Maintaining a Class M 5.5 environment in a Class M 6.5 cleanroom

David W. Hughes; Randy J. Hedgeland; Wayne C. Geer; Barry N. Greenberg

doi:10.1117/12.190157

19 October 1994 Maintaining a Class M 5.5 environment in a Class M 6.5 cleanroom

David W. Hughes, Randy J. Hedgeland, Wayne C. Geer, Barry N. Greenberg

Proceedings Volume 2261, Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurements, and Control IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.190157
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

During Kennedy Space Center processing of the Hubble Space Telescope First Servicing Mission, critical optical components were integrated in a Class 100,000 (M 6.5 at 0.5 micrometers and 5.0 micrometers , per Fed-Std 209E) cleanroom. A Class 10,000 (M 5.5) environment was mandated by the 400B (per Mil-Std 1246B) surface cleanliness requirement of the Scientific Instruments. To maintain a Class M 5.5 environment, a contamination control plan was implemented which addressed personnel constraints, operations, and site management. This plan limited personnel access, imposed strict gowning requirements, and increased cleanroom janitorial operations, prohibited operations known to generate contamination while sensitive hardware was exposed to the environment, and controlled roadwork, insecticide spraying, and similar activities. Facility preparations included a ceiling to floor cleaning, sealing of vents and doors, and revising the garment change room entry patterns. The cleanroom was successfully run below Class 5000 while the instruments were present; certain operations, however, were observed to cause local contamination levels to increase above Class M 5.5.

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David W. Hughes, Randy J. Hedgeland, Wayne C. Geer, and Barry N. Greenberg "Maintaining a Class M 5.5 environment in a Class M 6.5 cleanroom", Proc. SPIE 2261, Optical System Contamination: Effects, Measurements, and Control IV, (19 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.190157

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