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Laboratory Fume Cupboards

The fume cupboard is the single most important factor to be considered when planning a laboratory. Toxic fumes can cause severe damage to sophisticated and expensive equipment.

Safety margins require that a high standard of efficient extraction be achieved with the sash fully open and with a minimum quantity of air. Herein lies the challenge for the designer because the replacement of air which has been extracted requires costly energy, particularly in air conditioned laboratories.

The modern fume cupboard is a sophisticated piece of laboratory equipment and its precise function for any given situation is predetermined at the design stage. We have long realised that the so-called fume cupboard which is little more than a ventilated box, devoid of aerodynamic design, gives unsatisfactory performance and no longer has any function to perform in the modern laboratory.

This realisation is today shared by most users and the proof lies in the considerable success enjoyed by the Constaflow and Inductaflow range of fume cupboards.

These fume cupboards, designed to meet the most stringent operating conditions, are specified in almost all major laboratory projects.