environmental measurement, our cus-tomers also wanted a comprehensive system for managing data on cleanli-ness, temperature, humidity, and other aspects.”Our customers had a question as to why separate soware was needed to manage particle counters. First and foremost, particle counters have light sources and pumps that need to be controlled. is is obvious to us on the manufacturer’s side. It’s less obvious to those on the users’ side. ere was a gap in perception between the manufactur-er and users.“We decided to modify the soware so that, in addition to controlling the airborne or liquid-borne particle count-ers, it could perform integrated meas ur e m ents of other data, including environmental data. is eventually proved to be what made our soware stand out. It helped us expand our market share. Compared to sales with the early RP Monitor versions, our sales jumped ten-fold.” [Kushiyama]is environmental monitoring system was commercially introduced in 1996 and recorded steady sales up to around 2000. It helped uncover under-lying demand in the regenerative medicine eld. It solidied the position of the system specications oered by Kyushu Rion as the de facto industry standard. Currently, Rion holds an about particle counters and set their light source units to idle. And then the system was finally ready for the measure-ments. When I ran the soware, all 20 units began operating at once. It was a simply spectacular feeling to see the data being gathered successfully, with the pumps humming in the back-ground.” [Yoshida]A leap from multi-point monitoring to environmental monitoringe RP Monitor evolved with the release of newer versions of the Window OS. Applications for the multi-point moni-toring system were also being developed. en came the turning point that would dramatically expand RP Monitor’s market share. e conventional multi-point monitoring system was now being applied to environmental monitoring.“In the measurement rooms at our customers’ companies,” explains Hideki Shoji, Senior Manager of the New Business Promotion Section, Particle Counter Division of Rion, “the PC for particle measurement was dierent from the PC for measuring environ-mental parameters, like the temperature and humidity of the room or the tem-perature of a cold chamber. Customers submitted requests to integrate these functions into a single PC to save costs and oor space. From the perspective of 90% share of the domestic market.As for the future of RP Monitor, Yoshida says, “e latest version of RP Monitor is the Evo10, which is being developed by a junior colleague of mine. He can be trusted to oer eective sup-port, so I feel condent having our sta members deal with our customers on site. e “Evo” in the name refers to evolution. We gave it that name hoping it would continue to meet the needs of our customers well into the future. Giving it the capability to link to sensors and instruments from numerous other manufacturers helps win support for the system from more and more cus-tomers. We plan to make it compatible with cloud services and to add device control functions based on advanced communication technologies.”“It would be wonderful if we could oer a solution independent of operat-ing systems,” Kushiyama adds. “ere’s market demand for that. One course of action may be to have the soware upload the data to a cloud service so anyone can access the data.” He plans to allow RP Monitor Evo, true to its name, to continually evolve, and to make the next move with an eye on new markets.Multi-point cleanliness measurementAn image of multi-point cleanliness measurement. Particle counters installed in each room are collectively controlled, and their data is gathered using RP Monitor running on a PC.Product inspections with RP Monitor Evo10 K1701RP Monitor Evo10 K1701 is used to inspect particle counters in manufacturing processes and to perform calibrations during maintenance. Multiple particle counters can be connected to a single reference particle counter that serves as the measurement standard for real-time monitoring of measurement results, a capability that boosts consistency of product quality in manufacturing processes.MonitoringroomRP Monitor Evosoftware CleanroomParticlecounterRIONPARTICLE SENSOR KA-03RIONPARTICLE SENSOR KA-03RIONPARTICLE SENSOR KA-03RIONPARTICLE SENSOR KA-03RIONPARTICLE SENSOR KA-03RIONPARTICLE SENSOR KA-035Hideki ShojiSenior Manager of the New Business Promo tion Section, Particle Counter Division, Rion. Since joining Rion in 1987, he has been a member of the Particle Counter Sales Department. Later, he was active in the Planning Depart ment. Following a temporary transfer to Kyushu Rion, he assumed his current post. During this time, he has primarily been involved with sales of particle counters and associated instru-ments, systems for the rege ne ra tive med-icine eld, and viable particle counters.
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