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A Guide To Buying Ductless Fume Hoods

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  Ductless fume hoods, also known as carbon-filtered enclosures or filtered fume hoods are equipments that help to remove the hazardous fumes, vapors and particles from the laboratory. Installation costs are low and there is no need of ductwork when it comes to these fume hoods.    Here are some points to consider: 1.      Ductless fume hoods are available in different classes but some of them still limit the applications that can be performed in them. Some of the Erlab ductless fume hoods should only be used for light-duty. The other filtered fume hoods can be used for various chemicals. However, you must remember that larger chemical volumes always shorten the life of the filter. This simply indicates that only a limited number of different chemicals should be used. The hoods should not be exposed to any kind of extreme heating. Modest chemical volumes should be used and moderate chemical exposure times should be maintained. 2.      Ductless hoods are outfitted with chemi