Characteristics Of Various Types Of Cleanroom Doors

Kwang Purification’s cleanroom doors are designed for quick and easy installation into operating rooms, surgical suites, stick-built or modular cleanrooms. Designed for health care, pharmaceutical, and CGMP facilities, Kwang’s cleanroom doors are easy-to-sterilize, maintain room pressure and resist common biocides and hospital-grade disinfectants.

Cleanroom Door Designs & Styles

Kwang’s broad portfolio of cleanroom door designs includes swing-out and sliding doors, automatic and manual doors, bi-parting double doors, high-speed roll-up doors, models pre-hung on rigid frames, fire-rated designs, and styles with full-length or partial windows.

Kwang Pharmaceutical Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s BioSafe doors are medical-grade, USP-compliant, and compatible with all areas of the hospital, including operating rooms and surgical suites. The door is fabricated with continuous-seam welds to eliminate cracks and crevices where microbes colonize. The dual-pane window is mounted flush with the door for easy cleanroom wipe downs.

Cleanroom Door Assembly

Kwang’s door assembly includes an adjustable, heavy-duty aluminum closer that meets ANSI Grade-1 and ADA standards. The UL leak-rated design is equipped with a fully-concealed drop-down gasket that seals the bottom gap when the door closes, ensuring that room pressure is maintained on each side of the door.

A - Cleanroom Door Style

A1 - Bi-Parting Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s external-mounted and recessed double sliding doors open in a bi-parting style to support easy ingress and egress of bulky equipment and transport carts.

Double bi-parting doors, which undergo life testing for a minimum of 1,000 cycles, include load-bearing wheels made of cast urethane for smooth, long-lasting operation. Elastomeric door seals and a fiberglass-reinforced timing belt ensure durability and operational uniformity.

A2 - Roll-Up Cleanroom Doors

Automatic roll-up doors are constructed of rigid stainless steel to accommodate high-traffic operations in cleanrooms and operating rooms. All automated roll-up doors include a PLC touch panel for easy operation and an emergency stop button with a safety switch that engages if the door strikes an object.

A3 - Sliding Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s cleanroom-compliant sliding doors are manufactured in a broad array of designs for different applications, cleanliness levels, and environments. Kwang manufactures manual and automatic sliding doors, in single- and double-door designs, pre-hung in stainless steel or aluminum, external–mounted or recessed frames.

Automatic sliding doors include a touch-motion door pad for hands-free operation and a microprocessor-controller to monitor door position and closing speed. Pre-assembled headers and panels are well-suited for retrofit projects requiring quick and easy installation.

A4 - Swing Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s swing-out and swing-in cleanroom doors are manufactured from hospital-grade materials for use in CGMP labs, operating rooms, surgical suites, and ISO-rated spaces.

B - Door Configuration

B1 - Single Cleanroom Door

Kwang manufactures single-wide sliding and swing-out cleanroom doors in standard 36” widths and customized, project-specific sizes for stick-built cleanrooms, modular cleanrooms, operating rooms, and surgical suites. Kwang’s cleanroom swing doors are designed in left-hand opening and right-hand opening configurations. Standard swing and reverse swing orientations support different cleanroom pressure cascades.

B2 - Double Cleanroom Door

Kwang produces double doors in sliding and swing-out designs to standard 72” widths and custom, application-specific sizes for modular and brick-and-mortar cleanrooms. Double door designs are offered in a broad array of configurations: automatic, manual, bi-parting, swing-out, and sliding. All double doors are compatible with Kwang’s electromagnetic interlocking system that prevents cross-contamination stemming from two doors opening simultaneously.

C - Door Operation

C1 - Automatic Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s automatic doors are available in sliding, swing-out, single-door, and double-door configurations. Kwang’s automatic doors include a motion sensor and control pad for hands-free operation. The controller regulates the opening and closing speeds to promote user safety and a blow-open feature to meet NFPA 92B smoke ventilation requirements. The ADA-compliant controller includes an advanced power assist feature to support minimal operator effort when opened manually.

C2 - Manual Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s manual doors are manufactured in sliding, swing-out, bi-parting, single-door, and double-door configurations. Optimal for retrofit projects and new lab build-outs of stick-built cleanrooms, Kwang’s pre-hung cleanrooms doors are pre-installed on a rigid, aseptic door frame for quick installation. For replacements doors installed on Kwang modular cleanrooms, Kwang offers non-pre-hungnon pre-hung doors that require framing during installation.

