SALES & SUPPORT

Specific colors are commonly used to stored different materials (ie. Yellow = flammable, Blue = acid/corrosives, Red = combustion liquid, Green = pesticides), there are no official colour coding or color requirement for a storage cabinet.

Each shelf can load up to 120kg.

When the doors won’t completely close is because the cabinet isn’t leveled. Use the leveling legs that are located on the bottom 4 corners of the cabinet and adjust them until the doors are aligned.

All Yakos65 safety cabinets are Self-Latching.
The standard door model has a full piano hinge that will latch when door(s) are shut.
The sliding door model has a spring-loaded hydraulic controlled closer to employ OSHA, 8 second Pinch-Point Regulation. Each sliding door cabinet comes with a fusible link to hold the door open during cabinet use. Fusible link will melt at 165° for automatic closure in case of fire.

• Heavy-duty, reinforced 18-gauge all-welded construction
• Door stop at any position @ 90°-180°
• Double wall construction with 1 ½” air space
• Galvanized steel shelving
• 3-point self-latching doors with all non-spark latching
• Flush mounted locking handle
• Continuous piano hinge
• Adjustable zinc plated leveling legs
• Two 2” vents with flash arrestors
• Large warning label
• Static grounding bolt complies with 2006 OSHA Regulations
• Leak proof sill 2” deep
• Finished in 2-part, chemical resistant and impact resistant urethane paint

Several factors should be taken into consideration:
• Type of chemical being stored
• Capacity needed
• Compliance and regulatory requirements
• Door-closure (Manual/Self-Closing)
• Quality & Warranty

Yes. All Yakos65 equipment is designed to meet OSHA, FM and NFPA standards. All safety cabinets products have also been tested by Factory Mutual Research (FM).

YES. According to NFPA, OSHA, and FM expectations, it is necessary to have the 3-point self-latching system. The self-latching system also makes door operation much smoother and easy. This is critical because an unlatched safety cabinet leaves the flammable contents exposed to a potential fire and may lead to much bigger fire.

The major difference between ULPA and HEPA is the filtered particle size and its corresponding efficiency. Typical HEPA is directed against the particles with a diameter of 0.3μm, and the elimination ratio is 99.97%. ULPA is directed against the particles with a diameter of 0.12μm, and the elimination ratio is 99.999%. Due to the different filtered particle size, so this is meaningless for comparing these two filters. From the viewpoint of pressure loss and the airflow volume, the filter structure of ULPA is much dense, so the range for filterable particle size is wider. On the contrary, large pressure loss and small volume of airflow will cause insufficient air change rate. A motor with higher horsepower will need to reach the same airflow volume as HEPA.

The major reason is that the particles (0.3μm) are generally difficult to be removed. Therefore, DOP (Di-octyl phthalate) or PAO (Poly alpha olefin) used to examine the elimination ratio of HEPA filter is heated to produce oil mist for examining the efficiency of filter.

The curve between the elimination ratio of the filter and particle size is just as follow. From the curve of elimination ratio, we can see the elimination ratio is the minimum while the particle size is 0.3μm. In general, the elimination ratio for HEPA filter to remove 0.3μm particles is over than 99.97%, and for particle over than 0.3μm (bacterial spore) or less than 0.3μm (virus), the elimination ratio can be enhanced to 99.999%. We have to clarify the wrong conception that the elimination ratio is reduced with the particle size reduce. For HEPA filter, this characteristic can efficiently intercept all known infectious media and assure the air exhausted from the biological safety cabinet is free of microbes.

Explain every operator about the use and limitation of the biological safety cabinet, and ask them to strictly follow the requirements, such as pre-preparation, reasonable placement of objects in the cabinet, regular maintenance and examination. The protection for operator can not be guaranteed while faulty operation, leaking, or damage happens. The air curtain in front of the biological safety cabinet is very fragile to be contaminated by interference, so the position of sash can not be casually changed, the movement should be moderate, and frequent in and out of the biological safety cabinet should be avoided for preventing the airflow from interference. During the operation, air turbulence can be formed by door open and close, personnel movement, or even cough behind the operator to increase the opportunity for leaking of microbial aerosols and contamination of the laboratory.