Technical Papers and Bulletins

As a general service to the industry, Esco's technical department is pleased to present a set of technical papers and bulletins applicable to HEPA and carbon filtered clean air device technology. The issues discussed within these papers will be of direct interest to anyone involved with clean air devices - users, distributors and manufacturers. All files below are in PDF format.

• Site Installation Recommendations for a Class II Type B2 cabinet Microbiological Safety Cabinet
• Operator protection test for open–fronted microbiological safety cabinets: The unique potassium iodide test. [ Latest Article ]
• Arrestance of Pre-filters
• Microbiological Safety Cabinet Decontamination
• Safety Precautions for Microbiosafety Decontaminations
• Comparison between NSF 49 and EN 12469
• Exhaust ducted Class II Type A2
• The KI-discus test (Visit the Videos section for a streaming video demonstration of the KI-discus testing)
• The Role of the Pressure gauge in HEPA-filtered Clean Air Devices
• UV Lamps in Laminar Flow and Microbiological Safety Cabinets
• What Makes a Safety Cabinet Safe
• Filter Selection for Safety Cabinets
• Motor-Blower Performance Test for Labculture Class II Type A2 cabinets
• Guide to Performing a Secondary Inflow Method Test
  
• Esco Biotech Certification Information Letter
• SARS and Esco

An extensive amount of technical detail is also available in Esco product manuals and literature, downloadable from various sections on this web site. Esco is committed to a policy of working together with various parties in the industry to educate users on the proper use of clean air devices, especially when operator safety is crucial.