The world's cleanest railway

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  • čas přidán 7. 05. 2023
  • At CEA-Leti, in Grenoble, there's a "funicular" that not many people get to ride: because it's between two clean rooms, and getting to it requires quite a lot of preparation. ■ CEA-Leti: www.leti-cea.com/cea-tech/let...
    For most of my research on this, I'm indebted to this French-language article from by Julien Meyrat: www.vepres.fr/vepres-presse-s...
    Camera: Simon Gillouin
    Editor: Michelle Martin / mrsmmartin
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  Před rokem +1795

    This week's pinned comment is a plug for my podcast! It's called Lateral, and this week's episode has Mark Rober, Virginia Schutte and Jabrils. Listen for free at lateralcast.com or watch video highlights at czcams.com/users/lateralcast

    • @Sazoji
      @Sazoji Před rokem +7

      two days ago? this just came out tho

    • @AwesomeSheep48
      @AwesomeSheep48 Před rokem +61

      @@Sazoji Every video is the same, he posts the videos to youtube before they come out and schedules the release so the video is fully processed by the time it releases

    • @ebixq
      @ebixq Před rokem +2

      alright scott

    • @-off-
      @-off- Před rokem +15

      At 3:30 you called this a funicular, as a funicular enjoyer I found this weird, as far as I can see there is only one "cabin". and it's not going up or down, either I missed something or you misspoke, it can happen to the best of us. Great video as always!
      Also, I listened to the podcast, good job, fun and interesting!

    • @whatthehelliot
      @whatthehelliot Před rokem +9

      mark rober? colour the spectrum mark rober???? kinds disappointed :/

  • @B_-.-
    @B_-.- Před rokem +10437

    I'm starting to think Tom is a railway enthusiast

    • @camerondent9390
      @camerondent9390 Před rokem +697

      He has said that his backup plan if youtube didn't work out was to become a train driver

    • @hughjass1976
      @hughjass1976 Před rokem +568

      Tom is an infrastructure enthusiast

    • @hyperturbotechnomike
      @hyperturbotechnomike Před rokem +202

      yes, but the monorail enthusiasts are still mad about him

    • @6000yrs
      @6000yrs Před rokem +107

      this further explains the dream I had in which Tom Scott was run over by a train

    • @tibbers3755
      @tibbers3755 Před rokem +27

      Ayyyy! nothin wrong with that, plenty of room on this train if infrustructure fascination :D

  • @speakfreely.1776
    @speakfreely.1776 Před rokem +13182

    My old teacher worked as a security guard and he accidentally opened an emergency exit for a clean room. Apparently this was a VERY expensive mistake.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před rokem +2981

      That's why he became a teacher then, where his mistakes won't matter that much anymore.

    • @BigBadWolfdog
      @BigBadWolfdog Před rokem +539

      Ouch...

    • @speakfreely.1776
      @speakfreely.1776 Před rokem +1600

      @@lonestarr1490 he was actually a former marine and a fantastic teacher.

    • @FogelTheVogel
      @FogelTheVogel Před rokem +988

      I work in a cleanroom where we make medication, and that happens far more often than you'd think. Last time it was someone from QA who just *walked out the emergency exit*.

    • @lemmingsgopop
      @lemmingsgopop Před rokem +558

      Depends on the level of the cleanroom but at minimum it will take several hours to wait for the air change, verify the indoor air, sanitize the equipment and then reverify the air quality. And usually you need a special QC team to take samples.

  • @desk-kun
    @desk-kun Před rokem +6059

    Still loving how trains are always the cost effective solution for many problems

    • @user-jk2zm7uq5s
      @user-jk2zm7uq5s Před rokem +131

      Isn't it (technically) a funiculaire though?
      (Is a funiculaire a train? A funiculaire runs on rails and is pulled by cables...)

    • @theskilllessgamer5795
      @theskilllessgamer5795 Před rokem +180

      Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is not a train but a single pod shuttle on some type of track. ;) But dont let Elon hear that.

    • @logc1921
      @logc1921 Před rokem +230

      ​@@theskilllessgamer5795the hyper pod shuttle is an innovative idea by elongated musket to sink investor's money.

    • @SECONDQUEST
      @SECONDQUEST Před rokem +81

      ​@@user-jk2zm7uq5swell there is only planes, trains, and automobiles. It doesn't fly, and I can't drive it in the road. So it MUST be a train.

    • @SerialElfYT
      @SerialElfYT Před rokem +30

      @@SECONDQUEST What about boats?

  • @marvindebot3264
    @marvindebot3264 Před rokem +3347

    11,000 sq metre cleanroom? Holy crap that's insanely huge!

    • @dani33300
      @dani33300 Před rokem +117

      104 meters by 105 meters.

    • @dani33300
      @dani33300 Před rokem +202

      Or 100m × 110m (easier)

    • @alberthusby113
      @alberthusby113 Před rokem +591

      @@dani33300 or 2x5000 metres (narrower)

    • @trist308
      @trist308 Před rokem +404

      @@alberthusby113 or a circle with diameter 118.35 meters
      I shall go tie my shoes in the corner.

    • @Kasiarzynka
      @Kasiarzynka Před rokem +301

      ​@@trist308 What corner, you built a circle, they don't have corners 😂

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 Před rokem +457

    my single favorite type of engineering solutions is:
    "stuff that seems like overkill until you realize the least expensive option to fix the given problem."

