Calibration Adapter for Disposable Parallel Particle Impactor (PPI)

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Calibration Adapter for Disposable Parallel Particle Impactor (PPI) Overview

Calibration Adapter for Plastic Disposable Parallel Particle Impactors (PPIs) Only

Product Details

Specifications

This convenient Calibration Adapter makes flow rate verification with plastic Disposable PPI Samplers fast and easy--no calibration jar needed.

Performance Profile

Sampling Rate	2, 4, or 8 L/min
Sample Pump	AirChek Series for 2 and 4 L/min, Leland Legacy for 8 L/min
Sample Time	Dependent on method used. Note: SKC tests indicate that a particulate mass of up to 6.8 mg on the four impaction substrates would not affect PPI performance. This amount is equivalent to sampling for 6 hours at 4 L/min in environments where respirable mass concentration is 4.76 mg/m³ and equals 50% of total dust. Some methods specify no more than 2 mg on the filter for analytical reasons. Therefore, SKC recommends that you work with your lab to determine optimum sample times for your unique sampling conditions.
Sample Media	37-mm, 5.0-µm PVC filter Models with preweighed filter: filter preweighed at 70 F ± 3 F and 50% ± 5% relative humidity Use cellulose pad or stainless steel screen for support.
Tubing	1/4-in ID
Impaction Substrate	Four 3/8-in diameter pre-oiled porous plastic discs
Analysis	Gravimetric or chemical
Body Material	Conductive ABS plastic
Dimensions	Height: (clip to exhaust): 4.25 in (10.8 cm) Diameter: 1.8 in (4.6 cm) Depth: 1.2 in (3.0 cm)
Weight	1.1 oz (31.2 gm)
Shelf-life	18 months from date of manufacture

Product Document

SKC WebIH Webinar: MSHA’s Final Silica Rule: Navigating Update and Implications

Calibration Adapter for PPI Operating Instructions (PDF)

Compliance Silica Sampling Tools Video

How PPI Works

Only the patented* SKC Parallel Particle Impactor (PPI) Samplers contain four small impactors in the inlet section of the device. Each impactor features a unique 50% cut-point to target a specific one-quarter segment of the ISO/CEN curve resulting in a precise fit along the entire curve. A sample pump pulls air through the inlet nozzle of each impactor in the inlet plate. Particles larger than each impactor’s 50% cut-point are scrubbed and retained on the porous oiled impaction substrate, while smaller particles continue to the standard 37-mm collection filter for analysis.

* U.S. Patent No. 7,073,402

The Disposable PPI Advantage

Convenient single-use sampler eliminates assembly, cleaning, and two-way shipping costs

Small size and light weight provides worker comfort, even under helmets or other PPE

Choice of flow rates for maximum flexibility in pump options, sample duration, and contaminant concentration

PPI Samplers Meet Requirements in OSHA Final Rule on Respirable Crystalline Silica

In its final silica rule, OSHA set a new permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 µg/m3 across all industries covered by the rule and abandoned the previous silica PEL formula. In addition, the OSHA final silica rule states that any sampler conforming to the ISO 7708/CEN criteria (50% cut-point of 4 µm) can be used for workplace silica and lists examples of samplers, including the impaction-based SKC PPI Samplers (final rule page 16439). The ISO 7708 criteria have been adopted by NIOSH, ACGIH, and many other global occupational hygiene organizations. Respirable PPI Sampler performance data, relative to the ISO 7708/CEN standard, was published in the Journal of Physics, Conference Series 151, 2009 and was made part of the OSHA Docket used to develop the OSHA final silica rule.

SKC PPI Performance

SKC PPI models were evaluated side by side with other size-selective samplers. Potassium sodium tartrate (PST), dioctyl phthalate (DP), glass spheres (GS), and coal mine dust were used as test aerosol. A load of approximately 6.8 mg of coal mine dust on the PPI substrates did not adversely affect PPI performance.

Performance of the 2, 4, and 8 L/min respirable PPI Samplers compared to the Higgins-Dewell Cyclone using PST test particles. All are compared to the ISO/CEN respirable criteria.

References

Trakumas, S., Hall, P., Personal Respirable Sampler Containing Four Impactors Arranged in Parallel, Abstracts of 23rd Annual AAAR Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2004, p. 78

The link in the reference above is an author-created, non-copyrighted version of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series 151. IOP Publishing Ltd. is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. Go to http://dx.doi.org and enter doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/151/1/012060 for the definitive publisher authenticated version.

Trakumas, S., "High-flow Personal Sampler to Monitor Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica at New Lower TLV," IOHA 2010 8th Conference Book of Abstracts, Rome, p. 59

Stacey, P., Thorpe, A., and Echt, A., “Performance of High Flow Rate Personal Respirable Samplers When Challenged with Mineral Aerosols of Different Particle Size Distributions,” Ann. Occup. Hyg., 60, 2016, pp. 479-492, http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/4/479.full.pdf

OSHA Final Rule on Respirable Crystalline Silica, https://www.osha.gov/silica/

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