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Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2006
Mars mission features at cleanroom show
3C Contamination Control and Cleanroom Products (3C) will take place on 15th and 16th February 2006 at Birmingham's NEC.
Cleanroom technology is helping progress Europe in the space race European Space ministers have recently approved a Eur 600 million mission to Mars
The key objective of this ExoMars mission will be the investigation of the existence of Martian life - either extant or extinct.
Due for launch in 2011, the project faces any number of challenges one of which is ensuring this is one of the cleanest and most sterile spacecraft ever launched.
This is where cleanroom technology plays a crucial role, as Dr Ronan Wall, Science Missions Systems Engineer, EADS Astrium will explain at 3C Contamination Control and Cleanroom Products (3C) taking place on 15th and 16th February 2006 at Birmingham's NEC.
Any mission to Mars must meet stringent requirements on the amount of bacteria it brings to the Red Planet in order not to jeopardise current and future exobiological experiments.
This has major impact in the areas of spacecraft design, assembly, integration, facilities and supporting infrastructure.
This is just one of the subjects under discussion in the free conference programme offered by the organisers of 3C 2006.
Other topics include validation of cleanrooms, preventing contamination from spores and greener cleanrooms.
The total market volume for cleanroom technology is estimated at about $11 billion and growth in the contamination control industry is being fuelled by an influx of innovative technologies, such as micro- and nanotechnologies, with their own cleanroom and biocontainment issues.
One of 3C's exhibitors Lamarflo, has recent expertise in the design and build of specialist nanotechnology research facilities and will be on hand to talk about these new developments.
This company is not alone in having new services and products to offer visitors - other exhibitors showcasing cutting edge technology include Arc Technologies which is introducing a new Viable Air Sampler for companies who operate in hazardous areas, and Contronics is launching a new monitoring system with the capacity to monitor up to 3200 points distributed over multiple sites.
Following on from their success last year, Bill Whyte is hosting two courses on cleanroom technology and testing.
Whyte, a research fellow at Glasgow University is one of Europe's leading authorities on contamination control and cleanroom design.
Running alongside 3C 2006 is the Medical Device Technology Exhibition and Conference which will include an innovation and presentation centre hosting free presentations on a wide range of subjects from how the latest advances and innovations in space technology can be applied to medical products to the challenges of trying to get an innovative product into the NHS and from how to convert ideas into winning products to the future role of robotics in surgery.
Other complementary manufacturing shows taking place at the same time are Practical Vacuum; Drives and Motion Control; IPOT (Image Processing and Optical Technology); MTEC; Machine Building and Automation; and PneuMotion.
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