The first U.S.-based clean room acceptable EMI/RFI portable shielded enclosure, has been completed and deployed in a class 1000 clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. It is now in service to test and run diagnostics on the Mars Science Laboratory Rover and other spacecraft.
The new EMI test chamber is 9,375 cubic feet in size with an inside dimension of 25 by 25 by 16 feet, designed to give performance of 85db from 30 MHz to1 GHz average. The chamber is made from plated textiles including the new Shieldex PF35230CR, which can be cleaned to meet the requirement of a class 1000 clean room. It’s designed to have no sloughing or particle release. The tent also has a fire-inhibiting outer layer Shieldex RTF151FRCR.
This new product design for clean room use also addresses the issues of out gassing and particle content and safety concerns. The inside of the E enclosure is designed with clean room ESD curtains for the safety of the test components and personnel.
