Rugged, Practical, Safety for Hazard Processing

With fail-safe vacuum protection, ruggedness good enough for the US military, total glovebox physical containment, cost below a steel dust hood and a smaller footprint than most standard or custom glove box cabinets, Safe-T-Dome™ is the practical safety solution.  Pound for pound, Banthrax Glovebox cabinets are the strongest, safest, most efficient industrial ventilation solutions available, and they are fully self contained.  Unlike fume hoods, they require no ductwork, custom fabrication or air permits for most applications.  They operate on a small fraction of the cost in electrical power, HVAC, maintenance, filters and upkeep compared to dust hoods, biosafety cabinets or other old technology.  They protect & contain with a fail-safe static vacuum, providing 99.97% of isolation of noxious particulate emissions over 0.3 Micrometers.  In applications where special thermal or air-flow requirements demand special modifications, they are exceptionally easy to modify with standard woodworking tools and off-the-shelf components.  Light-weight, transparent and easy to remove and replace for maintenance, these cabinets are practical enough to stay in place when production and maintenance needs are demanding.  Safe-T-Dome™ model cabinets are a factory operators' dream.

Time, risk and money are the primary byproducts of worker protection, industrial ventilation and environmental compliance when processing hazardous materials.  Nothing can make all the cost and complexity go away, but using Safe-T-Dome™ cabinets can make a huge difference.  Safe-T-Dome™ glovebox cabinets, splash shields and fume hoods can slash costs by:

• Eliminating the cost of custom hood engineering, design and fabrication 
• Eliminating the cost of ductwork, fan upgrades and ventillation system upgrades for these sources
• Eliminating HVAC / energy expense from additional building exhaust and related heating or cooling
• Eliminating new roof penetration and exhaust environmental permits and related costs and delays
• Reducing maintenance & operational headaches from work in, on and around welded ventilation enclosures
• Reducing or eliminating lighing costs for work under vent hoods (clear dome uses room lighing)
• Reducing floorspace and counterspace required due to small footprint (4.8 square feet)
• Reducing downtime and maintenance cost for station access (hood remove & replace times < 2 minutes)
• Reducing filter media and replacement labor costs ( HEPA cartridges last longer, and cost < $60 )
• Reducing risk, exposure, insurance and compliance costs due to fail-safe performance
• Reducing direct operating energy cost ( power requirement < 0.3 KWH per 40 hr. week )

While the ease and economy of operation and maintenance are impressive, the greatest advantages are in effectiveness, safety and performance.   The operator exposure risk with the Safe-T-Dome™ glovebox is a minute fraction of the risk when using fume hoods, splash shields, PPE or passive glove box enclosures.  These older technologies are viable means of protection, but Safe-T-Dome™ cabinets offer isolation & containment benefits they simply can't deliver.  With in-use worker protection beyond most class III biological safety cabinets, Safe-T-Dome™ is simpler to use, easier to maintain and more reliable.  This fail-safe vacuum glovebox puts complete control and monitoring of safety in the hands of the user, rather than depending on complex electronics, delicate air-flow patterns and frequent expert testing and adjustment.  With a cost at just a fraction of other vacuum technologies, the choice is simple.  Unless you are handling very large items or huge labor-intensive production volumes, Safe-T-Dome™ just makes more sense.