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News Release from: Esco Micro | Subject: Airstream cabinets AHC-D, AVC-D
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2008
Laminar flow cabinet, horizontal and
vertical
Esco launches a new range of Airstream horizontal and vertical laminar flow cabinets (the AHC-D and AVC-D models) with the Sentinel Delta microprocessor control
Laminar flow cabinets must operate within a specific airflow envelope in order to provide optimum product and cross contamination protection Contamination can result in experimental failures, leading to loss of productivity
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 11 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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