Casella Cel launches stock range of cost effective air sampling consumables

Colour detection and sorbent sampling tubes, air sampling heads and full series of filters introduced to complement high performance personal air sampling systems

In a key move designed to offer its customers the convenience of a true one-stop-shop experience, Casella CEL (UK) is pleased to announce the launch of a stock range of cost effective consumable products to complement its high performance personal air sampling systems for measuring employees exposure to dusts, fumes, gases or vapour.

The leading UK manufacturer of industrial hygiene and occupational health monitoring equipment is now holding large quantities of Colour Detection Tubes, GFA, MCE, PTFE and PVC Filters, Sorbent Sampling Tubes (Charcoal, Silica Gel, Anasorb, XAD), as well as Air Sampling Heads and Accessories at its production facility located in Bedfordshire.

Casella CEL Market Manager Tim Turney comments: “It is cliché nowadays, but we are delighted to be able to offer customers the benefit of a one-stop-shop facility for all their air sampling requirements. The consumables range is both comprehensive and competitively priced plus our stock holding capability ensures short lead times and fast delivery.”

The air sampling process takes a volume of air through a sampling medium. This is normally paper or solid filter media for particulates and fumes, and through sorbent materials for gases and vapours. Impingers and bubblers can also be used, or a grab sample taken into a gas sampling bag. The volume of air is measured and calculated as a concentration expressed as mg / m3 or parts per million (ppm).

Casella CEL now offers a complete suite of sampling media for particulates, dusts and fumes. These include a wide selection of filters which are used in conjunction with sampling heads or as integral sampling cassettes. A variety of sampling heads and cassettes are available for asbestos, total inhalable, respirable and other dust fractions. All are designed for use with a controlled rate of air provided using a personal air sampling pump. Sampling media is placed within the heads directly, or using cassettes, and the sample is analysed or weighed afterwards. Solvents, gases and vapours are sampled actively using air sampling pumps and sorbent tubes, into bubblers, gas bags or passively using diffuse sampling badges.

Direct reading colour detection tubes are glass vials filled with chemical reagents that react to a specific chemical or family of chemicals. A known volume sample is drawn through the tube via a hand syringe for a set number of pulls – indicated on the tube. It the targeted chemical is present, the regent in the tube changes colour, with the length of the colour read against a concentration scale on the tube, giving an instantaneous indication of the concentration in the air.

More information is available at http://www.casellameasurement.com/airsamplingmedia.htm , by emailing info@casellameasurement.com, or calling +44 (0)1234 844100.