<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hi colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">In the spirit of sustainability, I know that Valutek has a line of cleanroom-grade gloves for different cleanroom classes. They had a booth at UGIM. They also do all sorts of cleanroom disposables: cleanroom wipes, cleanroom paper they claim is recyclable, overshoes, hairnets, etc.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Valutek has recently <a href="https://www.valutek.com/pages/recycling-program">partnered with Terra Cycle to offer a recycling program</a> and offer incentives to recycle waste.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We haven't tried them yet. Is anyone currently using Valutek consumables and their recycling program? I would be very keen to hear feedback about their products and their recycling program.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Tatiana</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><b>Tatiana Pinedo Rivera, PhD</b> <font size="1">(she/her/hers)</font><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><font size="1">Nanolithography and Characterisation Team Leader</font><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Senior Process Engineer </span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><font size="1"><br>Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication </font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11px">ANFF Victoria<br>151 Wellington Road, Clayton VIC 3168 Australia <br><br></span><span style="font-size:11px">P: +61 (0)3 9905 9660</span><span style="font-size:11px"><br>E: <a href="mailto:tatiana.pinedo@nanomelbourne.com" target="_blank">tatiana.pinedo@nanomelbourne.com</a><br>W: <a href="http://nanomelbourne.com" target="_blank">http://nanomelbourne.com</a></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><img width="200" height="75" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4ytSAjpwpj8eOr9k3aCB9emsePYyZe-8KeTQyE2N5UKEY1qmPzAi4fW8R-6apLMUN-VeNSrTuE"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 at 02:49, Tony L Olsen <<a href="mailto:tony.olsen@utah.edu">tony.olsen@utah.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1513018315046724070">
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are lots of options, but for years we’ve been using TechNitrile TN2000 Series gloves (both white and blue) from TechNiGlove International. Like most alternatives, they have microtextured fingertips, which are not visible to the naked
eye, but we’ve been happy with them. I don’t recall any complaints about grip. They are available through various suppliers.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Utah<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">36 S Wasatch Drive, Suite 2500<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">801-587-0651<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Football <<a href="mailto:yaofootball@gmail.com" target="_blank">yaofootball@gmail.com</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 6, 2022 11:11<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu" target="_blank">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Cleanroom gloves<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">I wonder what brands and types of cleanroom gloves you use in your cleanroom. At Argonne, we have been using the </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(43,43,43)">Kimberly-Clark
Professional™ Kimtech™ Pure G5 Blue Cleanroom Nitrile Gloves. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(43,43,43)">Some time back we noticed that these blue ones were discontinued by the manufacturer, then we started to
use the <b>Kimberly-Clark Professional™ Kimtech™ Pure G3 Cleanroom NXT™ Nitrile Gloves.
</b>Besides the pros that this G3 type is less expensive and releases less particles than the G5 blue ones, some users noticed the difference in the grip strength of these two. The G3 has a smooth finish while the G5 blue has a more coarse finish which some
users think has provided more grip strength. </span><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Fubo Rao, Ph.D.,</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Nanofabrication Cleanroom Manager,</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Center for Nanoscale Materials,</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Argonne National Laboratory</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>9700 S. Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439</i><u></u><u></u></p>
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