Help & FAQ’s
| Yes, If you have a process that creates airborne contaminants like dust, fumes, vapours or powders. |
| It’s the Law. You can be fined or shut down if you fail to protect your staff or clients. It also lowers long term exposure which reduces illness and improves productivity. |
| Extracting airborne contaminants from the air and exhausting them direct to atmosphere (Via Ducting) or through a series of filters to re-introduce clean air back into the room (Recirculating) |
| You can contact our Team and they will advise best practice. We’ll send you a chemical list to fill out and ask for the MSDS for your chemicals to advise best suit. |
| We are a family run business with over 30 years experience in the industry. Our units built in-house and are simple to use, quick to install and quiet in operation. |
| We take great care in the design and manufacture of our high quality, robust and reliable equipment. We provide a lifetime guarantee for all BenchVent manufactured products for peace of mind. |
| If you can accommodate a ducted unit this will remove 100% of the contaminants direct to atmosphere, or our Recirculating units through the process of filtration, adsorption and dilution, the operator exposure to concentrations of potentially hazardous substances is vastly reduced. |
| Our Units are designed to extract through a MAXIMUM of 4metres of ducting, anything above this will negatively affect air velocity (2m supplied as standard per duct) |
| LEV tests should be carried out every 12-14 months to ensure the machine is in fully working order. It also ensures that you and your staff are being adequately protected using the unit. |
| We recommend changing your particulate filters every 2-3 months and your carbon, HEPA or EPA filters every 6 months. If the machine is constantly in use, then filters should be changed more frequently. |
| No. You must extract through an external wall into the atmosphere. Our flexi-ducts can be installed to a standard domestic vent. Alternatively you can add our ducting into your existing ductwork. |
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