.2022
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Company

The two companies combine decades of experience in the field of efficient mobile cooling compressors with expertise in developing innovative and reliable solutions for medical transport boxes.

Secop Group and B Medical Systems announce a joint development agreement

Secop GmbH, a globally leading provider of advanced cooling solutions for mobile, battery-powered applications, commercial and medical cold chains, and B Medical Systems, a worldwide leader in cold chain solutions for vaccines and a leading manufacturer of medical cold chain solutions, have announce…

The Ecobulk SX-D from Schütz ensures the safe transportation of demanding filling goods even under extreme conditions. (Photo: SCHÜTZ)

The steel shell of the Ecobulk SX-D was completely closed, riveted and welded to the steel bottom tray. It functions as an additional container, liquid-tight. (Photo: SCHÜTZ)

09.11.2022
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Packaging, Foil

Schütz Ecobulk SX-D guarantees maximum safety thanks to double-walled construction

For maximum protection against leakage even under extreme conditions, the packaging experts at Schütz have developed the Ecobulk SX-D. To further enhance safety standards, the container model features a sealed, fire-resistant outer shell made of steel. The filling opening and the discharge points ar…

Group photo Sumitomo (SHI) Demag at K 2022.

Gerd Liebig, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, world market leader of all-electric injection molding machines.

09.11.2022
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Trade fair

Gerd Liebig evaluates the success of global trade fair, signalling it as being a step towards normality.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag CEO gives K 2022 positive approval

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, Schwaig – November 2022: Gerd Liebig, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, concludes that K 2022 was overall a positive exhibition. Although the number of visitors to the world’s leading trade fair dropped by 21 percent compared to 2019, there was an increase in…

08.11.2022
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Trade fair

Integrated professional forums offer an overview of top trends in research, product development and production

COMPAMED 2022: The halls are fully booked, and there are important impulses for the medical technology industry

The world of medical technology looks confidently towards Düsseldorf. From 14 to 17 November, the internationally leading trade fairs COMPAMED, for suppliers, and MEDICA, for medicine, are being held here in parallel. Based on the current number of bookings, far more participants than last year are…

The smart RFID syringe label combines the marking of a syringe with its unique, digital identity.

08.11.2022
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Conference

Premiere at PDA: Prefilled Syringes with RFID-Labels

Pharma label expert Schreiner MediPharm and SCHOTT Pharma, the specialist in drug containment and delivery solutions for medications, have been engaged in a partnership for several years. Its objective is to develop new smart concepts that add functional value to prefilled syringes. At the PDA Unive…

The CNp Technology: A Game-Changer in High Purity Processes: Last year, LPW obtained the European patents for the CNp process (Cyclic Nucleation), which has been in use and internally developed for years, following international rights. CNp acts directly on the boundary layer of a component, even in hard-to-reach internal contours (such as 3D implants or fine capillaries and lumens). Through targeted pressure fluctuations within the liquid-specific vapor pressure curve, the formation of vapor bubbles, the cleaning effects of gentle cavitation, and effective media exchange, contaminants are dissolved and, if necessary, residual contamination carried along is safely removed. With the ultrasound-CNp combination as a process enhancer, LPW also tackles the most challenging tasks in fields such as medical technology or high vacuum technology.

New CNp System: Small Powerhouse for Highest High Purity
New to the LPW portfolio is the space-saving standard chamber system PowerJet compact CNp. The two-stage system with integrated steam intermediate rinse occupies just under 4 m² and features, in addition to ultrasonic and Cyclic Nucleation (CNp) cleaning processes, the necessary drying for higher requirements. This can be implemented in the form of hot air as well as infrared vacuum drying. Furthermore, the new system is equipped with a treatment chamber embedded within the two pre-treatment tanks, suitable for goods up to a batch size of 600 x 400 x 300 mm and weights up to 150 kg. The sandwich construction supports cleaning and rinsing processes as well as drying through a higher temperature level. The recirculation system features integrated full-flow filtration with a filter area of over 4 m² and filter units up to 0.5 µm. Currently, the small powerhouse is available in two versions. More info: www.lpw-cleaning.de.

1. New products in medical technology, such as additively manufactured implants, pose new challenges for cleaning equipment manufacturers. Additionally, there are regulatory requirements (in Europe, the Medical Device Regulation) that must be addressed. (Photo: LPW)

2. Capillary structures, such as in fine channels and tubes, are subject to the highest cleanliness standards depending on their intended use. Due to their aspect ratio (the ratio of inner diameter to length), these components make the use of most known cleaning methods impossible and also challenge the rinsing and drying processes. Here is a 300 mm long glass capillary with an inner diameter of approximately 50 µm. (Photo: LPW)

3. In laser and high vacuum technology, cleaning is confronted with delicate and highly precise processed surfaces – such as mirrors, for example. (Photo: LPW)

4. The influences of drying on the degree of technical cleanliness are often underestimated. For example, energy-efficient recirculating air drying tends to concentrate the finest organic and inorganic contaminants, which can lead to recontamination of the components. Therefore, LPW uses environment-decoupled infrared systems. (Photo: LPW)

07.11.2022
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Technical cleanliness

Just cleaning was yesterday

High Purity requires technical cleanliness throughout the entire process chain

The entire manufacturing industry is undergoing technological change. And this worldwide. Changed mobility concepts, digitalization, and the production of completely new products are leading to higher demands on technical cleanliness. Cleaning alone is no longer sufficient. Highly clean environments…

07.11.2022
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Universities

Innovative training concepts in the high-tech sector

Micro- and Nanotechnology at the Zweibrücken Campus

Microtechnology is considered one of the key technologies of the 21st century. Without microtechnology, modern goods of industry are unthinkable: cars, smartphones, modern industrial production, life-saving medical technology – without microtechnology, none of this would work! As part of the project…

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