Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA has chosen CAT Group (Clean Air Technology) for its major new cleanroom project.

The product testing institute is building two new ISO Class 1 cleanrooms for use as dry rooms.

Fraunhofer develops and tests new components and devices for manufacturing lines. As such the institute often tests cleanroom products for suitability of use.

“In the two cleanrooms of the highest purity class, the basic principles and application scenarios for processes and products that are used under both clean and very dry environmental conditions will be researched for their suitability in the future and further developed with the industry,” CAT stated in a LinkedIn post.

Germany-based CAT has been awarded the contract for the planning and implementation of the complex new project.

ISO Class 1 cleanrooms are the highest class of cleanroom, and must have less than 2 particles greater than 0.3 microns and no particles greater than 1.0 microns per cubic meter.

These dry rooms are expected to be built in the middle of 2024, according to the LinkedIn post from CAT.

Among other things, the pressure dew point in these two new rooms must be able to individually and continuously be lowered to as low as -40 degrees.