Description
Install paging and background audio in pharmaceutical clean rooms, medical facilities, and critical manufacturing environments with the Valcom V-1040, a one-way 8-inch clean room ceiling speaker engineered with sealed rubber gaskets, rubber-washed mounting hardware, and a polycarbonate dust shield to prevent airborne particle contamination from the speaker opening.
The Telecom Spot Expert Review
Clean room speaker design is not optional in ISO-classified pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical device production, and critical semiconductor environments — a standard ceiling speaker creates a contamination pathway between the controlled-particle environment below the ceiling and the uncontrolled plenum above it. The V-1040 closes that pathway with a large rubber O-ring that seals the speaker grille to the ceiling surface, eliminating the gap through which particles would otherwise migrate. Rubber washers on all mounting hardware prevent vibration-induced particle generation and maintain the seal integrity over years of use. The polycarbonate dust shield sits between the speaker driver and the grille, providing a physical barrier against particles that might otherwise enter the clean room from the speaker cone assembly. The built-in amplifier and screwdriver-adjustable volume control on the 1-watt amplifier circuit board handle all electronics at the ceiling location without external hardware. An 8-inch driver reproduces voice paging clearly in the acoustically reflective environments typical of hard-surface clean room construction.
Key Features
- 8-inch clean room ceiling speaker engineered to prevent airborne particle contamination
- Large rubber O-ring seals the grille to the ceiling — eliminates particle migration pathway
- Rubber washers on all mounting hardware for sealed, vibration-resistant installation
- Polycarbonate dust shield between speaker driver and grille
- Built-in 1-watt amplifier with screwdriver-adjustable volume control
Technical Specifications
| Model | V-1040 |
|---|---|
| Type | Clean Room Ceiling Speaker |
| Speaker Driver | 8 in. |
| Speaker Line Voltage | 25V / 70V |
| Amplifier | 1W built-in |
| Volume Control | Screwdriver-adjustable (on circuit board) |
| Sealing | Rubber O-ring (grille-to-ceiling); rubber washers (mounting hardware) |
| Dust Shield | Polycarbonate (between driver and grille) |
| Operating Environment | ISO clean room, pharmaceutical, medical, critical manufacturing |