In today's highly sophisticated industry, the clean working space is required to improve the performance and productivity.'Clean-room' is designed to maintain the working space to be clean at all times. Its concept adopts holistic approach instead of...
In today's highly sophisticated industry, the clean working space is required to improve the performance and productivity.'Clean-room' is designed to maintain the working space to be clean at all times. Its concept adopts holistic approach instead of part-by-part prescription.
Many cutting-edge manufacturing processes in industries such as semiconductor, liquid crystal display, genetic engineering, and advanced materials have achieved an excellent result by embracing the concept of clean-room. For continued growth in these industries, the concept of clean-room is viewed as the essential requirement.
The interest in clean room was sparked by the rapid growth of semiconductor industry in S. Korea. The market for clean-room technology in S. Korea is currently estimated to reach about $250 million. In this market, there is growing demand for economical design and operating technology of clean-room in addition to super clean-room technology. Future research and development need to meet this demand.
The purpose of this paper is to survey the overall status of clean-room industry in S. Korea.
We described how widespread the adoption of clean-room technology is and what market structure clean-room technology has.
The research and development activities, and the status of the currently established clean-room standard are also presented. Finally, the activities of organizations promoting clean-room concept are presented.