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News Release from: GB Environmental | Subject: UV disinfection equipment
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 April 2005
Second generation UV disinfection
equipment
GB Environmental, the UV disinfection equipment manufacturer, became operational in 2004, and now introduces 'second generation' UV germicidal barrier technology
GB Environmental, the UV disinfection equipment manufacturer, became operational in 2004 and although a fledgling company has a management and technical team with over 75 years of experience in process engineering technology They have recently developed a range of second generation UV disinfection equipment that effectively kills all micro-organisms including legionella and cryptosporidium
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The introduction of GB Environmental second generation equipment, the patented AirGuard and SafeGuard ranges, has been specifically designed to eradicate such problems.
Each has a unique integral cleaning system that provides continuous and efficient results.
This maintains the UV lamps in optimum functionality, requiring minimal maintenance with only the annual need for replacement.
The SafeGuard range of UV water disinfectors has a patented planetary, fully automated, cleaning system incorporating revolutionary Tioxispring cleaning technology.
Its unique catalytic oxidation process uses cleaning heads that revolve around the lamps and react with fouling materials to keep the tubes spotlessly clean without the need to use additional chemicals, even in hard water areas.
Similarly, the AirGuard range of UV air disinfectors also contains an automatic cleaning system maintaining the lamps free from dust and fouling.
Both ranges have been designed to ensure that even in the event of one lamp failing, the remaining lamps still provide the minimum dose for adequate disinfection.
Explaining the GB Environmental commitment to customer care, Managing Director, Dr Ron Mitchell commented: "One of the many benefits afforded by the installation of our UV disinfection equipment is that it provides a cost effective alternative to traditional based applications, saving considerably on chemicals, electricity, maintenance and personnel.
Our technical staff, with a combined total of over 75 years of process engineering experience across many sectors, has refined the design of both SafeGuard and AirGuard to ensure there are no hidden inconsistencies with installing UV technology as a means to kill micro-organisms.
The automatic cleaning and light management system ensures that the system is exactly what it purports to be - a highly reliable, low maintenance alternative." With the latest control systems utilising high efficiency ballasts to ensure optimum lamp performance under all conditions, the SafeGuard range is able to disinfect effluents with transmissivity as low as 40%.
Drawing upon their combined experience of over 30 years in the UV disinfection sector, the team at GB Environmental provides bespoke solutions to client requirements.
Malcolm Snowball, Technical Director at GB Environmental and one of the three scientists who discovered that certain wavelengths of UV light killed cryptosporidium, commented: "All of the GB Environmental equipment has been designed and built with flexibility in mind.
The SafeGuard range can be used in a variety of applications, as a stand alone or combined with other treatment processes.
It can be fitted with a variety of standard lamps to suit the application, which our team will help determine.
"AirGuard kills all airborne micro-organisms helping to prevent cross contamination and offers protection for large sites through ducted air conditioning systems where it can be installed in new duct work or retrofitted into existing systems with either round or square profiles.
There is also a stand alone unit, ideal for single rooms, which is compact, low energy and simply plugs into a standard 13 amp socket.".
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