Ventilation Solutions for HPLC Systems

[Chromie]

Dear all

I am currently looking into different storage solutions for our HPLCs in order to obtain some degree of ventilation and sound reduction.

So far I've been able to find one HPLC cupboard that consists of a table on wheels (space for 2 HPLC systems) enclosed in a ventilated aluminium "box" with glass doors front and back for easy access, but the system is rather pricy.

So now I ask: what other types of dedicated, ventilated HPLC cupboards are you using for your HPLCs (if any)?

Links to manufactures with pictures will be highly appreciated

Ch

[lmh]

do you really need sound-reduction? If not, then "hairdryer" hoods on flexible pipe systems from the ceiling can be a reasonable option.

[unmgvar]

Another good solution these days is to put safety caps on your bottles
and a waste manifold on the waste container you are using,

the 2 companies that i know of for that are Western fluids and SCAT.

for the noise reduction i have to admit it is weird to hear about that.
the noisiest instrument i know of is the class vp autosampler that sounds like a skweeking violin when injecting.

but you can always build a glass cage with sliding doors around them if necessary.

[Chromie]

The pumps on the Agilent 1100/1200 series, which we have, can make quite a fair bit of noise at high flow rates. We would like to keep the noise level as low as possible since there is staff that is forced to sit in the room all day.

The second reason for making a ventilated cupboard for our HPLCs is to get rid of some of the produced heat.

My experiences with "hairdryer" hoods are not all positive so I would like a different, and more efficient approach.

Anybody using something similar to what I'm looking for?

[Consumer Products Guy]

In our old lab we built ventilation hoods around some of the HPLC systems. Now our lab has really good ventilation.

It also has a few of those hair-dryer exhaust vents, but the builders put them in the wrong locations (they must've previously worked for GM).

The Agilent 1290 is way quieter than other Agilent pumps.