Ventilation Requirements for Electronics Manufacturing

[treits]

I am looking for help in determining the ventilation requirements for an electronics manufacturing facility. I am used to using ASHRAE 62.1 but I do not see any space type that fits well with the operation in this facility. Anyone have any experience with this type of building?
Thanks

 

[RossABQ]

"Electronics manufacturing" covers a really wide variety of operations. Circuit board manufacturing? Soldering? Need much more detail.

 

[dbill74]

Like Ross ABQ said, more information is needed.

In the meantime, ASHRAE 62.1, Table 6.2.2.1 has a line for "General manufacturing (excluding heavy industrial and processes using chemicals)".

Any processes that use chemicals will probably need a specialized and dedicated exhaust system, so handle those on a case-by-case basis; get this information and any other special requirements from the owner.

EDIT: You would get more response if posted in the HVACR forum.

 

[ScottyUK]

As a user rather than an HVAC engineer, our facility had a lot of local exhaust ventilation on the manual soldering lines, automated reflow soldering and solvent wash (perhaps less common these days), and similar areas. As a result the makeup air flow was pretty high, although demand on the intake heaters was moderated by the heat output from the process which would otherwise have required cooling. As I remember it - from a good few years ago - the air filtration plant worked hard and required a fair bit of maintenance, although the detail of whether that was recirculation or fresh air intake filtration now escapes me.