UK component manufacturer opens new cleanroom
As part of the expansion of its production facilities at Welwyn Garden City, which now incorporates sub assembly to complement its machining capability involving high precision components, Unicut Precision has established a cleanroom area within the shopfloor.
Joint md Charles Kenny said: “We have had several requests from customers to supply complete assemblies involving in-house machined parts and bought-out items so we decided to create a separate cleanroom area to reduce any likelihood of contamination and ensure quality levels can be maintained.”
The room, which is lit by 1000 Lux lighting, is adjacent to the quality and inspection centre, which incorporates non-contact 3-D video inspection technology to provide fast and accurate measuring information and is also able to automatically compile SPC data. As part of the quality strategy under quality manager Colin Luke, any components passing into the cleanroom are processed through a closed-loop, high performance Dürr Minio 85C programmable component wash that incorporates vapour degreasing, vacuum drying and ultrasonics in the cycles available.
Luke said: “We are now undertaking the production of critical components for the medical, defence automotive related and hydraulic sectors where total attention to detail is vital to meet customer performance specifications.”