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Control Fibers

Reduce FM contamination in ISO 7/8 clean rooms

Despite medical devices being manufactured in ISO 7/8 cleanrooms, fibers and particulate matter(FM) is the leading cause of inspection, re-work and scrap. A major source of FM is the poor cleaning performance of standard non-woven and polyester fabric cleanroom wipers. Device manufacturers now must choose between wipers that absorb and wipers that shed fibers.

Foamtec manufactures CleanWIPE® and UltraSORB® cleanroom foam wipers which are optimized to clean sub-micron to 500 micron sized particulate contamination from both devices and work surfaces. CleanWIPE® is available in certified non-cytotoxic versions and UltraSORB® is free of endotoxins.

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Features & Benefits

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Open Pore Structure.

Entrap and remove hard to clean materials such as silicones, large metallic and plastic fibers including hair.
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Large surface area.

Excellent first pass cleaning and sanitizing with 70 and 100 % IPA.
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True Lint-Free Wiping Performance.

Foam construction eliminates the risk of abrasion related lint contamination.
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Medical grade Polyurethane foam.

Designed, manufactured, tested and certified for biocompatibility and fiber free cleaning performance.
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Manufactured in an ISO 5 13485 clean room.

Lot to lot consistency and tracability to raw materials.

Cleanroom Wiper Comparison

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CleanWIPE® New Out of the Bag

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CleanWIPE® Lightly Used

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CleanWIPE® Cleaning Particulates

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UltraSORB® New Out of the Bag

The open cell, hair-like structure of CleanWIPE & UltraSORB foam is ideal for removing and trapping foreign matter of up to 750 microns in size from devices & cleanroom surfaces.
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UltraSORB® Lightly Used

Unlike fabric or non woven “lint free” wipers, CleanWIPE & UltraSORB cleanroom foam wipers do not trade off abrasion resistance for particulate and fiber removal.
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UltraSORB® Cleaning Particulates

CleanWIPE’s & UltraSORB’s open cell, varigated structure with many interstices enables the efficient cleaning of surfaces contaminated with large amounts of particulate matter sized between 50-750 microns.
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Polycellulose Wiper New Out of the Bag

Non-woven “lint free” wipers are constructed of short strands of polycellulose fibers.
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Polycellulose Wiper Lightly Used

Which when exposed to the abrasion typical of wiping shed large quantities of fibers greater than 50 microns.
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Polycellulose Wiper Cleaning Particulates

Polycellulose has good particulate pick up, but in doing so generates vast quantities of 50-500 micron sized fibers.

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Polyester Wiper New Out of the Bag

Knitted Polyester cleanroom wipers are lint-free… Out-of–the-bag.
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Polyester Wiper Lightly Used

But when exposed to abrasion typical of wiping, polyester wipers generate large quantities of fibers which have a high static charge.
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Polyester Wiper Cleaning Particulates

And has very poor particulate pickup properties especially for large fibers.

About Foamtec WCC

Foamtec's mission is to enable contamination control professionals to improve particle control in clean rooms by solving surface contamination challenges. The Wilshire Contamination Control Division of Foamtec International supplies clean room mops, foam swabs, microfiber swabs, foam wipers, microfiber wipers, UltraSOLV® ScrubPADS to address clean room cleaning and the critical cleaning of process equipment.

 

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6575 IH-35 North
Waco, TX 76705

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(760) 599-7160