Cleaning — once a simple process based on one of several cleaning agents and types of equipment — is now recognized as a major factor in process control and product improvement. Choosing the best method involves an understanding of chemistry, engineering, safety and regulatory requirements, and available human resources. The Handbook for Critical Cleaning provides the tools you need to select the best approach in a rapidly changing world. Rigorous in its treatment of technical issues, broad in scope, and clearly written, the book not only shows you what processes are available and how to evaluate them, but how to customize cleaning procedures to meet your needs. The discussions of cleaning agents and processes are extensive.

From the Introduction: “Critical cleaning is required for the physical manifestation of technology. We are in the information age, an age of thought, ideas, communication, but the underlying technology is based on physical objects, parts, or components. Many of these objects require precision cleaning or critical cleaning either because they are intrinsically valuable or because they become valuable in the overall system or process in which they are used...”

Target Audience: Chemists, engineers, process quality specialists, manufacturing managers and technologists, safety and hygiene professionals, and others concerned with critical cleaning.

Brief Table of Contents:

Cleaning Agents

Cleaning Systems

Contamination Control; Analytical Techniques, Compatibility

Process Selection and Maintenance

Specific Areas of Cleaning

Regulatory/Safety Considerations

Index