  • @Tehficus2
    @Tehficus2 Před rokem +4657

    I worked in the clean rooms at TSMC for a time and got to experience the corridor solution. Tom is right it creates quite a dismal environment, wish we had had a train!!! Great video though, it was fun to see all the tools again

    • @Tehficus2
      @Tehficus2 Před rokem +240

      Oh, and it looks like they get windows as well, deluxe!!

    • @loganfong2911
      @loganfong2911 Před rokem +68

      Just curious, how long is the corridor at TSMC?

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Před rokem +93

      Although apparently you _can_ make a clean room out of glass as the people mover cabin demonstrates, so wouldn't that have made for a nicer corridor?

    • @tonymorris4335
      @tonymorris4335 Před rokem +309

      @@unvergebeneid A handful of glass panels is easy to maintain and check seals on, a 1/4km of various windows and glass would be a lot harder to find leaks and troubleshoot.

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před rokem +152

      @@unvergebeneid Cheaper and easier to make it from concrete and laminated boards, rather than run the risk of glass breakage closing the facility, and not having any windows also keeps heat loss and solar gain from making the air handling in the corridor have to run with a flow that will mean particles are lifted up off the ground. You want the air to come in the top at the right temperature, humidity and cleanliness, and flow down in a laminar slow flow to the floor, where it leaves via filtered ducts to be treated again. Glass will mean having to either make it triple insulated, with heavy filtering on it, and vacuum isolation of the panels, and also need much more cleaning to be done on the outside and inside to keep it clean.
      A small glass clean room, with a battery powered air handler, that only has to do circulation for 2 minutes in transit, before the air is handled by the main systems each end, is a lot cheaper, in that you only have to filter the air 3 or 4 times in the run, and not actually do anything else to it. The terminals can automatically connect to replace the air when stopped, and charge the small batteries that do circulation and light.

  • @paulthompson382
    @paulthompson382 Před rokem +1005

    It seems Tom has asked the entire world "any interesting trains?" and the world is answering. I love it

  • @tehpanda64
    @tehpanda64 Před rokem +1545

    it occurs to me that clean rooms probably can't even use standard building materials, unless they have special paint or coatings to seal in the materials or something... Time to go down a rabbit hole.
    EDIT- for those wondering what building materials: epoxy resin poured floors, with aluminum honeycomb modular wall panels seems to be the norm. PVC is another common material. Even the doors need to be easy to clean so no wood.

    • @KonradTheWizzard
      @KonradTheWizzard Před rokem +126

      The building itself is normal industrial concrete. As you wrote: it is then coated with some kind of resin. Then another wall is built on the inside from lightweight aluminium panels. The floors are raised and have holes, so the air can go from the top of the building to the bottom in an almost laminar flow. On the inside there is no wood, no exposed concrete, nothing that can shed particles - just plastic and metal. The top floor or ceiling contains the filters, then the machine floor (usually level 3), then clean chemical supply, then general supply - cleanliness decreases from top to bottom. Going from standard industrial concrete building to clean room takes a few months.

    • @Gunachov
      @Gunachov Před rokem +74

      @@KonradTheWizzard Not always the case. You have described what an ISO 5 cleanroom would be, with technical flooring system. But not always needs to be this specific, nor does it have to be such a clean enviroment. Depends on the needs of the customer.
      But to sum up:
      -Usually built with sandwich panels, coated steel or fenolic resin with insulating material or structure inside.
      -PVC or resin flooring (Unless technical flooring is used).
      -At least 1 Air Handling Unit with at least 2-3 filters on the machine, if required terminal filtering would be installed on the room.
      -No sharp corners are allowed, as they tend to build dirtyness.
      -Doors are usually made from the same material as the walls.
      Just some quick hints of the needs, but depending on the use, different international rules must be followed, in order to be able to produce.

    • @gigabyte2248
      @gigabyte2248 Před rokem +49

      My experience with university cleanrooms is that they're built as a plastic room within a room. All walls and floors are wipe-clean plastic or PVC. Getting non-shedding ceiling tiles is, apparently, a nightmare and they're nightmarishly expensive. What's also very important is to reduce corners for dust to accumulate in as much as possible - I worked in a cleanroom where the floor curved up into the walls.
      Figuring out an air current is important too: Tom mentioned that the cleanroom at CEA was at positive pressure but I suspect it (like the one I worked in) has the highest pressure in the cleanest zone (e.g. a photolithography room), working down to the 'grey room' spaces, flushing out dust as it goes. Grey rooms are places like the changing room which have the same walls/floors/ceiling as the main cleanroom but have no active clean air supply, relying solely on the passive flow of clean air from the cleanroom down to atmospheric pressure outside. I loved the room outside the changing room because the air felt nearly as clean as the cleanroom, but you didn't have to gown up.
      Temperature and humidity control is also super-important. The chemistry for semiconductor fabrication - particularly photolithography - can be extremely sensitive to temperature and humidity. If you're the lab manager, expect people to come to you asking 'can we turn the temperature in the cleanroom up/down?', to which the answer is always 'no, unless you fancy redoing every process recipe that's ever been done in there'. We had a problem with one of the air handling units, so spring and autumn usually involved crazy temperature swings and photolithography steps having to be repeated a few times before you got the definition you needed.
      Proper design and management makes a big difference for user experience.

