Colour detection and sorbent sampling tubes, air sampling heads and full series of filters introduced to complement high performance personal air sampling systems
In a key move designed to offer its customers the convenience of a true one-stop-shop experience, Casella CEL (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100) is pleased to announce the launch of a stock range ofcost effective consumable products to complement its high performance personal air sampling systems for measuring employees exposure to dusts, fumes, gases or vapour.
The leading UK manufacturer of industrial hygiene and occupational health monitoring equipment is now holding large quantities of Colour Detection Tubes, GFA, MCE, PTFE and PVC Filters, Sorbent Sampling Tubes (Charcoal, Silica Gel, Anasorb, XAD), as well as Air Sampling Heads and Accessories at its production facility located in Bedfordshire.
Casella CEL Market Manager Tim Turney comments: “It is cliché nowadays, but we are delighted to be able to offer customers the benefit of a one-stop-shop facility for all their air sampling requirements. The consumables range is both comprehensive and competitively priced plus our stock holding capability ensures short lead times and fast delivery.”
The air sampling process takes a volume of air through a sampling medium. This is normally paper or solid filter media for particulates and fumes, and through sorbent materials for gases and vapours. Impingers and bubblers can also be used, or a grab sample taken into a gas sampling bag. The volume of air is measured and calculated as a concentration expressed as mg / m3 or parts per million (ppm).
Casella CEL now offers a complete suite of sampling media for particulates, dusts and fumes. These include a wide selection of filters which are used in conjunction with sampling heads or as integral sampling cassettes.
A variety of sampling heads and cassettes are available for asbestos, total inhalable, respirable and other dust fractions. All are designed for use with a controlled rate of air provided using a personal air sampling pump. Sampling media is placed within the heads directly, or using cassettes, and the sample is analysed or weighed afterwards.
Solvents, gases and vapours are sampled actively using air sampling pumps and sorbent tubes, into bubblers, gas bags or passively using diffuse sampling badges.
Direct reading colour detection tubes are glass vials filled with chemical reagents that react to a specific chemical or family of chemicals. A known volume sample is drawn through the tube via a hand syringe for a set number of pulls – indicated on the tube. It the targeted chemical is present, the regent in the tube changes colour, with the length of the colour read against a concentration scale on the tube, giving an instantaneous indication of the concentration in the air.
Casella CEL’s TUFF™ personal air sampling pumps offer the user an extremely robust, rubber over-moulded unit specifically designed for use in harsh monitoring environments. TUFF pumps are ideally suited to a wide range of occupational health sampling applications from simple abatement sampling of lead and asbestos to a more specialised industrial hygiene monitoring of dusts, fumes and vapours. TUFF systems offer a wide flow rate from 5ml/min to 4.5L/min.
Casella CEL (working environment) is part of Bedford-based Casella Measurement - one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of high performance occupational health, safety and environmental monitoring equipment.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEAL Industries Inc, Casella Measurement’s market leading products are exported world-wide through an extensive network of distributors and agents. A truly global business, the rapidly expanding company has offices in North America, Spain, India and China.
Casella Measurement has been established since 1799, and employs over 100 staff in its global locations.
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