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THE VISIBLE AND
INVISIBLE RISK
Contamination control is a major and growing concern in Whether the environment you operate in is industrial, controlled,
cleanrooms, critical areas and controlled environments. critical or sterile, Dycem enables all organisations to reduce
particle counts by up to 99.9%.
Cleanrooms are markedly cleaner than a hospital operating
room and require an extremely stringent approach to controlling The illustration below identifies the types of particulates present
possible contamination and ensuring an environment is free of in these environments and how Dycem uses these groups to
bacteria, viruses or other pathogens. assess and address your facility’s decontamination needs.
Particulate contaminants are known to adversely affect quality,
product yield, operational effectiveness and profitability, therefore
protecting these areas is vital.
VISIBLE RISK
SAND, SALT GRAIN,
SMALL DEBRIS
FIBRES, ALLERGENS,
POLLENS
INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLED
(SUPERCOARSE) (COARSE)
100 micron + 10 - 100 micron
Environments include heavy wheeled
pallet trucks, trolleys and forkifts. Environments include heavy wheeled
Typical locations include: forklifts, medium to light wheeled pallet
Warehouses, Factories, Goods in/out trucks, trolleys and pedestrian traffic.
3 Typical locations include:
Transfers Areas, Loading Bays,
Granulation Bays