    • @KonradTheWizzard
      @KonradTheWizzard Před rokem +16

      @@Gunachov Thanks for the clarification. I have only worked in ISO 4 and 5 rooms and I'm not an expert in keeping them clean - I test and automate the machines in there.

    • @litapd311
      @litapd311 Před rokem +5

      @@Gunachov just wondering, we hear a lot about microplastics and how they're everywhere. is there no concern that the plastic in the clean room will "give off" microplastics? or is it expected that any microplastics would be dealt with via the circulation and filters and such.

  • @Nalehw
    @Nalehw Před rokem +612

    0:42 It's refreshing to see Tom miss his timing. Normally the vehicle he's talking about would miraculously enter shot right when he's ready to mention it.

    • @candyman4769
      @candyman4769 Před rokem +18

      Selective attention makes few people notice, at least.

    • @_Jess
      @_Jess Před rokem +69

      I think it still works since we have no idea what we're looking at, and need a couple of moments to register it

    • @41052
      @41052 Před rokem +15

      @@_Jessyeah I was tripped out by the moving box till he said that’s what it was

    • @spdewertton
      @spdewertton Před rokem +6

      Looks like he's cotaining his smile when the car shows up too, right? Probably because the plan was to time it right, and he missed it. Plus if he was a bit more late, the car would be out of frame by the time he mentioned it.

  • @camerastooge
    @camerastooge Před rokem +457

    Can we give some props to the editor/VFX artist who rotoscoped Tom over the blurred license plates in that open? I know it’s not THAT hard to do with current technology, but it would have been quicker and easier to just let the blur go over Tom. That little extra step is noticed and appreciated!

    • @JohnSmithShields
      @JohnSmithShields Před rokem +40

      Moving a compass strikes again.

    • @litapd311
      @litapd311 Před rokem +64

      it's the small details like this that show the value of "quality over quantity". i best most people won't notice this detail that you did - but if the blur moved over Tom, then people would definitely notice

    •  Před rokem +28

      0:25

    • @Tahgtahv
      @Tahgtahv Před rokem +2

      Isn't it just camera focus? (Tom being in the foreground is sharp, and the cars being in the background are not as sharp?)

    • @camerastooge
      @camerastooge Před rokem +39

      @@Tahgtahv The license plates on the cars in the background are blurred - if you look you can see the edges of the box they drew around the plates. It was done to protect the owners of those cars, so you couldn’t look up who they were. Definitely intentional.

  • @pierrechausse3552
    @pierrechausse3552 Před rokem +374

    Hi Tom,
    I work here at the CEA-LETI ! I love your work. Damn, such a shame to not have seen you.

    • @KALE18
      @KALE18 Před rokem +11

      Funny I did my M1 in Phelma with many of my classes on minatec and I don't know about this shuttle/train...

    • @gamechip06
      @gamechip06 Před rokem +12

      *(inhales)*
      NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD

    • @mastershooter64
      @mastershooter64 Před rokem +31

      ​@@gamechip06 >feels insecure about his intelligence
      >calls people a nerd
      yup average youtuber commentor

    • @pierrechausse3552
      @pierrechausse3552 Před rokem +7

      @@KALE18 I did part of my study in Phelma too. Except if you visit the CEA, otherwise it is quite unknown. :)

    • @gamechip06
      @gamechip06 Před rokem +1

      @@mastershooter64 no, I don't need anyone else to tell me I'm stupid, I already know that, but look at this guy; he is textbook.

  • @timbervalleyproductions
    @timbervalleyproductions Před rokem +1968

    As a Railway enthusiast, I love these railway videos Tom, keep them coming.

    • @hanswoast7
      @hanswoast7 Před rokem +54

      As a railway enthusiast enthusiast, I am very happy for you :)

    • @Ikram232
      @Ikram232 Před rokem +23

      @@hanswoast7 As a railway enthusiast enthusiast enthusiast, I am extremely happy for you and wish you the best :))

    • @lukasvondaheim
      @lukasvondaheim Před rokem +16

      ​@@Ikram232 As a normal person I am very happy for the tree of you for being happy :D

    • @nickkohlmann
      @nickkohlmann Před rokem +3

      ​@@lukasvondaheim :D

    • @gnnascarfan2410
      @gnnascarfan2410 Před rokem +11

      @@Ikram232 As a railway enthusiast enthusiast enthusiast enthusiast, I am exceptionally happy for you.

  • @Aramis419
    @Aramis419 Před rokem +770

    I live down the road from Merck, here in West Point, PA, USA, and one night at the pub, I met one of their scientists. “You could always work in the clean room, it’s pretty easy stuff.”
    And I sneezed all over the bar top.
    “Okay…probably not a good idea then.”

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Před rokem +117

      working in a clean room needs a special kind of people. Some jobs require highest attention, care and alertness, while others are literately perfect for people that are stoned, because the work required is slow and monotonous.

    • @janzy58
      @janzy58 Před rokem +1

      eww

    • @prometheus7387
      @prometheus7387 Před rokem +19

      Me with allergy problems: I don't think I can do this

    • @kjl3080
      @kjl3080 Před rokem +127

      @@prometheus7387 I don’t think there’s anything you can be allergic to in the air of those rooms

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 Před rokem +1

      Do you have to have a degree to work in a clean room?

