Ultra-Clean Laboratories and Lab Engineering

An ultra-clean laboratory built around the requirements of HR-ICP-MS, HR-MC-ICP-MS, TIMS, GD-MS, ICP-MS, and gas isotope ratio instruments including MAT 253, Delta XP, and Delta AD. Temperature, humidity, cleanliness, pressure differential, purified air handling, low-background finishes, independent grounding, UPS backup, and gas purity are treated as one design problem covering instrument rooms and sample preparation areas.

• Covers instrument rooms and sample preparation areas as one environment.
• Temperature, humidity, cleanliness, and pressure differential set to instrument requirements.
• Purified air conditioning with low-background, anti-static, corrosion-resistant finishes.
• Independent ground line and UPS provision for sensitive instruments.
• Gas supply designed for safety, continuity, and purity.
• Serves reagent and ultrapure water preparation, precise weighing, and sample preparation.

Laboratory design is a multi-discipline engineering task that needs both laboratory practice and building knowledge. LabTech plans new build, expansion, and renovation projects as a whole, from layout and floor plan through electrical services, water and drainage, gas, ventilation, air conditioning, air purification, safety, and environmental protection.

• New build, expansion, and renovation projects handled as one planning brief.
• Layout and floor plan developed before instruments and furniture are selected.
• Strong and weak electrical services, water supply, and drainage included.
• Ventilation, air conditioning, and air purification designed together.
• Safety measures and environmental protection treated as basic infrastructure.

Laboratory benches carry instruments, host solution preparation, and support glassware washing. LabTech supplies center benches and side benches in all-wood, steel-wood, all-steel, and PP construction, so the bench material can be matched to the loads, chemicals, and cleaning routine of the room.

• Center bench and side bench configurations.
• All-wood, steel-wood, all-steel, and PP construction.
• Carries instruments and bench-mounted equipment.
• Used for preparing solutions and washing glassware.
• Bench material selected to suit the chemistry performed on it.

Fume hoods are the containment product used for sample preparation in analytical laboratories, keeping the operator's working environment free of contamination. LabTech builds them in PP, all-steel, and stainless steel, so the hood can be matched to the acids, solvents, and cleaning routines in use.

• PP, all-steel, and stainless steel variants.
• Contains sample preparation work at the bench.
• Protects the operator's working environment from contamination.
• Hood material matched to the acids and solvents in use.
• Widely used across analytical testing laboratories.

Also called a class 100 clean cabinet, the chemical safety cabinet provides a local contamination-free, low-background working environment for trace and ultra-trace sample preparation. It shields samples from airborne contamination at the bench, supporting the accuracy of trace and ultra-trace results.

• Class 100 local clean environment at the bench.
• Low-background working zone for trace and ultra-trace analysis.
• Protects samples from airborne contamination during preparation.
• Supports the accuracy of trace-level results.

Reagent cabinets store the reagents a laboratory uses day to day and are supplied in PP, all-steel, and wood to suit the chemicals involved. Venting is specified per customer requirement, so the cabinet can be connected to the room's exhaust where fumes need to be removed.

• PP, all-steel, and wood construction.
• Vented or unvented, specified to customer requirement.
• Stores the reagents in routine laboratory use.
• Cabinet material selected to suit the reagents stored.

A centralized gas supply keeps cylinders and manifolds out of the working area while delivering gas to each instrument. LabTech keeps hazardous and flammable gases separate from inert gases, and designs the gas source room with 24-hour intermittent exhaust plus emergency exhaust.

• Centralized gas sources, kept relatively independent.
• Hazardous and flammable gases separated from inert gases.
• Gas source room with 24-hour intermittent exhaust.
• Emergency exhaust provision for the gas source room.
• Gas purity treated as a design parameter for the instrument.