Owner`s manual

SAR PHARMACEUTICAL HOODS
ALLEGRO HOODS EXCEL IN THIRD PARTY TEST AT U.S. ARMY’S EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER
Allegro Industries contracted
the US Army’s ECBC (Edge-
wood Chemical Biological
Center) to perform a third
party test using a protocol
similar to the one used on a
limited number of styles in the 1996 study. The protocol had to be slightly
modified to adapt to the procedures used by the ECBC. The goal of this
test was to certify and record actual simulated workplace protection
factors (SWPF) of the Allegro Hoods and to compare the results of these
tests to those hoods tested in the 1996 ORC Study. The test results show
that the Allegro hoods do perform at least equal to those that now have
an OSHA variance of APF (Assigned Protection Factor) 1000 as a result of
the ORC Study.
Allegro’s objective for the Protection Factor test was to determine the
efficiency of the Allegro Supplied Air Hood (SAH) in protecting the wearer
from aerosolized chemical and airborne biological particles. The tests
conducted at ECBC incorporated the use of fifteen (15) civilian test subjects.
Each test subject was submitted to twelve two-minute-long exercises. The
exercises used were derived from the 1996 ORC Study and were chosen
because of their similarity to everyday tasks performed in the pharmaceutical
manufacturing environment. All subjects were tested twice in each hood
configuration in the aerosolized ECBC Test Chamber.
The sophisticated equipment ECBC used to record the results during the
test offered 1200 data points for each exercise. The state-of-the-art facility
is capable of detecting fit factors up to 100,000. An analysis of the test
results indicate that, at the 5th percentile, Allegro’s hoods tested to a fit
factor of the maximum of 100,000.
ADJUSTABLE FLOW CONTROL VALVE
9913-CV Double Bib Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free Tyvek Hood
w/Flow Control Valve
9913-CVS Double Bib Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free Saran Hood
w/Flow Control Valve
PERSONAL AIR COOLER
9913-C Double Bib Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free Tyvek Hood
w/Personal Air Cooler
9913-CS Double Bib Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free Saran Hood
w/Personal Air Cooler
AIR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER
9913-HC Double Bib Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free Tyvek Hood
w/Air Temperature Controller
9913-HCS Double Bib Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free Saran Hood
w/Air Temperature Controller
REPLACEMENT HOODS
9911-29 Replacement Double Bib, Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free
Tyvek High Pressure Air Hood
9911-29S Replacement Double Bib, Pharmaceutical Maintenance Free
Saran High Pressure Air Hood
fULLy diSPOSAbLE HOOdS SyStEm COmPONENtS
SINGLE HIGH PRESSURE
AIRLINE HOSE
9101-25
9101-50
9101-100
HIGH PRESSURE
AIR SOURCE
9992
9991
9990
9911-29
9911-29S
1
CHOOSE AN ALLEGRO
HOOD ASSEMBLY
2
CHOOSE AN AIR
CONTROL DEVICE
3
CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE
AIRLINE HOSE
4
CONNECT TO ANY
AIR SOURCE
respirators
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