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What is the Difference Between Stacked and Bulk Packaged Cleanroom Wipes?

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Q: What is the difference between stacked and bulk packaged knitted cleanroom wipes? A: Stacked Each wipe is inspected and stacked one on top of the other. The end result is an even square pack that allows each wipe to be removed individually from the pack. Bulk Bulk packaged wipes are placed into a bag with a [Read More…]

What Do You Recommend for Cleaning Wide Format Solvent Printer Caps and Printheads?

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Q: What do you recommend for cleaning wide format solvent printer caps and printheads? A: In the September/October 2016 SGIA Journal article written by Bob Flipse, President, GrafxNetwork titled “Wide-Format Printer Maintenance: Prepare, Prevent, Prevail”, Bob said “not Q-Tips!”. Berkshire agrees. 100% cotton tipped swabs will leave behind fibers that could adversely impact the seal. [Read More…]

What is the Difference Between Open and Closed Cell Swabs?

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Cleanroom Swabs 101 – Closed Cell Vs. Open Cell Polyurethane Foam Sock Tip Swabs 1.  How are sock tip polyurethane foam swabs constructed? Sock tips are made by sandwiching the swab handle between multiple layers of thermoplastic head material. The head material is completely sealed and bonded to the handle with heat and pressure. No contaminating adhesives, silicone, amides, and [Read More…]

The Truth About “LINT-FREE” Wipes

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“Lint Free Wipes” is a term that has evolved in the semiconductor industry since its infancy. It is a descriptive way of saying the application requires a very low-linting solution. A search on the internet returns many related searches for Lint Free Wipes. The only problem is that there is technically no such thing as [Read More…]

Things You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know About Lint-Free Wipes

A recent search on Google for the term lint-free wipe returned over 18 million results. A further refinement to “lint-free wipes” returned over 330,000 results. And another search for “lint free wiper” produced over 1.5 million results. A simple change in characters or adding a letter churned out different results. The one thing they have [Read More…]