From: Kimberly Bush <kimibush**At_Symbol_Here**ehrs.upenn.edu>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Shielding for large vacuum-manifold?
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:30:54 +0000
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[Multiposting. My apologies if you’re seeing this in duplicate.]
Has anyone seen, developed, or researched solutions for shielding laboratory-scale vacuum manifolds for pulling high vacuum on glass vessels? This would be a large (approx. 10-foot wide) glass manifold that would not be located inside
of a fume hood. We want to reduce the hazard of flying glass in the event of a glassware failure and resulting implosion.
While this particular apparatus is part of a renovation for a new research group, we have some similar equipment on our academic campus that could benefit from the same kind of solution.
Sliding panels/doors? Enclosures? Hanging blast shields? Anything like this in use?
Kimi Bush
Lab Safety Specialist
Environmental Health and Radiation Safety
University of Pennsylvania
3160 Chestnut St., Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6287
Google Voice/cell/text: 215-360-3KIM
fax: 215-898-0140
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