Filter

Description

White-banded
3-piece cassette
(25mm)

Cassette:
25mm static free, black cowl

Filter:
0.8 micron mixed cellulose ester filter

Use:
Collection of asbestos and other fibers

White-banded
3-piece cassette
(37mm)

Cassette:
37 mm, white-banded

Filter:
0.8 micron mixed cellulose ester filter (AA)

Use:
Closed-faced for collection of metal fumes and metal particulates; open faced for the collection of molds

Note:
This filter is not pre-weighed and therefore cannot be used for gravimetric analysis.

White-banded
2-piece glass fiber

Cassette:
37 mm, white-banded

Filter:
Type A glass fiber filter

Use:
Sampling some pesticides, coal tar pitch volatiles, and paraffin

Low ash
polyvinyl chloride
(5 micron)

Cassette:
2- and 3-piece 37 mm, yellow-banded

Filter:
5 micron polyvinyl chloride filter

Use:
When total or respirable mass is required; also used for silica, particulates, and metals collection

Note:
When respirable mass is requested we will supply a two piece cassette if using the MSA nylon cyclone, or a three piece cassette if using a SKC aluminum cyclone.

Be sure to tell us which kind you are using when ordering these supplies.

Low ash
polyvinyl chloride
(0.8 micron)

Cassette:
37mm, red-banded

Filter:
0.8 micron polyvinyl chloride filter

Use:
Welding fumes and other situations where both a total weight and a metals fumes plus particulates analysis are required

Low ash
polyvinyl chloride
(0.8 or 5.0 micron)

Cassette:
Smaller 25 mm cassette

Filter:
0.8 or 5.0 micron polyvinyl chloride filter (available with and without pre-weight)

Use:
Sampling inside a welding helmet

MSA
(pre-weighed)

Cassette:
37mm, saucer-shaped

Filter:
5 micron PVC filter enclosed in an electrostatic shield

Use:
Sampling wood dust and other electro-static materials; also used for collecting silica

Accucap,
green-banded

Cassette:
37mm, green-banded

Filter:
5 micron PVC filter enclosed in an electrostatic shield

Use:
Sampling wood dust and other electro-static materials

Isocyanate
3-piece cassette

Cassette:
37mm, orange-banded

Filter:
Treated glass fiber

Use:
Collection of isocyanates; sample open-faced