Laminar Air Flow Manufacturer
Ferrotek Equipments is a superior manufacturer and supplier of laminar airflow that provides a filtered and clean workspace via a HEPA filtering system which can be maintained in a particle- and bacteria-free clean air environment. Laminar airflow is adopted for multipurpose working systems that require maintenance of purity and cleanliness, like plant tissue culture, examination, and experimentation of precision electronics parts, medical sciences, pharmacy, and agriculture.
Laminar air flow helps to maintain control over a work surface for applications that require the absence of contamination. This laminar air flow helps to eliminate contamination by creating a continuous airflow across the surface. Laminar airflow provides air streams that travel in the same direction and speed. This helps eliminate uncontrolled or unwanted results.
It mainly now depends on many conditions or factors when choosing any one of these two types:
1. Horizontal Laminar Air Flow:
Horizontal laminar air flow can be selected if any application requires less turbulence on the work surface. While both horizontal and vertical produce very little turbulence, the horizontal laminar air flow unit supplies relatively less airflow as it does not hit any hindrance until exiting the flume unit whereas in the case of the vertical one it hits the bottom of the unit.
Horizontal Laminar Air Flow can also be selected if you want to use small utensils and equipment that will avoid causing airflow disturbance, because using larger equipment may cause greater turbulence in laminar airflow.
A horizontal laminar Flow Unit is mandatory when required most control over contamination, as hand & gloves are positioned downstream over the sample in the horizontal flow which creates greater protection over contamination.
Pros of having horizontal Laminar Air Flow :
- It requires less floor space.
- It requires less work surface for turbulence
- It creates a larger work surface depth.
2. Vertical Laminar Air Flow:
Vertical laminar air flow can be selected if any application requires large equipment to be used on the work surface. This is because vertical flow does not produce as much turbulence while hitting large items.
A vertical laminar air flow system can be used if it requires soldering fumes or fine powders, as soldering vapors can be toxic due to metal oxides & acidic fumes from flux. It should only be used when there is a requirement of handling non-hazardous materials or irritant odors are being generated on the work surface.
Vertical airflow can be adopted if a larger, taller work surface is there, this is because filters are generally to be set on the top of a vertical laminar flow unit, as it has greater height available for a work surface.
Pros of having vertical laminar air flow:
- It requires less floor space.
- It has very little chance of cross-contamination of items placed on the work surface.
- It has a top filter that allows for easy access.
- It has a top filter that allows for easy access.
