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Equipment Care and Validation

Equipment Care and Validation

Equipment Care and Validation

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Overview: The document outlines the comprehensive Equipment Care & Validation Service provided by Bigneat, which ensures the safe operation and longevity of both Bigneat and other manufacturers' products. The service includes regular maintenance, validation, and testing using advanced instrumentation.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH): Equipment must effectively capture and safely dispose of hazardous airborne substances to protect personnel health. Validation requires inspections at intervals not exceeding 14 months to confirm equipment performance to design specifications, ensuring ongoing COSHH compliance.
Service Requirements: The service must ensure mechanical integrity, electrical safety, airflow and containment performance, and filter efficiency.
Safety and Compliance: Employers have a duty of care to protect employees from contaminants. Bigneat assists in achieving legislative compliance and protecting employees and products.
Equipment Care & Validation Service: Includes free initial appraisal, commissioning and validation of installations, scheduled maintenance, advice on best practices and legal requirements, repairs, written reports, certification for compliance, emergency call-outs, and supply of quality parts.
Installation Maintenance and Checks: Bigneat maintains various installations, performing checks such as filter efficiency, visual inspections, airflow patterns, and more. Engineers ensure systems meet original specifications and follow exacting protocols.
Standards and Quality Assurance: Bigneat adheres to standards like CAN CSA Z316.5-94, AFNOR NFX 15-211, and ISO 14644 for cleanrooms. Chemcap™ Filter Cartridges, developed with Portsmouth University, are used for their excellent retention and filtration efficiencies. Bigneat is ISO 9001:2000 accredited.
Conclusion: Bigneat provides a reliable and quality service for maintaining clean air systems, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and legislation, and using the highest quality filter elements.
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As part of your Duty of Careђto your employees you must implement procedures to ensure their workingenvironment is protected from the hazards of released contaminants, fumes and particulates. However, this process can be time consuming and occupy key personnel for long periods of time. Legislative compliance is often hard to achieve and the equipment needed to monitor maintenance of your systems can be expensive.With specific regard to your clean air systems, cupboards, cabinets, hoods and enclosures, it is Bigneatsaim to assist you in achieving compliance with legislation and to ensure the protection...

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Filter efficiency checkedby ionising any emissions from filter bed Check for leaks or overloading of media using D.O.P. test procedure Visual inspection for corrosion Replace pre-filters Bigneat engineers will: Determine applications andcheck correct filter is in use Bigneat engineers will: Carefully containparticulates during filter removal > Visual inspection forcorrosion Test system with a challenge of potassium iodide droplets (KI Discus testing) Inspect extractor fan andtest efficiency HEPA filter testing using thermal aerosol generator and aerosol photometer Bigneat engineers will: Discuss...

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The CAN CSA Z316.5-94 and AFNOR NFX 15-211 are presently the only two Standards which guarantee the quality of the recirculated airthat we breathe, during the entire life of the filter before it reaches saturation. Understanding these Standards is essential, as incorrectinstallation of carbon filters can have an adverse effect on the filters lifetime and performance. Bigneat personnel are experienced in thecorrect installation of filter elements.ISO 14644 is the internationally accepted Standard for cleanrooms and specifies test and monitoring needs to ensure on-goingcompliance. Bigneat will...

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