  • @memoryfoam2285
    @memoryfoam2285 Před rokem +488

    Recently got a look into an improvement process for a clean room for a local engineering firm, they're moving from disposable suits to washable, much more comfortable ones, as well as improving exit and entry procedures. Very interesting thing to have to deal with in some industries.

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před rokem +39

      Going to bet the washing has special detergents, and low doses as well, along with some serious water treatments. Likely also no ironing either, and no softeners at all.

    • @xii2414
      @xii2414 Před rokem +23

      @@SeanBZA spot on, the only problem with dealing with washable bunny suit is that the fabric near the button tent to tear up when undergoing the washing process

    • @Luxfalcon
      @Luxfalcon Před 10 měsíci +1

      I wonder if it would make sense to ditch any weak points with buttons in favour of a magnetic solution. Akin to a back zipper, one side of the clothing has a magnetic line contained within, while the other side has some fitting metal on the other side.
      Depending on what is done in the clean rooms, that magnetism might interfere with tested components though, so some amount of further insulation could be required.

  • @scottthomson4701
    @scottthomson4701 Před rokem +153

    Microelectronics student here. Cleanroom protocals are no joke. We had a sticky mat just by the entrance to remove anything on the bottom of our shoes.

    • @LapanConnor
      @LapanConnor Před rokem +7

      the fab I work at has brush wheels you need to use to clean off your shoes before donning your gear, and sticky pad in the one area that I know of where you don't wear shoe coverings.

    • @queeny5613
      @queeny5613 Před rokem +4

      We have one in the controlled plant science lab for pollen and seeds

    • @soffa93
      @soffa93 Před rokem +3

      we have those, but our cleanroom still lets us wear our own pants under our labcoats (coats, not overalls)... we only work in fume hoods though

  • @KnugLidi
    @KnugLidi Před rokem +95

    I worked in a radiopharmaceutical R&D facility. While clean rooms are kept at higher air pressure to push particulate out, active areas in a nuclear area are at lower pressure to keep particulate in. When working with nuclear injectable materials, you have to do both. You set the clean room at high pressure, and an area of lowest pressure surrounding it. The main corridors are higher pressure than the low pressure area, but lower than the highest pressure in the clean rooms. Needless to say, the ventilation systems are complex.

  • @chenzinc
    @chenzinc Před rokem +157

    The fab at Micron Singapore has 2 massive, 150m long "corridors" connecting the old cleanroom to the new one. No windows, but wide enough for 2 small cars aside with tracks for automated vehicles on the ceiling!

    • @CJT3X
      @CJT3X Před rokem +3

      Is brake dust not a concern with the cars inside the clean room?

    • @coulombicdistortion1814
      @coulombicdistortion1814 Před rokem +29

      @@CJT3X You wouldn't find rubber tires that could shed particulates or mechanical braking components which could cause brake dust like that. Wheels would be solid plastic or metal on metal rails and braking components and propulsion would be electromagnetic.

    • @jan.tichavsky
      @jan.tichavsky Před rokem +7

      @@coulombicdistortion1814 Metal on metal sheds particles too, especially in curves and switches. I can see it well on tram tracks in the city, there's plenty of metal dust inside the grove.

    • @AnimatedStoriesWorldwide
      @AnimatedStoriesWorldwide Před rokem +2

      @@CJT3X He said "wide enough for 2 small cars" not "currently using two small cars with rubber tires"....
      fkin zoomers...

    • @MuddyRavine
      @MuddyRavine Před rokem +1

      @@CJT3X I believe the little wafer carrying vehicles are magnet powered.

  • @SarimDeLaurec
    @SarimDeLaurec Před rokem +502

    I work in a pharmaceutical cleanroom and I am so happy we are allowed more particles than cleanrooms for electronics and stuff. I think the highest standard would be comparable to ISO 5. A higher standard would make no sense though, since you would already have achieved a sterile environment.
    Just going from one GMP suite to another on the same floor is enough hassle with ISO 7.
    Just thinking about a long corridor from one building to another and the cleanup process for that would give me anxiety. :D
    That small car seems way more practical.

    • @KonradTheWizzard
      @KonradTheWizzard Před rokem +46

      We are concerned about different kinds of particles though. In Semi we don't care much about viruses and sterility. We care about stuff that can sit on top of wafers and make transistors go bad.

    • @shanekeenaNYC
      @shanekeenaNYC Před rokem +10

      @@KonradTheWizzard Various dusts and pollens come to mind, not to mention water droplets if the day is particularly misty/muggy out.

    • @ashliehiggins
      @ashliehiggins Před rokem +15

      I used to work in BSL/CL3 labs (ie the complete reverse of a clean room to keep stuff in rather than out) and experienced touring a ISO7 you clean room guys deserve way more respect as it’s nuts spending hours in them.

    • @KonradTheWizzard
      @KonradTheWizzard Před rokem +7

      @@ashliehiggins Thanks! But you get used to it after about a year. (That, or you'll quit and never look back.)

    • @scottdonovan4841
      @scottdonovan4841 Před rokem

      I'm definitely glad to work in probe so we don't have to deal with all this as well. It's annoying enough having to unsmock just to go in the shop and get parts.

  • @NIDELLANEUM
    @NIDELLANEUM Před rokem +60

    "The source of contamination is us" sounds way smoother in a French accent

  • @Smox
    @Smox Před rokem +72

    The scene at 0:41 where the cabin goes behind Tom as he introduces the whole concept was so cleanly done

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan Před rokem +49

    What fascinated me the most when I visited a really extreme clean room was that the water pipes and faucets were Teflon coated plastic to not get any metal ions in the water.

