Workplace exposure: Respiratory sensitizers and Occupational asthma

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Respiratory sensitizers are chemicals that lead to hypersensitivity of the airways following inhalation.1 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sub-categorizes respiratory sensitizers within their Hazard Category based on weight of evidence on effects seen in either humans or study animals. Sub-category 1A – Substances showing a high frequency of occurrence in humans; or a… Learn More

Testimonial: fume extraction for a 3D printer that runs 24/7

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Axonics Modulation Technologies is a California company that develops implantable devices to treat urinary and fecal dysfunction. They recently emailed us about an unpleasant 3D printer fume problem that was solved with the help of a Sentry Air representative and the modular design principles basic to the Model 300 fume extractor. The Odor Problem We… Learn More

Enhancing inspection process to incorporate new UL certification

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Sentry Air Systems is excited to have received UL 61010-1 Laboratory Safety Standard certification on our 300 Series Fume Extractors. As part of this certification, we have added new steps to our quality inspection program to ensure all UL standards are met. UL 61010-1 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use… Learn More

Testimonial: 3D printing of model hearts by Phoenix Children’s Hospital workflow made safer with ductless technology

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Cardiac surgeons require a great deal of imagery before they operate on a child’s heart. They need to be able to visualize the arrangement of the heart’s components and defects they want to correct before they embark on surgery. For decades, visualization imagery was provided by MRIs and CT scans. Now those imaging technologies are… Learn More

Maintenance welding is an oil and gas industry application

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Size matters. To support off-shore operations, for example, helicopters must be big enough to manage adverse weather and able to carry as many as two dozen crew members, plus their equipment, to rigs moored in deep water. However, the opposite is true for fume extractors used for maintenance welding on the rigs. These air filtration… Learn More

Fume extraction arms and hoses for a variety of work applications

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When attached to a Sentry Air Systems fume extraction unit, our flex arms and hoses offer source-capture containment of airborne fume and particulate. Even when they are not paired with one of our units, these arms offer several solutions to circulation and ventilation issues, including: Ducting between two objects Ducting between an object and existing… Learn More

New flooring? Concerned about formaldehyde fumes in your home?

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If you were exposed to formaldehyde fumes in your workplace, your employer would be required to explain the risks to you and provide appropriate safety equipment. Why? What is Formaldehyde? Formaldehyde is a volatile organic compound (VOC). VOCs are chemicals that, due to their inherent qualities, vaporize readily at normal room temperatures. Formaldehyde, an industrial… Learn More

Controlling ambient dust during soil sample testing

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  Soil is the bedrock on which we build the world around us. Before highways, buildings or roadways are constructed, the soil must be tested to measure strength, stability, and possible contaminants. Civil engineers, geo-technical engineers, environmentalists and the like rely on these tests to make decisions and plans about if and how to build… Learn More

Removing soot from workplace air after a fire: Our experience

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Not too many months ago, there was a fire in an adjoining suite of the business park we called home. No direct flames, lots of smoke The overwhelming smell of smoke in a significant portion of our building made it impossible to work there, so one department moved to offices with cleaner air. We lost… Learn More