A thread was brought up earlier asking about local juice manufacturers clean rooms so I thought I would republish our specs on our forum for those interested:
What is a clean room?
A cleanroom is any controlled environment in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled to specified limits.
In simple terms:
Classing of clean rooms:
Cleanrooms are classed on two scales.
1. ISO 1 -9 (1 being the best and 9 being room air.)
2. FED STD 209E – ( Class 1 – room air) ( ISO 1 & 2 are not rated on this scale)
These levels are determined by the number of airborne particles present in 1m³ of air of a certain size. The table below is the standard for ISO rating
What this actually means.
To explain this we must look at one ISO rating (ISO 7 for example). If your room is rated ISO 7 it means that there are 352 000 partials per 1m³ of air at 0.5 microns, 83 200 particles per 1m³ at 1 micron and 2 930 particles per 1m³ at 5 microns (the thickness of a human hair ranges between 17 – 181 microns). As you move up the rating those number decrease as indicated in the above table.
FED STD 209E:
This rating system is very similar to the ISO system in terms of the particle size and numbers. The major difference in this system has to do with the cleaning requirements of the room. The following web site has the info for the cleaning requirements for Class 100 and Class 1000: http://www.coastwidelabs.com/Technical Articles/Cleaning the Cleanroom.htm
NCVs clean room:
At NCV our lab has the following specs:
Structure - Our lab is constructed from interlocking polyurethane (60mm thick) panels with a pre-paint chromadex skin, roof and walls all sealed up nicely. With large double glazed glass panels on the front.
Filtration - we use a positive pressure clean room to manufacture our products. This simply means that we keep our room at a constant pressure of 1.5 atmospheres keeping the contaminants out. Our air passes through 3 different filters before being blown into the room. Air passes through two UV Germicidal Lamps to kill off pathogens from the outside air. Air moves into our primary HEPA filter to trap larger particles, lastly the air moves though an F7 Synthetic Pocket Filter.
Equipment - Tables are stainless steel, shelving in main lab stainless steel, multiple overhead mixers are used to blend our eliquid thoroughly, second room is used for assembly of pipettes and caps as well as storage of product components - assembly is carried out on stainless steel table as well. Our juice is sent for bottling and is bottled by Zeftech whom utilize a positive pressure clean room for filling as well. Products are then returned to us for distribution to our lovely vendors.
Ratings/Certification - We intend to have an ISO test of our clean rooms air quality with an external company and will be happy to post our results soon. NCV follows the Class 1000 cleaning program.
Happy vaping!
What is a clean room?
A cleanroom is any controlled environment in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled to specified limits.
In simple terms:
Classing of clean rooms:
Cleanrooms are classed on two scales.
1. ISO 1 -9 (1 being the best and 9 being room air.)
2. FED STD 209E – ( Class 1 – room air) ( ISO 1 & 2 are not rated on this scale)
These levels are determined by the number of airborne particles present in 1m³ of air of a certain size. The table below is the standard for ISO rating
What this actually means.
To explain this we must look at one ISO rating (ISO 7 for example). If your room is rated ISO 7 it means that there are 352 000 partials per 1m³ of air at 0.5 microns, 83 200 particles per 1m³ at 1 micron and 2 930 particles per 1m³ at 5 microns (the thickness of a human hair ranges between 17 – 181 microns). As you move up the rating those number decrease as indicated in the above table.
FED STD 209E:
This rating system is very similar to the ISO system in terms of the particle size and numbers. The major difference in this system has to do with the cleaning requirements of the room. The following web site has the info for the cleaning requirements for Class 100 and Class 1000: http://www.coastwidelabs.com/Technical Articles/Cleaning the Cleanroom.htm
NCVs clean room:
At NCV our lab has the following specs:
Structure - Our lab is constructed from interlocking polyurethane (60mm thick) panels with a pre-paint chromadex skin, roof and walls all sealed up nicely. With large double glazed glass panels on the front.
Filtration - we use a positive pressure clean room to manufacture our products. This simply means that we keep our room at a constant pressure of 1.5 atmospheres keeping the contaminants out. Our air passes through 3 different filters before being blown into the room. Air passes through two UV Germicidal Lamps to kill off pathogens from the outside air. Air moves into our primary HEPA filter to trap larger particles, lastly the air moves though an F7 Synthetic Pocket Filter.
Equipment - Tables are stainless steel, shelving in main lab stainless steel, multiple overhead mixers are used to blend our eliquid thoroughly, second room is used for assembly of pipettes and caps as well as storage of product components - assembly is carried out on stainless steel table as well. Our juice is sent for bottling and is bottled by Zeftech whom utilize a positive pressure clean room for filling as well. Products are then returned to us for distribution to our lovely vendors.
Ratings/Certification - We intend to have an ISO test of our clean rooms air quality with an external company and will be happy to post our results soon. NCV follows the Class 1000 cleaning program.
Happy vaping!
