The remainder of the world still 3 to 5 years ahead: Pure space rule setting in Germany

Beginning of the 70's came the first VDI recommendation of the row VDI 2083, which specified the class definitions. Since then the guideline row VDI increased dynamically 2083; at present the specialized committee plans clean-room technology in the VDI to sheet 17. When 1997 ISO 14644-1 appeared, in which the category of purity definitions were away uniformly defined for the first time over the frontiers, carried this international standard clearly the handwriting of the VDI 2083. This is to be owed to the engaged cooperation of the VDI experts in the international and European standardization committees. These experts ensure for the fact that German interests flow in the clean-room technology into the international rule setting. Like that an important element is given, in order to hold the projection/lead of Germany in relation to the "remainder the world" in this important technology. If there is an international standard to the clean-room technology, for what it needs then still another national technical rule?It was shown that the international standardization process brings it with itself that much of the practice-relevant information, which is contained of the VDI in 2083 is not consentable in the ISO. The ISO standards to the clean-room technology treat the aspects as consent papers of many countries evenly only, on which all countries could agree, and they do somewhat point of view than the VDI, more detached by one of practice, 2083, which always understood itself as concrete paper. Therefore the specialized committee clean-room technology in the VDI has the question "continuing - or no?" completely clearly affirms. The interpretation and working helps, how they are contained in the VDI recommendations, are recognized in the industry; there is to be it therefore further.In order to facilitate for the user the use in the VDI 2083 of contained specialized knowledge in the specialized committee clean-room technology 2002 was decided to co-ordinate the numbers of the sheets of the VDI 2083 with the teilnummern of the ISO 14644 and DIN EN ISO 14644; i.e. (DIN EN) ISO 14644-1 is concerned with categories of purity. This topic is in the VDI recommendation likewise in sheet 1. Since the VDI has 2083 a grown structure and the ISO part numbers without consideration for this structure developed, the two numberings deviate at present still from each other. In the row VDI 2083 however on the change one works. It comes during the "change phase" to easy indispositions, i.e. to numbers such as sheet 4,1 for the current sheet about "planning, building, only start-up" (purchase: ISO 14644-4) or sheet 5.1 for the current sheet to the Reimraumbetrieb (purchase: ISO 14644-5 did not run off), because there were numbered sheets of the VDI still after old philosophy 2083 on the numbers 4 and 5, their validity yet. In the following I represent the current conditions of the guidelines in the row VDI to you 2083. It consists up-to-date of the following sheets: VDI 2083 sheet 1:2005 05 clean-room technology - particle categories of purity of air VDI 2083 sheet 2:1996 02 clean-room technology - building, enterprise and maintenance contentwise examines and invariably further valid: May 2006 VDI 2083 sheet 3:2005 07 clean-room technology - measuring technique in the pure room air VDI 2083 sheet 4:1996 02 clean-room technology - surface purity contentwise examines and invariably further valid: May 2006 draft VDI 2083 sheet 4.1:2005 07 (white paper appears presumably autumn 2006) clean-room technology - planning, building and only start-up of pure areas VDI 2083 sheet 5:1996 02 (assumption planned in VDI 2083 sheet 5,1) clean-room technology - thermal comfort contentwise examines and invariably further valid: May 2006 draft VDI 2083 sheet 5,1:2005 10 (white paper appears presumably autumn/winter 2006) clean-room technology - enterprise of pure areas VDI 2083 sheet 6:1996 11 (assumption planned in VDI 2083 sheet 15) clean-room technology - personnel on the pure job contentwise examines and invariably further valid: May 2006 VDI 2083 sheet 7:2000 01 (new white paper planned for autumn/winters 2006) clean-room technology - purity of process media VDI 2083 sheet 8:2002 09 (replaced by white paper VDI 2083 sheet 9.1) clean-room technology - pure space fitness of operational funds draft VDI 2083 sheet 9:1991 09 clean-room technology; Quality, production and distribution of high-purity water draft VDI 2083 sheet 9.1:2005 10 (white paper appears presumably autumn/winter 2006) clean-room technology - purity fitness and surface purity VDI 2083 sheet 10:1998 02 clean-room technology - Reinstmedien utility systems contentwise examines and invariably further valid: January 2004 draft VDI 2083 sheet 11:1999 02 (new draft planned for in the middle of 2007) clean-room technology - quality assurance VDI 2083 sheet 12:2000 01 clean-room technology - safety and aspects of environmental protection contentwise examines and invariably further valid: July 2005 draft VDI 2083 sheet 15:2005 10 (white paper appears autumn/winter 2006) clean-room technology - training of pure space personnel in preparation: VDI 2083 sheet of 16 separated pure space ranges (insulators, mini Environments,SD modules) - effectiveness and certifying VDI 2083 sheet of 17 pure-spacesuited materials if you questions to VDI 2083 have or are interested in the cooperation, contact you Dipl. 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