Biological Safety Cabinet (Biosafety Cabinet)

Biological safety cabinets (biosafety cabinets) come in several classes (I, II, and III) that offer varying levels of protection from hazardous or contagious materials. For all classes of biological safety cabinet, the air is HEPA (high efficiency particulate air)-filtered before being released as exhaust. A Class I biosafety cabinet is designed to protect the user and the environment, not the sample as negative pressure is used to pull outside air in across the workspace.

Class II biological safety cabinets are divided into four subtypes (A1, A2, B1, and B2) and have the additional feature of protecting the sample as the air supply is HEPA-filtered before passing over the workspace. The Class II subtypes differ in the amount of recirculated air within the cabinet. Class III biosafety cabinets (also known as gloveboxes) provide maximum protection for work in biosafety level 4 containment labs. A class III biosafety cabinet is a hermetically-sealed glovebox with access through a dunk tank or double-door box that allows for decontamination.
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ItemLabGard NU-813 Class I Containment Ventilated Enclosure (CVE)LabGard ES AIR Limited NU-545 Class II, Type A2 Biosafety CabinetLabGard TE (Total Exhaust) NU-560 Class II, Type B2 Biosafety CabinetLabGard® ES NU-677 Class II, Type A2 Animal Handling Biosafety CabinetLabGard® ES TE NU-565 Class II, Type B2 Biosafety Fume Hood
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Catalog NumberNU-813NU-545NU-560NU-677NU-565
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Class/TypeClass IClass II, Type A2Class II, Type B2Class II, Type A2Class II, Type B2
Air Inflow Rate80 fpm105 fpm (0.53 m/s)105 fpm (0.53 m/s)105 fpm (0.53 m/s)105 fpm (0.53 m/s)
Size(s)3, 4, 6-foot (0.9, 1.2, 1.8-meter)3, 4, 5, 6-foot (0.9, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8-meter)4, 6-foot (1.2, 1.8-meter)4, 5, 6-foot (1.2, 1.5, 1.8-meter)4, 6-foot (1.2, 1.8-meter)
Recirculated/Exhausted Air0% / 100%70% / 30%InquireInquireInquire
Exterior Dimensionsvaries with modelVaries with modelvaries with modelvaries with modelvaries with model
Interior Dimensionsvaries with modelVaries with modelvaries with modelvaries with modelvaries with model
DescriptionThe LabGard Containment Cabinet NU-813 is offered as a Class I Containment Cabinet equipped with a HEPA filter. In the Class I configuration, the NU-813 provides personnel protection for handling low risk aerosols and particulate matter. Room air enters the Cabinet, flowing past the operator into ... Read MoreThe LabGard® ES (Energy Saver) AIR Limited Model NU-545 Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) is a primary engineering control in obtaining the optimum product quality while reducing the potential for exposure of both product and personnel to airborne biological or particulate chemical agents in low to ... Read MoreThe LabGard ES (Energy Saver) Model NU-560 Laminar Flow Biosafety Cabinet (LFBSC) is a bench/table top model, optionally available with a base support stand, for operation as a console model. The LABGARD® ES model NU-560 utilizes an Energy Saver DC ECM motor optimally determined forward curved fan ... Read MoreThe LabGard ES (Energy Saver) Model NU-677 Animal Handling Biosafety Cabinet (LFBSC) is a bench/table top model, with an integral castored support stand for operation as a console model. The LabGard model NU-677 utilizes an Energy Saver DC ECM motor optimally determined forward curved fan for each ... Read MoreThe LabGard ES (Energy Saver) Model NU-565 Laminar Flow Biosafety Fume Hood/Cabinet is a bench/table top model, optionally available with a base support stand, for operation as a console model. The LabGard model NU-565 utilizes an Energy Saver DC ECM motor optimally determined forward curved fan for... Read More
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