Want to keep your office, plant or laboratory clean and hygienic so that employees get to enjoy a better environment to work in? If ‘yes’, then a fume extraction system is a must need that will help keep polluted air and dangerous fumes at bay. The most popular dust collector that is widely used in offices and industrial plants is the fume cupboard, which is also popularly known as fume hoods.
Talking of fume hoods, they are extraction systems that are made of steel and coated with epoxy to make the environment of an infrastructure clean and sanitized at its best. Broadly speaking, there are two types of fume cupboards, i.e. re-circulating fume hoods and ducted fume hoods. Let’s get to know about fume cupboard a little better before you choose anyone to be installed in your work station:
Re-Circulating Fume Hoods: As the name of this fume extraction system suggests, it recycles and re-circulates the air within the room or space to be released again. With help of an opening towards the front, the machine sucks in air and circulates it through a fan and ultimately releases it in the workplace.
Ducted Fume Hoods: Ducted fume cupboards are most prominently used in industrial plants and laboratories where various chemical processing are indulged in. this machine sucks away dangerous or polluted air from the room and disperse it outside in the open. The most interesting aspect of this appliance is that it not only acts as a ventilation but also do not make any noise pollution.
But whichever fume cupboard you may be using, there are some safety tips as provided below that should be followed minutely:
Keep the fume hood at safe distance from employees to avoid health hazards.
Ensure to keep the air passage free flowing and devoid of any blockage.
To enjoy complete clarity and transparency in the workplace, try to lessen the quantity of hazardous elements in use.
Check the functionality of the fans of fume hoods at regular intervals to avoid any unwanted mishaps.