    • @supidosan
      @supidosan Před rokem

      It's nice to know that those workers got such good perks! A steady supply of teflon, any time of day or night. Yum!

  • @richardnavratil9661
    @richardnavratil9661 Před rokem +191

    The shot framing and production value of Tom and his team are crazy. Love seeing these interesting stories

    • @spdewertton
      @spdewertton Před rokem +2

      Incredibly, it's usually either him alone or him and one guy. When he's alone, he asks someone on location to hold the camera. I'm guessing he's mastered the art of helping random people frame him right. Either that or he shoots slightly wider and then crops in the right frame in post.

  • @experiment8230
    @experiment8230 Před rokem +157

    I work at an Intel cleanroom that's literal MILES long. What I wouldn't give for a train in there...

    • @crackwitz
      @crackwitz Před rokem +5

      Air Hockey sled? There must be ways to accommodate.

  • @evanlucas8914
    @evanlucas8914 Před rokem +91

    It's interesting to see the different clean room protocol. In this environment they're worried about particulate matter, microorganisms don't really factor in. So clean clothes and full body covering to catch shed skin cells are enough. In biosafety level 3 labs they're worried about pathogens infecting humans so the human becomes sealed from the room in its entirety. in surgical operations they're worried about microorganisms getting from tools and surfaces into an open patient so everything is new from a package and single use, thoroughly sterilized, and hands and mouths are covered. The surgical scrubs are more about keeping the patient off the doctor than about keeping the patient from getting infected.

  • @matthieuzglurg6015
    @matthieuzglurg6015 Před rokem +43

    hey I worked here ! Had the occasion to take the "clean train" twice, that was pretty amusing even though I don't usually work in clean rooms. We always saw it going over us when we were walking towards the company restaurants (you can see it right behind the blocky clean rooms on the left of the road in the final shot)

  • @iGleeson
    @iGleeson Před rokem +31

    I just love getting to see all this mad, purpose-built stuff that we'd never, ever see without Tom Scott.

  • @breaux2806
    @breaux2806 Před rokem +45

    I work in pharmaceutical grade cleanrooms up to iso-5 and seeing how fast they walk around, having their faces exposed, sitting down while gowning, and not keeping their hands in first air is giving me anxiety. Also, I would absolutely hate having to maintain a cleanroom that huge. We do daily cleans with Decon-cycle on the walls, horizontals, and floors. Weekly cleans with Decon-spore on everything. Twice monthly cleans with Decon-clean followed by decon spore and alcohol on the ceiling hepa filters. And resto cleans that are two courses of cycle followed by spore and alcohol.
    Trying to imagine keeping that large facility to the standards I work in is painful.

  • @MadBiker-vj5qj
    @MadBiker-vj5qj Před rokem +64

    Now we just need Geoff Marshall to make a "Least Used Stations On The World's Cleanest Railway" video to complete things...

    • @Scruffi
      @Scruffi Před rokem +16

      Although as this is in France, I might expect Tim Traveler to beat him to it :)

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean Před rokem +3

      I am curious which of the two stations is used less.

    • @HenryLoenwind
      @HenryLoenwind Před rokem +3

      @@timothymclean The one the cleaners are not accessing the carriage from... ;)

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před rokem

      @@timothymclean When you've only got two stations, it would be impossible to use one station without using the other.

  • @naturalcauses1695
    @naturalcauses1695 Před rokem +3

    1:57 Damn, not even my birthday and he still brought the cake

  • @Chris-ok4zo
    @Chris-ok4zo Před rokem +25

    I imagine this is like being in a space shuttle docking between two stations and (maybe) hearing that distinct "hiss" as the air pressure stabilizes or something. Very cool nonetheless.

  • @maddog2314
    @maddog2314 Před rokem +10

    Tom, the amount of crazy niche things you find in this world blows my mind. As someone who has had a scientific education and been in a couple clean rooms myself, I never would've imagined to even look for something like this. Incredible.

  • @Sophiebryson510
    @Sophiebryson510 Před rokem +159

    How odd. A railway between 2 rooms? That’d be my ideal house

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself Před rokem +5

      Really? Why have rooms when carriages are so cool?

    • @humorss
      @humorss Před rokem +2

      @@smeeself it be a nightmare installing kitchen and washrooms on small rail car

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself Před rokem +4

      @@humorss Damn. There goes my dream. I'll have to stick to boats.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před rokem +3

      I would prefer a slide between rooms, but to each their own.

  • @thomasfrench2012
    @thomasfrench2012 Před rokem +12

    I know that you said that there were places you weren't allowed to go. But Ironically, that must be one of the funnest parts of doing these types of videos, being able to go where most of us can never go. Other than those who already work there, it is highly unlikely that anyone else watching this video will ever be able to do what you just did - and for very good reason.

  • @johanburet5041
    @johanburet5041 Před rokem +6

    The Poma company, that manufactured the clean room cable car, is specialized in building ski lifts for the resorts surrounding Grenoble. It's also a local company, based in Grenoble.

