Cleanroom make up air doesn’t have to mean external air. Cleanrooms use make up air to provide a positive pressure to adjacent unclassified areas, usually up to about 20% of the system volume. Many (not all) cleanrooms are built within a very large warehouse. Many (not all) locations are GMP storage facilities which means they … Read more
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Cleanrooms are energy hungry – but there are things that can be done when new facilities are designed or upgraded. We supply air to cleanrooms at a minimum temperature of +12oC at a suitable volume to offset the heat emissions from the equipment within the room. Cleanroom equipment often utilises closed loop systems, like horizontal … Read more
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A cleanroom is the antithesis of a containment laboratory. Cleanrooms keeps things out and containment laboratories keep things in. We try to avoid the temptation to take on larger construction projects, remaining a small specialist engineering company allows us to do what we do best. But one long-standing client in Liverpool struggled to find a … Read more
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Cleanroom Ductwork Index Runs Ever heard of an AHU that needs its fan upgraded because of a reported air volume issue? Ever had all the filters including the HEPA’s changed only to find it made little difference to the system air volumes? Ever seen pulley sets left next to an AHU and wondered why the … Read more
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It may surprise you to learn that in the past 10 years uk businesses spent in excess of £10m with technickon to advise, rectify and repair new facilities that simply didn’t work as required, this excludes revenue relating to facilities we have assisted with abroad especially in the Middle East. We obviously don’t capture all … Read more
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We have recently designed a containment laboratory / cleanroom for Qiagen in Manchester. The room was required for a new DNA amplification process being developed and escape of any replicated DNA from the area could contaminate the entire client site which would mean many other ongoing processes on site would be contaminated. We designed an … Read more
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Following the disaster at the Nuclear plant in Fukashima a UK engineering company was tasked with building a piece of equipment used to disassemble and safely package the damaged fuel rods. This huge piece of equipment needed to be pressure tested in a temperature controlled environment. technickon was engaged to build one, with a removable … Read more
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We have recently designed, manufactured and validated 56No. extraction hoods to remove the fumes created by the use of Contec Prochlor (Hypochlorous Acid). The use of this spray prior to entry of the raw material into pharmaceutical compounding facilities is a new requirement but the strong odour created by evaporation of the solution has been … Read more
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Technickon lead the way on the conceptual design of a new state of the art compounding facility for Lloyds Home Healthcare (Derby). Engaged as cleanroom design consultants we have created a detailed performance specification, HVAC design and full fit out requirements to enable Lloyds Home Healthcare to tender the delivery of the facility. To ensure … Read more
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One of our Clients approached us with a project to design and build an alternative transfer hatch design for their manufacturing facility in Manchester requiring replacement of 35 trolley hatches that were constantly failing causing manufacturing delays. We also had an idea of a rotating door – why not open the door into the upper … Read more
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