D - Door Orientation

D1 - Left-Hand Opening Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s left-hand cleanroom swing doors are designed to swing into the cleanroom or out from the cleanroom with either the left or right hand. Kwang’s left-hand doors mount on the left-hand side of the door frame; the handle affixes to the right-side of the door to allow the operator to use their left hand to open the door.

D2 - Right-Hand Opening Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s right-hand cleanroom swing doors are designed to swing into the cleanroom or out from the cleanroom with either the left or right hand. Kwang’s right-hand doors mount on the right-hand side of the door frame; the handle affixes to the left-side of the door to allow the operator to use their right hand to open the door.

E - Cleanroom Door Design

E1 - Pre-Hung in Door Frame

Pre hung cleanroom door frames are optimal for retrofit projects and new lab build-outs of brick-and-mortar cleanrooms, Kwang’s pre-hung cleanrooms doors are pre-installed on a rigid, aseptic door frame for quick installation.

E2 - Requires Framing at Installation

For replacement doors installed on Kwang modular cleanrooms, Kwang offers non-pre-hung doors that require framing during installation.

F - Cleanroom Door Frame Material

F1 - 304 Grade Stainless Steel Cleanroom Doors

304-grade stainless steel is rigid, durable, long-lasting, promotes aseptic conditions, and resists biocides and hospital-grade disinfectants.

F2 - 316L Grade Stainless Steel Cleanroom Doors

316L grade stainless steel resists corrosion, harsh chemicals, and rapid changes in ambient temperature and humidity.

F3 - Aluminum Cleanroom Doors

Aluminum is lightweight, non-outgassing, chemical-resistant, and exhibits high tensile strength.

F4 - Powder-Coated Aluminum Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s signature white powder-coat cleanroom door formulation exceeds ASTM and ISO paint standards to resist chipping, scratching and fading.

F5 - Powder-Coated Steel Cleanroom Doors

Kwang’s durable white powder-coat formulation resists common alcohol-based cleaners, doesn’t degrade over time, resists corrosion, exceeds ISO 14644-1 cleanroom requirements, and meets ASTM paint standards.

G - Cleanroom Door Panel Material

G1 - 304 Grade Stainless Steel Cleanroom Doors

304-grade stainless steel cleanroom doors are rigid, durable, long-lasting, promote aseptic conditions, provide privacy, and resist biocides and hospital-grade disinfectants.

G2 - 316L Grade Stainless Steel Cleanroom Doors

316L grade stainless steel cleanroom doors ensure privacy and resist corrosion, harsh chemicals, and rapid changes in ambient temperature and humidity.

G3 - Acrylic Cleanroom Door Panels

Transparent, economical, lightweight acrylic cleanroom doors offer durability and superior clarity. However, acrylic panels offer low chemical resistance and poor protection from electrostatic discharge.

G4 - Polycarbonate Cleanroom Door Panels

Transparent polycarbonate doors offer high impact resistance and thermal resistance (to 200°F) as well as chemical resistance to common disinfectants.

G5 - Polypropylene Cleanroom Door Panels

White polypropylene provides user privacy and resistance to harsh acids, bases, and solvents.

G6 - Polysim Cleanroom Door Panels

Lightweight, non-outgassing polyurethane cleanroom curtains resist static charges, support easy disinfection, and won’t degrade after prolonged exposure to UV light.

G7 - Powder-Coated Steel Cleanroom Door Panels

Kwang’s durable white powder-coat formulation resists common alcohol-based cleaners, doesn’t degrade over time, resists corrosion, exceeds ISO 14644-1 cleanroom requirements, and meets ASTM paint standards.

G8 - Static-Dissipative PVC Cleanroom Door Panels

Transparent Static-Dissipative PVC cleanroom doors prevent static build that attracts airborne particulates and fibers, making surfaces easier to wipe down. SD-PVC does not hold a static charge, resists a wide range of chemicals, and cleans easily. Unlike spray coatings that wear off after prolonged use, SD-PVC retains a surface resistivity of 108 ohms/square indefinitely.

G9 - Tempered Glass Cleanroom Door Panels

Tempered safety glass cleanroom doors are impact-resistant, temperature resistant, non-outgassing and exhibit high visual clarity.

G10 - Vinyl Fabric Cleanroom Door Panels

Kwang’s high-speed roll-up doors are composed of cleanroom-grade, lightweight vinyl fabric to support rapid opening speeds.

H - Cleanroom Door Window Style

Kwang’s cleanroom doors are designed without windows for full patient or research privacy, partial windows spanning the top half of the door panel, and full windows spanning the entire height of the door (for busy, high-traffic corridors).