Nanotechnology Now

Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors
Heifer International



Home > Press > NanoSafe, Inc. announces the addition of the Labconco Protector® Glove Box to its NanoSafe Tested™ registry

Abstract:
The NanoSafe Tested™ registry and summary reports for all products listed on it can be viewed freely at www.nanosafeinc.com/controls. The unit is the second Labconco product to be registered with NanoSafe, Inc., and is currently the first and only glove box to receive the NanoSafe Tested™ designation. Testing of the unit was completed as part of NanoSafe, Inc.'s Commonwealth Research and Commercialization Fund (CRCF) award from Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology - CIT (www.cit.org).

NanoSafe, Inc. announces the addition of the Labconco Protector® Glove Box to its NanoSafe Tested™ registry

Blacksburg, VA | Posted on April 23rd, 2014

NanoSafe evaluated the containment of aerosolized nanoparticles by a Labconco Protector® Stainless Steel ULPA Filtered Glove Box. Testing was adapted from ASHRAE 110-1995, and involved traverse-testing of the glove box window, ULPA exhaust, valves, and transfer chamber doors during aerosolization of silicon dioxide nanoparticles with a geometric mean diameter of 26 nm. NanoSafe's testing procedure provides a useful measure of an enclosure's ability to contain aerosolized nanomaterials. Comparing measurements of the glove box interior and exterior (window, joints, valves, ULPA exhaust),containment of aerosolized nanoparticles was greater than 99.99% on a particle number basis.

Adam Keithley, Marketing Manager for Labconco, commented on the importance of testing laboratory safety products with engineered nanomaterials: "Labconco has always been committed to laboratory safety and we continue to feel that in the absence of existing regulations, especially where nanomaterial containment is concerned, it is extremely important to proactively subject our products to independent validation. NanoSafe's program provides the expertise,knowledge and state-of-the-art testing necessary to validate the containment of nanoparticles in our enclosures. We believe that carrying their "NanoSafe Tested" designation is key in providing
nanoparticulate containment assurance to the users of our Protector ULPA Filtered Glove Box."

"Labconco has established itself as a leader in providing engineering controls that serve nanotechnology-enabled industries and research laboratories," commented NanoSafe President, Matthew Hull. "NanoSafe is pleased to have the opportunity to once again provide Labconco with third-party testing that helps demonstrate the performance of their containment devices against a nanoaerosol challenge."

####

About NanoSafe, Inc.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (www.vtcrc.com), NanoSafe helps clients in business, government agencies, and academic institutions manage emerging nanotechnology environmental health and safety (EHS) risks.

About Labconco (www.labconco.com)

Serving the scientific community since 1925, Labconco Corporation manufactures laboratory equipment, specializing in ventilation products such as chemical fume hoods and blowers, carbon-filtered enclosures, balance enclosures, HEPA-filtered biological safety cabinets, clean benches and laboratory animal research enclosures. Other product lines include freeze dryers, vacuum concentrators, glassware washers and water purification systems. Labconco is ISO 9001-certified, one measure of its commitment to quality and consistency in design and manufacturing.

About the NanoSafe Tested™ Process (www.nanosafeinc.com/nanosafe_tested)

NanoSafe Tested™ means that NanoSafe, Inc. subjected a manufacturer's product to defined testing criteria developed from existing test standards and peer-reviewed literature at an independent test facility. The purpose of the NanoSafe Tested™ mark and summary report is to indicate the testing was performed in accordance with the criteria and that the manufacturer agrees to make summary results available to the public on the NanoSafe Tested™ Registry. Due to the developmental nature of nanotechnology products and associated standards, NanoSafe Tested™ means only that a client's product has been subjected to the testing criteria. It does not mean that a particular product is safe for human, animal, or plant interaction nor that the product will satisfy governmental standards of safety or compliance. Additional restrictions may apply.

For more information, please click here

Contacts:
Ariel Conn
Marketing Director
NanoSafe Inc.

415-640-1780

Copyright © NanoSafe, Inc.

If you have a comment, please Contact us.

Issuers of news releases, not 7th Wave, Inc. or Nanotechnology Now, are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.

Bookmark:
Delicious Digg Newsvine Google Yahoo Reddit Magnoliacom Furl Facebook

Related News Press

News and information

Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life March 8th, 2024

How surface roughness influences the adhesion of soft materials: Research team discovers universal mechanism that leads to adhesion hysteresis in soft materials March 8th, 2024

Two-dimensional bimetallic selenium-containing metal-organic frameworks and their calcinated derivatives as electrocatalysts for overall water splitting March 8th, 2024

Curcumin nanoemulsion is tested for treatment of intestinal inflammation: A formulation developed by Brazilian researchers proved effective in tests involving mice March 8th, 2024

Announcements

What heat can tell us about battery chemistry: using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells March 8th, 2024

Curcumin nanoemulsion is tested for treatment of intestinal inflammation: A formulation developed by Brazilian researchers proved effective in tests involving mice March 8th, 2024

The Access to Advanced Health Institute receives up to $12.7 million to develop novel nanoalum adjuvant formulation for better protection against tuberculosis and pandemic influenza March 8th, 2024

Nanoscale CL thermometry with lanthanide-doped heavy-metal oxide in TEM March 8th, 2024

Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management

First human trial shows ‘wonder’ material can be developed safely: A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests February 16th, 2024

New research may make future design of nanotechnology safer with fewer side effects: Study shows a promising strategy to reduce adverse reactions to nanoparticles by using complement inhibitors October 6th, 2023

Tests find no free-standing nanotubes released from tire tread wear September 8th, 2023

Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: Exposure to plastic particles kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells July 21st, 2023

NanoNews-Digest
The latest news from around the world, FREE




  Premium Products
NanoNews-Custom
Only the news you want to read!
 Learn More
NanoStrategies
Full-service, expert consulting
 Learn More











ASP
Nanotechnology Now Featured Books




NNN

The Hunger Project