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Show HILL TOP TIMES age 8 Mach 1, 1963 Cleanliness is the Byword in 'Glean Rooms' Cleanliness is next to Godliness" for some 80 maintenance ' non-sheddi- directorate technicians who work under conditions that would make a surgeon envious. These are the workers who man the "clean rooms" at Hill AFB. "Clean room" is the term applied to repair shops requiring high standards of temperature, humidity and dust control. Cleanliness is related directly to i;he reliability of the worker's product repair and overhaul of and ir.ir-sil- e i aircraft armament j This reliability comes with a price tag marked $3 million, said in A. Whitesides, superintended': of electronic and armament control branch. This price incudes a 21,600 square foot structure, test equipment, plus equip- ment to keep the rooms at their high standards. The shops are kept at 72 degrees Fahrenheit with a variation allowable of only five The humidity is held at de-t'Vo- Compact Cars Save Air Force Over $3 Million jC&v lione by substituting "compacts" for the larger, less economical vehicles. man uals, work specifications, blueprints, schematics and technical orders are covered with sensitized plastic film. Only ball point pens and "plastic" writing paper are permitted in the rooms. The "cleans .rooms," although they require a worker to work under unusual conditions do have their advantages.' Their excel- -' lent atmospheric conditions are'1 ideal for hay fever sufferers. In fact, it's even, better than remedies advertised on Ty. cigarettes, On All Our Premium hs ; Lower operating and maintenance costs will further the savings, officials Floors Mopped Often floors of the cleaning rooms and access rooms are mopped and vacuumed every four hours during work shifts. Ordinary paper and pencils dean &SmSi& MEN IN WHITE Technicians who work in the 'Clean Rooms' wear protective clothing, such as white smocks, coveralls, caps, gloves, and boots made of synthetic fabrics. These garments are cleaned by a special process every three days. 40 per cent with an allowable rooms is forbidden,, along with the wearing or possession of deviation of 10 per cent. such articles as keys, knives, nail Rooms No Dust in files, lighters, For all practical purposes, said matches, pencils, watches, rings, Mr. Whitesides, "there is no combs and brace handkerchiefs, dust" in the clean rooms. lets. Extensive filtering keeps the No Beards Allowed air 99.95 per cent free of dust a for the personal of micron Requirements particles or larger. This is about 12 mii- - hygiene of employees are no diflionths of an inch. A human ferent than daily health habits, hair, by comparison, is about 100 with the exception that men can not wear beards or mustaches. microns in diameter. corroand in Not only are the personnel kept particular, Dust, sion are the big bugaboos in to- clean, but the tools, workbenches day's modern weapon systems, and floors get their daily clean such as the Minuteman ICBM. ings, too.' Unless controlled, they can throw . After each work day, all small an ICBM miles off target. hand tools, parts, materials and Everything in the "clean are ultrasohically rooms" is tailored to meet exacting operations and critical tolerances, under operating-roothree-tent- The Washington (AFNS) Air Force has saved $3 million in initial procurement costs J&m,'' I iiniiniiiimnrrffl-nmri- are not permitted in the rooms, instead all technical ng All control system components. V. cleaned and carefully packaged in lint-fre- e, plastic containers prior to entry into the clean room the following day. The sound waves of the ultrasonic bath speed up through the solution at 40,000 cycles per second cleaning each minute crev-- j ice as they explode off the sur faces of the instruments. imp 1 1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville, low mileage, one owner, al! white, full power with air conditioning.. $2895.00 sub-assembl- in-rrea- se ia;d. The Air Force has purchased conditions. 10,323 of the economy models Take Physical Exams ind plans to buy 464 more in For example, all technicians tisca! year 1964. were given physical examinaThe switch to compacts be- tions. The physical exam, began in 1962 after a survey of ve- fore being assigned to the clean hicle needs and capabilities rooms, insured there was no evithat 50 per cent of certain dence of skin disease or the high types could be replaced by small- acid condition in the moisture er models. In its initial purchase of their hands which may be a the Air Force bought 6,034 com- hazard to precision parts during pacts. work. The Air Force swing to Since the greatest source of follows an earlier economic contamination- is the worker lecision to use commercial type himself, all personnel must wear rehiclei. A few years ago protective clothing such as white models began replacing smocks, coveralls, caps, gloves ihe more expensive "GI" vehicles and boots made of synthetic fabmch as jeeps, weapons carriers, rics. These garments must be ind the famed eleaned by a special process evin isolated instances the Air ery three days at a cost of $3.30 1960 Pontiac, low mileage, powrer steering, power brakes, radio and heater :.. $1795.00 m 1958 Chev. I - com-nerci- al . 10 show Si coasi. 0 with improve your game free ; personal ':. v irvm sume I jiisiruciiuii of the nation's top stars Canrl's Efeat 25 North Church Street Uhl 0. x LAYTON (Located in Lay ton Cold Storage Building) PHONE () (0) CARL (0) (0) 15. )) 1 Vern Downing A TtA iM Ti A Xf F f olr a rf on local aces in exciting S J? "Beat the Champ" matches. 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