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Products Category
- Sampling Heads
Aluminium Respirable Dust Cyclone
The Aluminium Cyclone is small and lightweight, and eliminates adverse electrostatic effects, allowing the cyclone to sample particles more efficiently. It is used by inserting it into the middle ring of an open-face three-piece cassette loaded with an appropriate filter, which collects the respirable particles but larger particles fall into the grit pot to be discarded. Available in 25 mm and 37 mm versions the Aluminium Cyclone provides sharp size selection for the respirable fraction. It is specified in the NIOSH Method 7500 for silica and NIOSH 0600 for respirable particulates. It has a 50% cut-point of 4 µm at 2.5 L/min and 3.5 µm at 2.8 L/min.
Accessories
| Description | Pack Size | Part Number | |
| Filter Transport Cassette, 25 mm, conductive plastic | 10 | 225-67-10 |  |
| Three-piece Filter Cassette Blanks, 25 mm | 50 | 225-3-25LF |  |
| Three-piece Filter Cassette Blanks, 37 mm | 10 | 225-3LF | |
| Filter Cassette/Cyclone Holder includes:
0.9 m (3 ft) of 1/4 inch ID Tygon tubing and a 25 mm adaptor ring, for attaching a DPM or standard filter cassette to a worker's clothing in the breathing zone. May be used with or without a cyclone |
Each | 225-1 |  |
| Standard-size Multi-purpose Calibration Chamber | Each | 225-111 |  |
| Calibration Adaptor, for 25 mm and 37 mm cyclones. Allows 1/4 inch ID Tygon tubing to be attached to the cyclone for simple calibration | Each | 225-01-03 |  |
| Replacement Grit Pot for Aluminium Cyclones | 25 | P225013 |  |
| Replacement O-Ring for 37 mm Aluminium Cyclone, 225-01-02 | 5 | P22501 |  |
| Replacement O-Ring for 25 mm Aluminium Cyclone, 225-01-01 | 5 | P3226 | |
Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) Cyclone
The Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) Cyclone has been specially designed with an extended retaining ring and special sealing to securely hold the SKC DPM cassettes. Small and lightweight, it is constructed from conductive plastic to prevent the buildup of electrostatic effects. It operates at 2 L/min with a DPM cassette and includes a grit pot, retaining ring and a clip for fitting to a worker's clothing.
DPM Cassette
The DPM Cassette is designed for sampling in atmospheres where it is necessary to separate DPM from other respirable dust, such as coal dust. The single use cassettes are tamper-evident sealed to ensure sample integrity. It provides optimum DPM collection efficiency, and has been evaluated at 1.7 L/min in metal/non-metal mines and 2 L/min in coal mines; flow rates are used by MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration, USA).
Each streamlined plastic cassette comprises an impactor with precision sapphire orifice, impaction substrate and two heat-treated quartz filters. The impactor screens out respirable particles ≥1.0 µm. Particles <1.0 µm are collected on the filter. It meets the NIOSH 5040 specifications for organic and elemental carbon analysis.
Alternative Method - DPM Cassette without Impactor
Also available is a DPM Cassette without an impactor; a more economical solution when sampling in environments without coal dust or other interfering respirable dusts. The cassette is mounted in a holder for securing to a worker's clothing.
DPM Cyclone Accessories
| Description | Pack Size | Part Number | |
| Rubber Grit Pots | 10 | 225-64 |  |
| DPM Cassette with 0.8 µm Impactor | 10 | 225-317 * |  |
DPM Cassette without Impactor
| Description | Pack Size | Part Number | |
| DPM Cassette without Impactor; standard 3-piece clear styrene cassette loaded with 37 mm heat-treated R-100 quartz filter, support pad, banded, meets NIOSH 5040 specifications | 50 | 225-401 * |  |
| DPM Cassette without Impactor; standard 3-piece clear styrene cassette loaded with 25 mm heat-treated Tissuquartz quartz filter, support pad, banded, meets NIOSH NEAT 2.0 protocols for 5040 analysis | 50 | 225-401-25 * | |
| Filter Cassette/Cyclone Holder, for attaching a DPM (225-401/-401-25) or standard filter cassette to a worker's clothing in the breathing zone, includes 0.9 m (3 ft) of ¼ inch ID Tygon tubing and a 25 mm adaptor ring. Required when using the GS-1 Cyclone with the DPM Cassette |
Each | 225-1 | |
| Cassette Opener, stainless steel, suitable for 25, 37, and 47-mm filter cassettes. Required for all SureSeal Cassettes. |
225-13-5B |  |
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* Limited shelf-life; contact SKC for more information.
