On July 4, 2019, SEW-EURODRIVE is the host and main sponsor of the Hygienic Design Day (HDD). The trade magazine [me] from the publisher agt agile technik is the organizer of the congress and invites OEMs and end customers to discuss hygienic design in mechanical engineering.

Machine builders demand…

Disposable overshoes are used, for example, in cleanrooms, laboratories, hospitals, and the food industry.

They are also suitable as a quick alternative for visitors in critical areas.

The overshoes are simply pulled over regular shoes, thus preventing contamination.

For easy and quick donning and doff…

When working with these devices, dust is not stirred up as with conventional cleaning methods, but effectively bound. They are easy to handle and, depending on the model, available with removable films or with an adhesive pad for cleaning the roller.

Roller with removable films Contaminants are relia…

Increasing productivity while maintaining environmental quality and regulatory compliance is an important challenge for cleanroom teams and requires solutions that address the root causes of contamination events.

In this article the human causes and resulting impacts of cleanroom contamination are di…

In the food industry, production facilities must be designed according to hygiene standards. The requirements vary greatly depending on the hygiene zone, from food, spray, to packaging and non-food areas. At the international leading trade fair for the meat industry, IFFA (May 4-9, 2019) in Frankfur…

New at CiK Solutions is the cost-effective pH and water temperature data logger MX2501 from the HOBO series.

The MX2501 pH data logger was designed for the electronic measurement of the pH value of water and water temperature. Data transfer is wireless to mobile devices or tablets via Bluetooth Low E…

The Swiss biotech industry continues to be buoyant and once again managed to increase its sales, exports and research investments in 2018. As a result, it is laying the foundations for further growth and forward-looking development. Capital investment in listed biotech companies saw an especially st…

Many couples wishing to have children have been helped through artificial insemination using the IVF procedure (In-vitro Fertilization, German: artificial fertilization). In developed countries alone, around 15 percent of couples suffer from impaired fertility. According to scientists, these problem…

Medical technology does not tolerate mistakes. That is why maxon produces micromotors in certified cleanrooms. The effort required to build such specialized rooms is not to be underestimated.

Cleanrooms are needed in various industries – for example, in medicine, food technology, and the semiconducto…

On the grounds of Birkhof in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, opposite the Fraunhofer Institute Center, construction work is beginning on Building U. Starting in 2021, processing technologies for lightweight construction will be developed there. The groundbreaking ceremony is on May 20, 2019.

With the groundbrea…