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Safety and Ergonomics! No two factors are more important in the laboratory environment. Kewaunee understands this and has earned the trust of our customers for more than 100 years, building products specifically for the laboratory with these two principles in mind. The Interceptor Class II, A2 Biological Safety Cabinet is Kewaunee’s latest design. Developed with comprehensive features created to enhance both safety and ergonomics…the Interceptor leads its class.

Safety & Reliability

* Full Color VGA Monitor provides real time performance data

* Double wall construction surrounds containment area with negative pressure

* Angular front grill design improves containment

* Multiple Audible/Visual Alarm features:

– Sash position alarm

– Programmable filter load warning

– Maximum filter load alarm

– UV lamp “ON” indicator

– UV lamp programmable timer

– UV lamp life expectancy monitor

* Meets all NSF/ ANSI 49 standards

* Each cabinet is factory tested to NSF/ ANSI 49, Section 6.15

* Meets all UL 601010-A-1 standards

Ergonomic Design

* 10_ angled easy lift sash utilizes a reinforced nylon sash belt and sprocket

* Easy access, Touch Pad Control Panel, ADA compliant

* Removable one piece stainless steel worksurface

* Coved Corner, three wall stainless steel interior for ease of cleaning

* Forward positioned service fittings

* Tilting sash for easy cleaning

* Base Stand options include fixed height or electrically operated adjustable height

* Ergonomic Armrest

Kewaunee’s new Full Color VGA Monitor, with high resolution 640 x 480 pixel display, offers superior clarity. Fully programmable screen ensures operator safety by displaying continuous “Remaining Filter Capacity” and “Face Velocity” readouts at all times. Audible and Visual Alarm System alerts user to: unsafe sash height, unsafe filter loads, and unsafe face velocities. The monitor also features a pre-programmed user training demo.

Automatic Sash Operator

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Kewaunee’s Safe Green Solution

* Energy savings through enhanced VAV utilization

* HVAC system downsizing due to lower diversity factor

* Increased laboratory safety

Creating the Ultimate in Fume Hood Energy and HVAC Savings

For the past several years, high efficiency fume hoods coupled with VAV Systems have been the energy savings approach used for laboratory HVAC Systems. Kewaunee’s new Automatic Sash Operator marries these two design principles with sash closing technology, creating the ultimate in fume hood energy and HVAC savings. The Automatic Sash Operator closes the sash when the fume hood is not being actively used by lab personnel, reducing the exhaust volume in a Kewaunee LV fume hood by up to 66%. A closed sash offers increased protection to lab personnel from reactions within the hood and isolates the experiment from activity in the laboratory. When used in conjunction with a VAV exhaust system, the fume hood requires less air volume, resulting in energy savings. Independent studies have shown that HVAC systems designed with VAV and sash closing technologies allow reduced diversity factors.

Principles of Operation :

Kewaunee’s Automatic Sash Operator uses an Overhead Motion Sensor to monitor the area in front of the hood for lab personnel. Scanning on regular intervals, when it senses there has been no movement within the programmed period of time, it automatically closes the sash slowly and safely. In addition to the Overhead Motion Sensor, a constant “Light Curtain” is created by infrared sensor strips located just behind the sash opening on both sides of the hood. These sensors scan for any obstruction in the path of the sash. When an obstruction is detected, the sash will not close and a red warning light illuminates to warn the operator that an unsafe condition exists. After the object is removed and the warning light button is reset, the automatic sash closing mechanism re-engages. With the Automatic Sash Operator, Kewaunee now offers increased laboratory and fume hood safety and maximizes energy and operating cost savings on the industry leading Supreme Air LV fume hood.

Enterprise Adaptable Moveable Workstations

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Freestanding Tables

* Self-supporting workstations

* Single and double sided

* Adjustable height worksurfaces

* Integrated shelving systems

* Pre-plumbed integrated services

* Pre-wired integrated power and data

Kewaunee’s Enterprise is a self-supporting moveable workstation table design. Enterprise is available with an above counter support structure, or as an adjustable height four legged table. Available pre-plumbed and pre-wired, this design easily incorporates with overhead carrier and panel systems. Worksurfaces are adjustable from sitting height to standing height, and overhead shelving is adjustable on 1" increments. Enterprise is designed for mobile, suspended, or floor mounted casework. Kewaunee’s Enterprise provides a completely moveable laboratory casework system to meet the needs of a changing lab environment.

Educational Laboratory Furniture

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Total Educational Lab Solutions

* Student workstations

* Instructor benches

* Demonstration tables

* Specialized storage

* Educational fume hoods

* ADA compliant stations

Kewaunee manufactures a full range of products designed specifically to meet the requirements of today’s teaching laboratory. Multiple student table designs, instructor benches, teaching fume hoods, and specialized storage units offer the building blocks for effective lab classroom environments. From K-12 applications to college and university teaching labs, Kewaunee has the solution!

Kewaunee Matrix Instructor and Student Stations provide a foundation for creative discovery in the teaching lab.

* Demonstration racks

* Gas, vacuum, and water

* Integrated computer work center

* Power and data

* Multi-media storage

The Kewaunee Matrix Student Station’s innovative design provides maximum flexibility in classroom layout. (Patent Pending)

* Power adjustable or manually adjustable

– Sitting height

– ADA height

– Standing height

* Up to five students per station