The market for clothing, wipes and other consumables used in cleanrooms will grow this year to more than $7 billion.  This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine Company in World Cleanroom Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

There has been a decade old debate regarding the choice between reusable and disposable clothing.  The aggregate expenditure of over $2 billion for reusable clothing plus the laundering of this clothing is considerably more than the investment in disposable clothing.

Arguments in favor of the reusables are greater comfort, high quality and impact on the environment. These garments are typically rented rather than purchased.  The garment launder may also supply other consumables. This potentially eliminates multiple sourcing.

Arguments in favor of the single-use garments are consistency and avoidance of water pollution. When a garment is manufactured in a carefully controlled environment and then packaged in an air tight container prior to shipment to the cleanroom, there is an assurance of consistency.  Suppliers argue that with reusables, the operator is at the mercy of the launderer. The environmental argument is that the greenhouse gas generation by manufacturing of many disposables is more than offset by the potential water pollution from garments which may contain harmful contaminants.

Recent studies on garment quality versus particulate loading in the cleanroom show that motion is a bigger factor than had been previously considered.  Those rooms with more motion but equal quality hardware and consumables will show higher particulate levels than those with less motion.

Historically, the semiconductor industry embraced reusables whereas the pharmaceutical industry utilized single-use garments.  There was concern that pathogens might not be removed in the laundering process.  In recent years, this trend has shifted.  Many pharmaceutical plants now use reusable garments.

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Headlines for the November 1, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT  

• Plant Ratcliffe (Mississippi Power’s New IGCC Project and Coal Mine) Costs up to almost $5 Billion
• EPA given 60 Days to Finalize Coal Combustion Residue Disposal Rules
• CPS Energy to close Deely in 2018
• Idaho Power asks PUC for Permission to invest in Jim Bridger 3 and 4
• OG&E loses Appeal on EPA’s FIP for Oklahoma

• Chinese Firm bids to acquire Eggborough UK Coal-fired Power Plant
• The First Northeast Electric Power Engineering Corp. to build 405 MW CFB Phividec Power Plant in the Philippines
• Alstom to Furnish LNB and SNCR to EDF Wybrzeze Power Plant in Poland
• US Treasury to stop Financing Coal-fired Power Plants Worldwide
• Minergy Coal to build 110 MW Power Plant in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
• India could help Complete Ulan-Ude Power Plant
• Maritsa 3 fined for Exceeding SO₂ Emissions Limits
• Yokogawa to supply Control Systems for Kudgi Power Plant in India
• Fortum to provide SCR and LNB for Polish Power Plants

• Burns and McDonnell has EPC Contract for Riverton 12 Combined Cycle Addition

• Alstom to upgrade Pembroke and Staythorpe
• Siemens to build 900 MW Spalding and 900 MW Gateway Energy Centers in UK

• Iberdrola wins Two Biomass-fired Power Plant Contracts in Canada
• CHE to build 20 Rice Husk-fired Power Plants (10 MW Each) across Vietnam

• Construction began on 1,000 MW Karachi Coastal Power Project in Pakistan
• Westinghouse, Sebat Group Partner for Nuclear Power Plant Construction in South Africa
• 390 MW Muehleberg in Switzerland to close in 2019
• Hearing before NRC on Fermi 3 License

• Network at Power-Gen on the Most Important Issues
• World FGD Market will dip this Year but Increase 40 Percent By 2015
• Top Eight Thermal/Catalytic Treatment Suppliers have 18 Percent of the World Market
• Air Filter Market will exceed $6.9 Billion in 2014
• Colfax buys Fläkt Woods’ Industrial Fans Business
• Kenya wants to add 5500 MW by 2017

For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:

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