| Use of wipes in cleanrooms is so common and natural | | | | these products is as varied as they themselves are. |
| that often the need to carefully select cleanroom | | | | Consider your requirements to choose from a |
| cleaning equipment and supplies may be overlooked. | | | | plethora of packaging choices. Also assess the |
| The following are some general guidelines to help you | | | | process of packaging use, as in order to be worth |
| assess and choose the right products matching your | | | | their salt, wipes should themselves have been |
| needs. | | | | processed and assembled in cleanrooms. |
| 1. Cleanliness: This refers to the extent to which | | | | 4. Usage: Think about where you're going to be using |
| wipes themselves contribute to contamination. | | | | the cleanroom wipers. While wipes for clinical use |
| Generally, cleanliness is inversely linked to absorbency. | | | | need to be sterile, those used in schools and the |
| So you'd need to consider your priorities before you | | | | wood works setting generally make use of tackifiers, |
| make the decision. | | | | which cause dust particles to stick on to them. Also, |
| 2. Absorbing power: Wipes differ in their degree of | | | | consider whether any material used in making the |
| absorbency based on what they're made of. A good | | | | wipes doesn't react with solvents and chemicals they |
| way to choose wipes is to consider the type of | | | | are used to clean. |
| contamination they would wipe off. The 'like absorbs | | | | 5. The Price Tag: Fabric wipes though generally |
| like' rule seems to work well here, e.g. natural fibers | | | | costlier than paper wipes are sturdier and have more |
| like cellulose perform well with water based | | | | absorbing power. But they eventually might turn out |
| contamination, while polyester works well with other | | | | to be cheaper, because they can be reused a couple |
| petrol derived contaminants such as fuel oils, gasoline, | | | | of times. Paper wipes are more suited to electronics |
| etc. | | | | and medical applications, where re-contamination is |
| 3. Packing: From cheap and dirty cardboard to | | | | undesirable. |
| double-packaging and static-dissipative, the packing of | | | | |