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Partitioning system adopted by healthcare company

A Troax product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 3, 2007

Troax develops high quality, cleanroom solution for Abbott Diabetes Care.

Troax UK has developed a high quality cleanroom solution for global healthcare company Abbot Diabetes Care at its manufacturing facility in Witney, Oxfordshire.

A series of new cleanrooms, used for the manufacture of diabetes monitoring equipment, has been constructed using Troax's new Toledo partitioning system.

For this extension to Abbot's existing production facility, Toledo double skin-steel partitioning was used to construct a series of eight separate, cleanroom areas (covering an area of over 500 sq metres), where test strips used in Abbott's FreeStyle blood glucose monitoring systems are manufactured.

Toledo steel partitioning provided an ideal solution for the project, which demanded a high standard of construction to ensure a controlled cleanroom environment.

The medium specification system is of steel, monobloc construction and uses inert and non-particle shedding finish.

To prevent the collection of particles and ensure easy to clean, smooth surfaces, Toledo's two - line junction has a flush line cover channel and a flush line double glazing system, resulting in minimal ledges, corners and flush surfaces.

Automatic sliding doors, also constructed from Toledo panels and fitted with circular vision panels, allow access to the cleanrooms while double glazed panels have been incorporated into the design to create a light and airy working environment.

The project was carried out in conjunction with Martins Fixings and according to project manager Tony Gavin, Troax's Toledo system has provided a flexible and cost-effective new method of constructing this type of cleanroom.

He comments: "The introduction of Troax's new Toledo cleanroom system means that we can now use their partitioning for an even greater range of applications, such as healthcare and electronics which demand this type of controlled production environment".

"We have an excellent working relationship with Troax who have been supplying partitioning to us for many years".

"One of the reasons we keep going back to them is their service - there is always someone available to deal with queries and help you out - something you don't often get with larger companies".

Toledo cleanroom partitioning is the first of a comprehensive new range from Troax that is designed to provide a cleanroom solution for virtually any application, from electronics and semiconductor, pharmaceutical, healthcare and aerospace to hospital, optics, precision engineering, automotive, food and drink and sterile packaging industries.

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