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DuctlessFumeHoods
Chapter1‐ProductInformation
1.1AboutAscentMaxDuctlessFumeHood
EscoAscentDuctlessFumeHoodsprovideprotectiontobothlaboratorypersonnelandtheenvironmentfrom
toxicfumesandarequicklybecomingaviablealternativetoconventionalfumehoods.
Unlikeconventionalfumehoods,thesehoodsfilteroutchemicalfumesandrecycleairdirectlybacktothe
laboratory,providingenergysavings,personnel
andenvironmentalprotection,convenienceasyoudonot
havetodealwithcomplicatedductingsystems,andmobility,asductlesshoodsareindependentsystems
whichdonotrequireconnectiontoextractionsystems.
EscoductlessfumehoodsareindependentlytestedbyINVENT‐UKfortheabilitytofiltercontaminatedairwith
efficiency
andretentioncapacityasrequiredbytheBritishStandardBS7989andFrenchStandardAFNORNFX
15‐211.FumecontainmentandairflowuniformitymeettherequirementsofASHRAE110‐1995,BS7258,EN
14175‐3andAFNORNFX15‐203.TheEscocombinationofeffectivecontainmentandsafecarbon
filtration
opensnew,costeffectiveapplicationsforfumehoodtechnologyinlaboratoriesofthe21stcentury.
1.2Labels
Model‐Themodeloftheunit.
Serial‐Theserialnumberoftheunit.
Power‐Thepowerconsumptionandelectrical
requirementoftheunit.
Manufacturedyear‐Theyearofmanufacture.
AirflowInformation
ElectricalRequirement