  • @srpacific
    @srpacific Před rokem +25

    When I worked in the elevator industry we went to a lot of hospitals to do assessments/audits. The surgery prep room had a dedicated elevator that went to the operating theatres, and it was a full clean room including the elevator itself. The used implements got their own elevator too, and it went from the operating rooms to the disposal/cleanup room. Guess what? Both elevators shared a single hoistway and were not separated at all……

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer Před rokem

      I used to install entrances and I only did a few single stop entrances. The Marriott Marquis at the top to the restaurant, for the kitchen and staff, a couple penthouse ones and a private one in a brownstone for a handicapped professor. I almost forgot an odd one in the -6 sublevel at 7wtc.

    • @crackwitz
      @crackwitz Před rokem +5

      OR "clean room" protocol is just about keeping the air free of dust and airborne germs, and that stuff off the patient, also germs off anything that touches the patient. Used instruments are assumed to need autoclaving but they don't pollute the air.

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Před rokem +8

    That is a genius idea! Whoever came up with it must have been seriously cheesed off with the whole preparation rigmarole, but coming up with a "clean train" is still out there. I'm thoroughly impressed!

  • @KingRCT3
    @KingRCT3 Před rokem +29

    Yay, a Poma shout-out. I wish you can pay a visit to them since they're in the same region. Ropeways are so cool.

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson Před rokem

      I clicked just on the preview, because I was sure that it was made by one of the giant ropeway companies. I agree with you, it would be great if Tom and his team produced more videos on ropeways!

  • @basecius
    @basecius Před rokem +27

    I'm surprised that the doors opened that way. I expected them to connect to each other and open together. That way there would be less outside surfaces in contact with inside air.

    • @MazeFrame
      @MazeFrame Před rokem +7

      Same actually. The "Seal together to have the pocket of dirt out of the way" seems like a possible upgrade.

    • @mskiptr
      @mskiptr Před rokem

      Also thought about it. The issue I see is "how do you move the two doors out of the way?".

  • @soscler
    @soscler Před rokem +12

    I am so happy you finally came to Grenoble.. I hope you're still here and would talk more about the city, (one of the most bike friendly in France), the food (Gratin dauphinois) and of cource the european synchron, etc.

  • @yes_jay_dee
    @yes_jay_dee Před rokem +5

    0:55 the composition of this shot is amazing!

  • @BigLando
    @BigLando Před rokem +311

    Only Tom could make a 'clean railway' interesting.

    • @user-tzzglsstle585e38
      @user-tzzglsstle585e38 Před rokem +45

      wdym, this is interesting even by itself

    • @toritwopointoh
      @toritwopointoh Před rokem +26

      all due respect to Tom but I’m watching this vid bc i think a clean railway is interesting

    • @davidioanhedges
      @davidioanhedges Před rokem +2

      Only Tom could make anything interesting ... he does start with only interesting stuff however ...

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 Před rokem +3

      he can mane interesting stuff 5x as interesting bc he gives me history of it

    • @user-tzzglsstle585e38
      @user-tzzglsstle585e38 Před rokem +5

      @@pvic6959 Not discrediting Tom here, but if anyone's gonna talk about something specific (like this one); telling their history is like a default anyway...

  • @terreausore2435
    @terreausore2435 Před rokem +28

    As a French person and eyelashes owner, I'm surprised they are more concerned with hair than... actual eyelashes ?

    • @FogelTheVogel
      @FogelTheVogel Před rokem +19

      The actual operators will be wearing safety goggles. I'm actually surprised Tom didn't have any.

    • @matsv201
      @matsv201 Před rokem +15

      ​@@FogelTheVogel typically there are 3 levels in a clean room.
      Level one is where just just need the clean clothes.
      Level 2 is typically the interior corridors in the lab. And Level 3 is the lab it self. Typically you need to go on a sticky may and a air washed every time you go up one step.
      The train is for sure Level 1.

    • @psirvent8
      @psirvent8 Před rokem +1

      What do you mean by "eyelashes owner" ?
      Don't we all own eyelashes after all ? 🤔

    • @matsv201
      @matsv201 Před rokem +1

      @@psirvent8 No.. not koenigseggs owner.

    • @TheFeldhamster
      @TheFeldhamster Před rokem +2

      I got to take a tour of the cleanrooms at Infineon in Villach, Austria, and they made my colleague remove her eye makeup before we could enter. And they even had makeup remover fluid ready for their guests. If anyone had worn stick-on eyelashes, they would probably have asked the person to remove it.

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao Před rokem +12

    The amount of HVAC work to make sure a clean room works as intended is tremendous. To make a corridor that long you need At least 2 filtering and air-conditioning systems (one primary one backup). Factoring in the required duct length, you actually going to need 2 sets one on each end…

  • @mjordan812
    @mjordan812 Před rokem +7

    And today I learned why the Poma Lifts that I rode up ski hills in the late '60s were called Poma Lifts. Never really gave it much thought over the past 50+ years.

  • @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt
    @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt Před rokem +7

    For 4 1/2 years I walked a square corridor 800 feet long with no windows, florescent lighting, NO talking and NYSDOC grey six times a day. One can get used to it.

  • @matchstikman3034
    @matchstikman3034 Před rokem

    I love your curiosity! And how much fun you have making these videos! Your team is Excellent!!!!

  • @kn0bhe4d
    @kn0bhe4d Před rokem +23

    This looks extreme, and you hear the guy say that they're deal with 10nm fabrication.....and then you realise that there's 5nm fabrication that's going on these days. If 10nm fab has this level of care and attention being needed, just how extreme is 5nm production?

