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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Milan,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I initiated a discussion thread about a year ago regarding cleanroom garments. Below, is the summary I made back then. It might save you some leg work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eventually, we decided to stay with a commercial service. We conducted extensive market research about the plans and options available and learned that many different plans and options are available and, as usual, “the devil is in the
details”. We re-competed the contract with detailed provisions stipulating the service we required. Award is pending. Laundering our own was not the answer for us, but is for some. We don’t have access to a student body labor pool, nor an ideal spot for
the infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To All:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By the way, topics like these always come up at the UGIM, especially in the Bootie Camp on Sunday morning. If you have not registered for the UGIM yet, I encourage you to do so here:
<a href="https://ugim.nano.upenn.edu/">REGISTER FOR UGIM</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Luck,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vince<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Vincent K. Luciani<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">National Institute of Standards and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">100 Bureau Drive, Stop 6201<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6201<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">From May 18, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all the great responses. I very briefly summarized them in the table below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Solution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">NIST CNST NanoFab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cycled weekly, significant problem with replacement cost, about 100 sets/week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Self-laundered<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">No significant problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Owns their garments laundered in their HEPA filtered washer and dryer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of CA, Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tyvek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">User replaces their own regularly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cornell Nanoscale Facility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Had a problem, reduced inspection criteria to control replacement costs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Draper Labs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">60 users. Vendor offered insurance that proved cost effective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Delaware<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cycled out every two weeks, also some problems with cost of replacing damaged goods<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Washington <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Had a similar experience to NIST. Switched vendors and it got better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">UCSB Nanofabrication Facility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Large volume. Found better, cheaper service from a local small business instead of the big guys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Pennsylvania <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Suffering similar experience as NIST. Working with vendor to try to control costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">MIT Lincoln Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Laundry service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Switched to Alltex fiber suits. Just as clean as Gore-Tex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Owns their garments, laundered by contractor every two weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure what we will do yet as we are trying to negotiate with the vendor. We reduced to the lowest inspection criteria but are still having problems, for example booties with a piece of tape stuck to them pulled as defective, then
it takes them 8 weeks to replace it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We now require all rejected garments be returned to us for inspection. We then inspect all discarded garments ourselves in order to train the vendor on what constitutes a defect. It is a painful process. Disposable garments are in our
future until and if we can find a better solution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vince<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Milan Begliarbekov<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 11, 2018 2:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Laundry Machines for Clean Room Suits<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have experience with washing / drying their own clean room suits?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are there good specs out there for the soap, types of washing and drying machines, the requirements for the water to those machines? Also are there some manufacturers for the washing / drying machines that are good for this purpose? Laundry
SOP's would also be helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the help,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Milan Begliarbekov, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NanoFabrication Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CUNY Advanced Science Research Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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