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Facility Description
The
Personal Protective Equipment Environmental Test Facility,
which is located at Technical Area 52, building 1, offers users
the capabilities they need to develop and evaluate personal protective
clothing and equipment.
- Test
chambers
- Chemical
adsorption and chemical permeation laboratories
- Wind
tunnel
- Data
acquisition systems
- Telemetric
test-subject monitoring system
- Machine
shop
- Office
space
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We
also offer an excellent work environment and services for the
user who seeks optimal test conditions and an on-site experienced
staff.
- Use
of computing equipment
- Support
of our administrative staff
- Excellent
communication systems
- Technical
staff support for laboratory users
- Backup
by skilled technicians
- On-site
machining and fabrication capability
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Equipment
Users of
our test facility will have the advantage of state-of-the-art equipment
for testing personal protective equipment.
- Test chambers
37m3 controlled
environment (-30oF~120oF, 10~95%RH) aerosol/gas
test chamber
Two ambient
temperature aerosol/gas chambers--one 4 m3 and one 19
m3
- Wind
Tunnel
0.7 m
H x.0.5m W x 18 m L, 610 m/min, wind tunnel
- Machining
and Welding Equipment
- MAC,
PC and Sun computers networked on ethernet
- IDEAS
CAD system
- Special
data acquisition system
Data
acquisition developed in-house, which integrates data acquisition
from all chambers
Facility
Access
The
Personal Protective Equipment Environmental Test Facility provides
OPEN access to users.
Last update: 25 June 2003
Technical Contact:
Fred Bolton
S-10
Mail
Stop: MS K542
Phone: 505-667-8511
Fax: 505-665-4477
E-mail Address: fnbolton@lanl.gov
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User Facility Agreement Contact
Kim Sherwood
Technology Transfer Division
Mail Stop: C334
Phone: 505-665-1305
Fax: 505-665-0154
E-mail Address: ksherwood@lanl.gov
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