    • @elijahgrean
      @elijahgrean Před rokem +7

      I think they've made stuff down to two nm now which is absolutely insane and I can't even fathom how a transitor works on that scale.

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon Před rokem +15

      At that point it's probably almost entirely automated, just to eliminate the human element (the element most likely to introduce contamination) as much as possible

    • @JohnADoe-pg1qk
      @JohnADoe-pg1qk Před rokem +26

      With regard to the clean room, the requirements should not be much higher, because I think any natural dust is already many times larger than the 10 nm technology mentioned in the video.

    • @jan-lukas
      @jan-lukas Před rokem +12

      The different nm fabrication techniques are actually not really accurately named. The x nm technology of one company can be the equivalent of y nm in another company. But yeah, the requirements get much stricter with each node upgrade

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 Před rokem +9

      The particulate requirements are about the same.
      At any scale, a hair or particle of dust will ruin the circuitry below it, whether you're working on a 280nm, 10nm, or 5nm node. The difference is in how complex the etching process is - more advanced and denser processes use higher frequencies of light, and require more consecutive passes, in order to produce smaller structures with a much greater level of precision.

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Před rokem +6

    Don't feel bad about yourself, Airlock; I'm exhausted by fresh, clean air, too.
    Another wonderfully weird and entertaining video from Scott! 😎😍

  • @OriginalRaveParty
    @OriginalRaveParty Před rokem +2

    You bring some of the most interesting things in the world to the public's attention. Awesome as always.

  • @clancybenedict6647
    @clancybenedict6647 Před rokem

    I'm confident in saying Tom is by far my favorite CZcamsr at this point. Has been for a while now--this sealed the deal though. Thank you for your videos 🙏🏼🎉 You have no idea how much impact they have.

  • @Brigtzen
    @Brigtzen Před rokem +5

    Human engineering and ingenuity will never cease to amaze me.

  • @Combicon
    @Combicon Před rokem +27

    Working in a more standard cleanroom (that manufactures chemotherapy) - this was super interesting! I was really curious as to how the door would get clean and trying to come up with ways that would work, and their solution was much simpler!

  • @charleskramer9958
    @charleskramer9958 Před rokem +2

    I am always so happy to see tom scott uploads

  • @cattict5378
    @cattict5378 Před rokem +2

    there is something so addicting about these videos, it is perfect.
    it is just so much knowledge gained in small time, its great!

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Před rokem +3

    There’s always something ineffably delightful about the sound of someone with excellent English but a strong accent.

  • @benbauer3426
    @benbauer3426 Před rokem +7

    I remember working in a clean room making O2 masks, a few years before the pandemic. Lots of interesting, specialized equipment. LOTS of filters and air conditioning.

  • @BWWWAAALORDOFDUCKS
    @BWWWAAALORDOFDUCKS Před rokem

    What a great job. Being able to travel around the world to look at interesting things and expose the world to wonders not captured by general media would be in itself an awe-inspiring experience.

  • @diablito2013
    @diablito2013 Před rokem

    Keep ut up! Been waiting for this day! 🎉🎉

  • @cihanbuyukbas7333
    @cihanbuyukbas7333 Před rokem +4

    Tom and Trains. Two things that go hand in hand!

  • @Infamouslbx
    @Infamouslbx Před rokem +3

    We have multiple clean rooms in my company, some separated by nearly 2km, we had a similar issue. So they built a massive pneumatic tube system. It works great, and keeps our areas clean. I'm surprised they didn't use that here.

  • @toddpearson2823
    @toddpearson2823 Před rokem +1

    As always, very interesting and well produced content!

  • @peril7531
    @peril7531 Před rokem

    LOVING the uptick in train-related videos recently

  • @TheKingReto
    @TheKingReto Před rokem +7

    But what about eyebrows at 1:50?

  • @SemiHypercube
    @SemiHypercube Před rokem +3

    Really neat solution to a special problem

  • @_eric
    @_eric Před rokem

    My hometown ❤🇫🇷. Merci Tom for putting us on the CZcams map 😉

  • @rosslmccallum
    @rosslmccallum Před rokem

    Video quality is really awesome!

  • @carlchapman4053
    @carlchapman4053 Před rokem +4

    Tom - I'm not allowed through this door, let's go back.
    Also Tom - Another go on the clean room funicular, Yippee!

  • @CityPlannerPlaysChair
    @CityPlannerPlaysChair Před rokem +4

    Tom being awkward about locations is the best part

  • @Darkanight
    @Darkanight Před rokem

    I love your enthusiasm about everything... It's contagious!

  • @JoeMangleWins
    @JoeMangleWins Před rokem +1

    It amazes me how there are clearly two classes of human and how vast the differences are between the two, on one side you have amazon workers and miners expected to go through what they do on a daily basis and on the other you have people that are worried how other people might feel about walking down a corridor with no doors in which you can't see the end.

  • @hughcaldwell1034
    @hughcaldwell1034 Před rokem +3

    My partner's illness means we have to be very careful about what gets into our house. It's not clean room standard, but I definitely empathise with the gowning and re-gowning rigmarole, not to mention all the wiping of surfaces. I've definitely wished for an airlock a time or two.

  • @91JLovesDisney
    @91JLovesDisney Před rokem +5

    New camera? Cinematography looks amazing!

