In reliability engineering, few indicators are as consistently revealing as the particles that infiltrate a lubrication ...

An important part of any machine conditioning program is particle counting. There are a number of existing tools to monitor and track the quantity and severity of the contamination, whether it is a ...

Modern manufacturing techniques frequently require clean environments designed, constructed, and maintained to facilitate the highest production yields possible while also meeting predictable ...

An update to USP<1788> Methods for Determination of Subvisible Particulate Matter was released in May 2021. Its goal is to assist in the support and clarification of the information provided in ...

The LiQuilaz ® II optical liquid particle counter from Particle Measuring Systems is a volumetric monitor that has been specifically developed with a range of sizing sensitivities as low as 0.2 µm. It ...

Effective contaminant monitoring in hydraulic fluids is essential for system performance and longevity. Traditional methods like light obscuration (ISO 11171) measure particle size but lack shape ...

In the pharmaceutical industry, cleanrooms are categorized based on the level of airborne particle concentration necessary to meet the cleanliness standards required for the specific manufacturing ...

Both the USA cGMP 1 and EU GMP 2 dictate that cleanroom classification must be carried out according to ISO 14644-1. The version of this ISO standard released in 1999 4 was rewritten by a group of ...

Thomas Gehrmann remembers the deluge of mathematical expressions that came cascading down his computer screen one day 20 years ago. He was trying to calculate the odds that three jets of elementary ...