Unit 8 of 17

Factory Estate & Operations

The factory behind the parts: choosing a building, laying out a one-way flow, critical utilities like compressed air and purified water, the 20 °C measuring room, cleanroom monitoring, maintenance and calibration, capacity and OEE, and a safe shop floor. Then find out how oil got onto sterile plates.

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8 hands-on lessons, then a case · about 30–45 minutes

A factory floor plan, a hard hat, a pressure gauge and a data logger

What you’ll learn

01Choosing the site
02Layout and flow
03Critical utilities
04The 20 °C room
05Running the clean zone
06Keeping it running
07Capacity and OEE
08Safe people, safe plant