    • @KonradTheWizzard
      @KonradTheWizzard Před rokem +1

      No, he had to clean the lens before he could enter the clean room with it. 😛

  • @GoskopeEducation
    @GoskopeEducation Před rokem

    this is great video tom. well done

  • @vladspellbinder
    @vladspellbinder Před rokem +2

    The "I am not allowed in this door. I can't do the walk off in to the distance." is a great way of ending the video.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před rokem

      It's the second-best way of ending a video, behind actually doing the walk off into the distance.

  • @sunimod1895
    @sunimod1895 Před rokem +23

    So the opposite of nyc subway

  • @prospectnyc
    @prospectnyc Před rokem +4

    0:42 this shot is so cool

  • @ceno10101
    @ceno10101 Před rokem +1

    I used to live in Grenoble, it was nice to see the city again in those wide shots.

  • @_koji
    @_koji Před rokem

    Thanks for the video!

  • @adiuntesserande6893
    @adiuntesserande6893 Před rokem +9

    And here I thought Swiss trains were clean!

  • @JaykPuten
    @JaykPuten Před rokem +7

    2:07 but it is only a *wafer* thin

  • @nalingoyalkgmu
    @nalingoyalkgmu Před rokem

    Thank you for the great videos. All of these are amazing places.

  • @jerryglazman260
    @jerryglazman260 Před rokem

    I am continuously amazed at the unique "stuff" you find. Another video that told me something I didn't know before.

  • @thi6aud
    @thi6aud Před rokem +23

    OUEEE GRENOBLE

  • @gregfredericks5201
    @gregfredericks5201 Před rokem +3

    Fascinating Tom. How do you find all this interesting stuff

  • @ashby7m
    @ashby7m Před rokem

    Fascinating and such a seemingly simple solution

  • @caput_in_astris
    @caput_in_astris Před rokem +1

    Oh how lucky you were! I have been to the Leti (gas sensor project) but we were not allowed into the building, not to mention scrubbing…. We were only allowed in the conference rooms which are not connected to the main building.
    Thus thank you for having shown the interior 😊

  • @ShrirajHegde
    @ShrirajHegde Před rokem +9

    Wow I worked here.
    This area is highly against recording. Even blurred on Google maps.
    There was a double rainbow, I tried to take a picture and the guard came running since the facility was in the shot 😅

    • @loscheninmotion9920
      @loscheninmotion9920 Před rokem +1

      wow that's actually really interesting!

    • @DjesonPV
      @DjesonPV Před rokem +3

      As most of french Governmental assets. If you want to see a satellite view, use a non NATO source (for example from the russian Yandex )

  • @PaulPaulPaulson
    @PaulPaulPaulson Před rokem +4

    Tom wasn't allowed into the other clean room at the end, but not because they were concerned about the clean room. They were concerned about Tom after they saw his cave video 😉

  • @jacob_90s
    @jacob_90s Před rokem +2

    Thanks for addressing the interface problem. Was wondering how they handled that

  • @Quyix
    @Quyix Před rokem

    I love scott these shots are so clean

  • @suspense_comix3237
    @suspense_comix3237 Před rokem +5

    For some reason, I expected Switzerland or one of the Nordic Countries to have the world's cleanest railway.

    • @LHyoutube
      @LHyoutube Před rokem +3

      Or Japan.

    • @crazydinosaur8945
      @crazydinosaur8945 Před rokem +1

      ​@@LHyoutube we mean clean, not on time. railway

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Před rokem +5

      well, switzerland would have built a tunnel connecting the two buildings. And the tunnel would be certified to survive a nuclear blast.

  • @OrbitalCookie
    @OrbitalCookie Před rokem +8

    I wonder if this was just an elaborate excuse to ride a train at work.

  • @chudsneedjak
    @chudsneedjak Před rokem +1

    My God, one can but imagine the sheer delight of going in there with a few bucket of soot and a leaf blower.

  • @Devil35K
    @Devil35K Před rokem

    This was VERY Interesting Same with the maglav train
    I Really do enjoy these videos tom does
    So.... THANKS TOM! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

  • @BarteldsJunior
    @BarteldsJunior Před rokem +8

    Someday Tom will have shown everything interesting on this earth... that will be a sad day!

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Před rokem

      well. there is still the ISS, the moon, ....

    • @agimasoschandir
      @agimasoschandir Před rokem

      No, I think there is at least one more interesting thing TS will not get around to. Don't know what it is, but at least one more thing

  • @Crimson0047
    @Crimson0047 Před rokem +8

    I sure love finding out that, mobile clean rooms can, and do, in fact exist in some compacity

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před rokem

      Even ones that are mounted on trucks, for specialty transport. Some can even be sent as air cargo, fitting into the standard air cargo footprint, though those tend to not run on commercial flights. Quite a few do exist as full size extra height containers as well.

  • @MorseB
    @MorseB Před rokem

    I love the videos like this. Just a cool fun gadget we would never normally know about.

  • @bastienchalvin5242
    @bastienchalvin5242 Před 11 měsíci

    Hey, i'm from Grenoble ! I didn't expected to see my town in your video one day. It really make me happy
    Also, i didn't even know for this clean railway. Thanks for this video !

  • @CakeboyRiP
    @CakeboyRiP Před rokem +4

    This is a true gadgetbahn but this one has purpose

    • @SanderEvers
      @SanderEvers Před rokem +2

      So it's not a gadgetbahn. It's actually the simplest solution to the problem.