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Heason Adds Cleanroom Assembly Area
Date: 30 September 2010
Heason Technology Limited has installed a new cleanroom area for component preparation and final assembly of customised motion platforms at its West Sussex production facility.
The fully equipped cleanroom is in response
to ever increasing demands from customers for higher volumes of
vacuum and clean room prepared motion systems and allows Heason to
perform assembly in-house.
The cleanroom was used extensively to fulfil a recent £250k order
from Synchrotron Soleil, the French national synchrotron research
laboratory, covering the design and manufacture of linear and
rotary nanopositioning manipulators that combine as a 14 axis
ultra-high vacuum and low magnetic motion system. The ceramic motor
driven system was assembled in Heason's cleanroom in final
preparation for delivery to France for the new ANTARES soft x-ray
scanning photoemission microscope project that is housed in a
10-10 UHV chamber.
The area will also be of benefit for Heason's customers in the
medical equipment and semiconductor sectors where ceramic motors
and other high precision servomotor technologies are combined with
precision bearing systems and high resolution feedback components
for complete custom built motion platform solutions which often
require clean assembly before delivery and installation.
The positive pressure cleanroom system includes a HEPA fan filter,
a sealed entry area with a tacky mat, and staff using the area will
gown-up in full bunny suits with gloves, hats, masks and overshoes.
Full procedures for the room include a list of approved and non
approved materials and the strict use of assembly tools that remain
inside the area.
Jon Howard, Heason's General Manager says "Our new cleanroom
addresses the needs of customers such as Synchrotron Soleil,
Diamond Light Source and STFC who increasingly insist that their
suppliers are able to deliver vacuum ready and cleanroom prepared
assemblies," Howard adds, "the area will allow us to add further
value to our custom motion platform design and manufacturing
service."