IOM Sampler
The IOM Multidust sampler is the preferred sampler for HSE Method MDHS 14/4. The patented IOM Sampler houses a reusable 25 mm filter cassette that holds a specified filter for the collection of inhalable particles. When attached to a personal sampling pump operating at 2 L/min and clipped near a worker's breathing zone, the IOM effectively traps particles up to 100 µm in aerodynamic diameter. This collection method closely simulates the manner in which airborne workplace particles are inhaled through the nose and mouth. Both the plastic cassette and the filter are pre- and post-weighed as a single unit for gravimetric analysis.
- Respirable sampling option available using IOM Respirable Foam discs with a 25 mm filter
- Small and lightweight - conductive plastic model weighs less than 55 g
- Removable 25 mm cassette system eliminates filter handling to maintain sample integrity
- Reusable Stainless steel cassette available for chemical analysis, and autoclavable for bioaerosol sampling
- Meets international and US standards
- Preferred sampler for HSE Method MDHS 14/4
- ACGIH sampling criteria for inhalable particulate
- ISO/CEN health-related fractions of bioaerosols
- NIOSH 5700 for particulate formaldehyde
- Australian standard for inhalable particulate
- OSHA equivalent method for particulates not otherwise regulated (PNOR)
IOM Samplers
| Description | Pack Size | Part Number | |
| IOM Multidust Sampler and Cassette in conductive plastic | Each 50 |
225-70A 225-70A-50 |
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| IOM Multidust Sampler and Cassette in stainless steel | Each | 225-76A |  |
| IOM Multidust Sampler conductive plastic with stainless steel cassette | Each 50 |
225-79A 225-79A-50 |
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Accessories
| Description | Pack Size | Part Number | |
| IOM Multidust Plastic Cassette with transport clip and cover cap | Each 500 |
225-71A 225-71A-500 |
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| IOM Cassette transport clip and cover cap | Each | 225-72A |  |
| IOM Multidust Stainless Steel Cassette with transport clip and cover cap | Each | 225-75A |  |
| IOM Cassette cover cap | 10 | 225-77A |  |
| IOM Respirable Foam Discs, for simultaneous respirable and inhalable sampling | 10 50 |
225-772 225-772-50 |
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| Calidaptor, for hands free calibration of the IOM sampler | Each | 391-01 |  |
| IOM Sampler Replacement Front Plate | Each | 225-70H |  |
| IOM Sampler Replacement Front Plate - Stainless Steel | Each | 225-76H |  |
| IOM Sampler O-Rings | Set of 4 | P22570 |  |
IFV Pro Sampler
The SKC IFV (Inhalable Fraction and Vapour) Pro Sampler is used for simultaneously collecting mixed-phase contaminants such as pesticides, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), inorganic acids, and explosives. Sampling mixed-phase contaminants is challenging because the vapour and aerosol distribution is constantly changing. IFV Pro overcomes the technical issues of competing models with its IOM-style inlet for true inhalable sampling, use of a 25 mm filter (instead of 13 mm filter) for lower back pressure, and use at 1 L/min to provide lower limits of detection.
- True inhalable fraction and vapour sampling simultaneously
- Collects aerosol phase on a 25 mm filter using IOM-style inlet
- Collects vapour phase in a 8 mm OD x 110 mm length sorbent tube
- Applications and media are shown under the Sorbent Selection Guide and also in the Datasheet below
- IOM-style inlet sized for 1 L/min flow for true inhalable sampling
- Recommended 1 L/min flow rate allows for effective collection of both contaminant phases
- Meets European Standard EN 13936 by collecting the total of vapour and aerosol exposures
ACGIH IFV Designation
ACGIH has assigned a TLV with Inhalable Fraction and Vapour (IFV) designation to over 50 compounds that exert sufficient vapour pressure such that the contaminant may be present in both particle and vapour phases, with each phase contributing a significant portion of the dose. IFV Pro allows for efficient sampling of compounds with this designation (see datasheet or selection guide below), or compounds found in mixed phases due to work activities or processes.
