OTHER ELECTRONICS & NANOTECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY UPDATE
December 2019
McIlvaine Company
PCB Piezotronics Completes Construction of Cleanroom
PCB Piezotronics, a sensor manufacturer headquartered in New York (US) has
announced the completion of new environmentally-controlled site totaling 4,300
sq. ft. at its Walden Avenue headquarters. Assembly of all pressure and force
products are already being carried out in this new state-of-the-art facility.
“We are very proud of this new state-of-the-art facility and our continuous
improvement initiatives to provide higher-performing, quality sensor products to
meet the demands of our valued customers,” said David T. Hore, President of PCB
Piezotronics.
Sensor elements and other critical assemblies are manufactured within a 1,200
sq. ft. room, which meets or exceeds ISO Class 7 cleanliness standard (less than
10,000 particles per cubic foot). The cleanroom is also humidity controlled
within a tight specification.
Particle counts are further reduced down to ISO Class 3-4 levels (less than 10
particles/cubic foot) due to usage of laminar flow benches, HEPA-filtered fume
extractors and other state-of-the-art cleanroom equipment.
A second cleanroom area of 3,100 sq. ft. is designated for final product
assembly and calibration processes.
The company said this space is under even stricter humidity controls to prevent
electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage to electrical components.
Laminar flow benches for critical product assembly and solder stations with
HEPA-filtered fume extractors are used throughout this space.
PCB expects that the environmentally controlled cleanrooms will further enhance
its pressure and force sensor manufacturing and assembly processes.
Higher efficiencies, increased throughput, and improved quality and delivery are
just some of the expected benefits.
PCB Design Engineers are already working on the next generation of
high-performance sensors, whose design and manufacturing is dependent upon a
cleanroom environment.
“This large investment in a world-class manufacturing environment reinforces
PCB’s commitment to Total Customer Satisfaction, which is our company’s
long-standing mission,” Hore concluded.
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