Clean Room Vertical Carousels Benefits

Features

• Series of horizontal pans rotating in a vertical closed loop track bring product to operator
• Operates in ISO Class 3 to ISO Class 7 environments
• Particle control is achieved through vertical laminar flow of filtered air (supplied by facility)
• Special internal baffles isolate stored product from mechanism
• Externally sealed seams
• Special lubricants
• Pans and equipment surfaces specially designed to minimize particle formation
• Automatic doors
• Externally removable access panels
• Light curtain and infrared photo eye pinch point protection
• Available internal airflow and pressure regulating system
• Available enclosed external drives
• Available multiple opening enclosure (up to four doors)
• Available NFPA approved fire protection system
• Available light directed picking
• Available built-in bar code, IR tag, or RF tag readers
• Available software interfaces
• Available Ethernet communication
• Available SEMI E.15.1 load port
• Available emergency crank system
• SEMI S2 safety compliance
• SEMI S8 ergonomics compliance
• CE and ETL certified

Benefits

• Increased capacity – White Systems clean room carousels save up to 75% floor space by using all available space from ceiling to raised floor base slab
• Cost of ownership – space efficiency of White Systems clean room carousels can eliminate the need for new construction or reduce the size requirements for a new facility
• Multi-function efficiency – multiple opening carousels can act as gateways between clean rooms and non-clean areas or connect between two floor levels, eliminating additional air showers and vertical conveyors
• Maintains clean room integrity – automatic doors on pass-through units guard against accidental contamination when product enters or leaves the clean room through the carousel
• Improved ergonomics – product is delivered to operator at counter level, no bending, stooping or reaching
• Increased productivity – system queues picks and restocks to minimize carousel rotation and operator wait time
• Inventory control – built-in tag readers or scanners and White’s inventory control software allow the system to manage inventory flow at a local level and/or host level
• Emergency access – emergency crank system provides safe access to product without climbing ladders or entering the unit

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