Angular blast shields are available for this purpose. We incorporated the use of this when we had to run our Hydrogenator (the good ‘ol Parr Shaker!)
http://www.coleparmer..com/Product/Scienceware_Weighted_safety_shield_30_height/WU-86469-10
A VBE (Ventilated Balance Enclosure might work as well.
But I would like to know why can this line (sounds like a Schlenk line to me) cannot be used within the hood?
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
-George
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Shielding for large vacuum-manifold?
[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
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