Description
Monitoring air quality through the collection of airborne bioaerosol contaminants
The MB2 Air Sampler collects airborne bioaerosol contaminants in both indoor and outdoor environments. Air is aspirated through a removable metal head (cover) which contains a series of 1 mm holes at a rate of 100 liters/min. The laminar air flow that is created by this design impels micro-organisms onto the agar surface of a 55 mm contact plate. After exposure to a fixed volume of air, the contact plate is removed and incubated at the required temperature. When the colonies are visible to the naked eye they are counted. The count, along with the volume of air sampled, is used to calculate the number of micro-organisms per cubic meter of air (CFU per cubic meter).
New: Sequential sampling enables a programmable volume of air to be sampled over an extended period of time. This is useful in clean room environments where contamination levels are normally low, resulting in low counts. Monitoring for short periods could risk missing potential hazards that may occur during the day. The MicroBio MB2 can now be set up and left to work autonomously, sequential sampling up to 10,000 litres over a 24 hour period.
Air sampler features
- Validated by UK DTI VAM programme as a Reference Sampler
- for validating clean rooms to ISO 14698 requirements and to meet USP797 Guidelines in the United States
- Microprocessor controlled
- Flow rate 100 litres / minute, factory calibrated
- Sampling volume 25 to 2 000 litres
- User programmable pre-set volumes
- Programmable delayed sample starting
- Tripod mounting facility
- Lightweight (750 g) and portable
- Battery powered – rechargeable or alkaline
- Low battery indication
- Low noise
- Sample up to 40 000 litres with one battery charge
- Uses 90 mm Petri or 55 mm contact plates
- 1 to 60 minutes delayed start (in1 minute steps)
Supplied with the MB2 Bioaerosol Sampler
- Petri dish and contact plate spring sets
- Stainless Steel Sampling head
- Printed operating manual
- Padded carry bag
- CD-ROM containing documentation and MicroBio PC Reporter software
- Multi-voltage Ansmann charger with UK, Euro, USA, Australia and 12V in-car plugs
- Ansmann maxE NiMH cells – pre-charged so the MB2 is ready to use out of the box
- Certificate of Calibration
