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Sampling Heads

SKC offers a wide range of size-selective sampling heads for dust/particulate sampling, including impactors and cyclones. See our Particulate Sampler Selection Guide for more advice.

IOM Sampler

IOM Sampler

The patented IOM Sampler has a reusable filter cassette, designed to better measure the worker's exposure to total airborne particulates.

  • Inhalable

Button Sampler

Button Sampler

The Button Sampler is a filter sampler with a porous curved-surface inlet, designed to improve the collection characteristics of inhalable dust.

  • Inhalable

Mini Sampler

Mini Sampler

The SKC Mini Sampler fits onto the Face Level Sampling Headset and requires a 13 mm 0.8 µm MCE Filter.


  • Inhalable

Plastic Cyclone

Conductive Plastic Cyclone

The SKC Plastic Cyclone is a lightweight conductive plastic unit that holds a collection filter in a reusable cassette during sampling.

  • Respirable

GS-3 Cyclone

GS-3 Multi-Inlet Cyclone

The GS-3 Cyclone is a 10 mm lightweight two-piece conductive plastic unit with multiple inlets, that holds a standard 25 or 37 mm filter cassette.

  • Respirable

GS-1 Cyclone

GS-1 Single Inlet Cyclone

The GS-1 Cyclone, a single-inlet version of the GS-3 Cyclone, in conductive plastic provides performance equivalent to the Dorr-Oliver Cyclone.

  • Respirable

Aluminium Cyclone

Aluminium  Cyclone

A lightweight sampler that is used with a filter loaded into a three-piece filter cassette, giving sharp size selection between respirable fractions at 4 or 5 µm.

  • Respirable

Parallel Particle Impactor (PPI)

Parallel Particulate Impactor (PPI)

A small sampler with 4 impactors in 1 unit, which provides the closest match to the ACGIH/ISO/CEN respirable and thoracic conventions.

  • Respirable       • Thoracic

Disposable Parallel Particle Impactor

Disposable Parallel Particulate Impactor (PPI)

The SKC Disposable PPI combines the performance of reusable aluminium PPI models with the convenience of a single-use sampler.

  • Respirable       • Thoracic

Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) Cyclone

Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) Cyclone

DPM samplers and cassettes meet the requirements of NIOSH 5040 specification for analysis of elemental carbon or for carbon nanotubes and nano fibres.

  • Diesel Particulates

Asbestos Sampling Heads

Asbestos Cowled Sampling Head

The asbestos cowled sampling head is a 25 mm plastic sampler for fibre sampling (also available with an aluminium cowl).


  • Fibres

IMPACT Sampler

IMPACT Sampler

The SKC IMPACT Sampler is a single-stage inertial impactor, designed for the efficient collection of PM10 or PM2.5 in ambient air.

  • PM Coarse    • PM10     • PM2.5

Personal Modular Impactor (PMI)

Personal Modular Impactor (PMI)

The Personal Modular Impactors are designed for the highly efficient collection of PM10, PM2.5, or PM Coarse (PM10-2.5).


  • PM Coarse    • PM10     • M2.5

Personal Environment Monitor (PEM)

Personal Environment Monitor (PEM)

The Personal Environmental Monitor (PEM) is a lightweight, personal sampling device for collecting particulates of either 2.5 or 10 µm.

  • PM10       • PM2.5

Sioutas Cascade Impactor

Sioutas Personal Cascade impactor

Separates and collects airborne particles in five size ranges. Highly efficient at collecting particles without the use of impaction grease or substrate coatings.

  • Ultrafine      • Fine       • >2.5µm

IFV Pro Sampler

IFV Pro Sampler

Simultaneously and efficiently collects contaminants in both the particle and vapour phase, such as pesticides, PAHs, organic acids and explosives.

  • Inhalable      • Vapour