Cleanroom for Data Storage Case Study

Tape Manufacturer
Application: 30,000 Sq. Ft. Class 100 Cleanroom

Product: CleanLine S3000

Benefits Provided:
Flexibility
Class 100 Conformance Capability

The Situation
Our client is a leading worldwide manufacturer The Solution
of professional audio, video, and data storage Because the company’s products are continuously improving
tape. Known for high-quality products, the client and changing based on market needs, the manufacturing
produces 70% of all professional recording tape process was continually changing. These production changes
for the television and movie industry. often required modifications in the cleanroom environments
including relocating equipment and reconfiguring the
conveyors that ran through the walls of the cleanroom.
The Challenge Installation of the walls, ceiling, and floor was quick and easy,
Tape manufacturing requires an ultra-clean according to the Associate Engineer. The project remained on
environment and is a quickly changing industry schedule throughout installation and plant disruption was kept
with frequent modifications in production. So, to a minimum.
when the client needed to expand its existing Since individual PortaFab wall panels could be moved quickly
cleanroom manufacturing area in its facility, and easily, these changes in the production process did not
the company had two major concerns: quality cause disruption, downtime, productivity loss, or dust that
and flexibility. normally accompanied conventional construction.
The Evaluation Overall, the 30,000
square foot cleanroom
The client’s Associate Engineer set out to find
expansion was considered
a wall system that would meet his cleanroom
a tremendous success. The
needs. Since flexibility was a major concern,
client was so pleased with
he immediately ruled out the conventional
the attractive appearance
construction methods that the company had
and low maintenance of
used in the past and began searching for a
the PortaFab wall system
modular wall system that could be modified
that they utilized the same
or expanded quickly and easily.
wall panels to enhance
After investigating a number of modular wall other areas within the class
systems and touring a nearby plant outfitted 100 cleanroom facility.
with PortaFab cleanroom systems, he decided
that PortaFab could best serve his needs for
quality and versatility.

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