Emergency exit doors are critical in cleanrooms to ensure fast and safe evacuation while preserving a contamination-free environment. These doors come in various types, including hinged, sliding, and panic bar-equipped options, tailored to specific cleanroom requirements.
A well-designed cleanroom emergency exit door allows for quick, intuitive operation under pressure and maintains the cleanroom's integrity. Durable, easy-to-clean materials and reliable functionality are key features, making them essential for safety and effective emergency response.
EN 179 and EN 1125 standards in cleanroom environments
Why is EN 179 necessary? For example, a chemical spill requires immediate evacuation by trained lab personnel while maintaining security. The simple mechanisms ensure fast evacuation while supporting the controlled access requirements of the facility.
EN 1125 standard on the other hand, caters to untrained individuals such as visitors or contractors. During an equipment failure, untrained maintenance workers or visitors need to exit quickly and safely. In these situations panic bars or touch-sensitive mechanisms allow intuitive operation, ensuring even unfamiliar users can evacuate without delay.
Strategic placement of cleanroom emergency exit doors
Cleanrooms often comprise interconnected spaces, making clearly marked and easily accessible exits essential during an emergency. Meeting strict standards ensures that both trained staff and visitors can evacuate safely and efficiently. Failure to comply with these requirements poses not only legal risks but also life-threatening situations by hindering swift evacuation.
Why KleanLabs doors are ideal for cleanroom emergency exit
KleanLabs cleanroom doors are designed to offer the perfect balance of safety, accessibility, and cleanroom integrity, making them the ideal choice for your cleanroom emergency routes.
These doors feature hands-free operation, automated opening mechanisms and ergonomic designs ensure smooth and quick evacuation during emergencies.
Equipped with transparent panels, KleanLabs doors allow occupants to assess the situation outside, improving situational awareness and making the evacuation process safer for everyone.
Additionally, panic bars make these doors easy to operate, even for untrained individuals such as visitors or contractors, ensuring that anyone can evacuate quickly and safely during an emergency
Balancing safety and cleanroom integrity
These doors meet the highest safety requirements in the construction industry and undergo rigorous assessments under the 305/2011/EU regulation’s system 1 performance and consistency evaluation. This process includes:
- Product type determination: Involves type testing, sampling, calculations, and comprehensive documentation.
- Initial factory inspection: Thorough audits of manufacturing facilities and processes.
- Continuous monitoring and assessment: Ongoing oversight of production to ensure consistent compliance.
An authorised product certification body oversees the certification process and issues a performance consistency certificate, confirming the reliability and compliance of KleanLabs cleanroom emergency exit doors.
