Nov 22, 2022

Remote Particle Counters For Pharmaceutical Applications

Nov 17, 2022

How to Choose Cleanroom Monitoring Instruments

effect of wildfires
Nov 16, 2022

How Do Wildfires Affect Air Quality?

During the 2020 fire season, more than 106 large wildfires occurred in the states of Oregon and California. The fires were battled by tens of thousands of wildland firefighters, but still burned more than 6.7 million acres. While thousands of people lost their homes, almost every resident of the state was able to see the […]

ApexZ3
Nov 15, 2022

Is The ApexZ The Right Airborne Particle Counter For You?

An airborne particle counter only needs to know two things to begin sampling: where it is and how long to sample. From there, it should be built around ease of use and reliability. You should be able to trust that your airborne particle counter is working for you and not the other way around. You […]

Nov 10, 2022

Basics Of Particle Counting

Nov 3, 2022

Indoor Air Quality And Its Impact On Our Health And How To Improve It

Nov 1, 2022

ApexZ Tutorial with Davis – Grid View

Sep 19, 2022

Setting Presets For The ApexZ

Sep 15, 2022

Creating A Compliant Environmental Monitoring Program

With the never ending shift towards continuous quality improvements within the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products it is worth looking at the current requirement of GMP and also 21CFR11 in the context of GAMP 5 requirements. How a Company creates, maintains, retrieves, corrects and controls data can affect product quality. How a company reacts to out […]

Jul 9, 2022

Basic Manual Sampling With The ApexZ

Jun 3, 2022

Lighthouse Apex Particle Counters compatibility with Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide

Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) is a powerful chemical used to sterilize surfaces andequipment in the cleanroom, specifically in the medical equipment and pharmaceuticalindustries. It can cause deterioration and breakdown of equipment. Due to the nature of theindustries in which it is used, VHP is often used to sterilize equipment while the cleanroomis in use. Thus, […]

May 11, 2022

Your Ultimate Guide To Cleanroom Air Distribution Strategy

We talk a lot about contamination control strategies in a cleanroom, but there is another type of strategy you need to consider: air distribution. This strategy is typically put into place during the planning and building of a cleanroom because it has a lot to do with infrastructure. But understanding your cleanroom’s air distribution strategy […]

Apex Z3 Front
Apr 22, 2022

Photometer vs Particle Counter: Which Is Right For Your Cleanroom?

When you need to classify your cleanroom, do you reach for your trusty photometer or particle counter? Both photometers and particle counters are devices used in cleanrooms to measure particles, but they go about it in different ways and report different data. According to ISO 14644, both are acceptable forms of testing for classification, especially […]

cleanroom classification
Mar 1, 2022

Cleanroom Classification: What Makes  A Cleanroom

So what exactly makes a cleanroom… A cleanroom? First and foremost, a cleanroom needs to be clean. You are able to communicate just how clean it is through its cleanroom classification. But you cannot attain the classification without first making sure your cleanroom is really that clean. You do this through a proper cleanroom contamination control strategy […]

particle deposition
Jan 27, 2022

Particle Deposition And Ways To Prevent It

As the world’s clean air experts, we talk a lot about monitoring your cleanroom’s cleanliness by keeping an eye on airborne particles. But what happens when airborne particles are no longer airborne? That is what we call particle deposition. When a particle deposits, it causes contamination and chaos in a cleanroom. So it is important […]

Jan 20, 2022

5 Ways A Portable Particle Counter Will Improve Your Cleanroom

Everyone with a cleanroom could use a particle counter, right? But which particle counter is right for you, and WHY is that particle counter a portable one? First and foremost, a portable particle counter creates its own vacuum, can be moved, and typically displays its reading on a built-in screen. This prevents you from leaving […]

Nov 15, 2021

The Liquid Intrusion Resistant ApexZ

Aug 6, 2021

How Do You Measure Air Particles?

Air particles are measured by forcing air through a cavity in a particle counter which uses a laser to measure and count the particles. This is done through a process called light scattering.  Parts Of A Particle Counter Inside a particle counter, you will find a laser sensor block. This is where the particles are sized […]

Laser beams used in light scattering
Jun 25, 2021

How Do Light Scattering Airborne Particle Counters Work?

Light scattering is a technology that revolutionized the airborne particle counter industry, because it is able to quickly, efficiently, and accurately determine the size and number of particles that pass through an airborne particle counter in real time. Today, it is used in the airborne particle counters that set industry standards, because it is the […]

May 28, 2021

Which Is Right For You: Handheld Particle Counter vs Remote Particle Counter vs Portable Particle Counter

Are you considering a new particle counter for your cleanroom? There are a number of options that might be right for you. Before reading through the pros and cons of each particle counter, we recommend you create a list of what you are looking for in your particle counter. On this list, we recommend you […]