RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

With facilities managers increasingly aware of the negative impact of dirty ventilation systems, specialist duct cleaning company Ductbusters (HEJ – September 2010) has launched a risk assessment service in response to client demand, allowing companies to plan for cleaning programmes when setting budgets.

Knowing and caring about environmental issues is one thing, but actually doing something about them is different, according to security system specialist and supplier of automatic doors Kaba Door Systems.

Healthcare and dental practices can reportedly strengthen their fight against cross-infection using Hitachi’s “S-Series” room air conditioning range – the RAS SX8.

A new collection of cabinet furniture designed to help care homes and carers support the specific needs of dementia patients is now available from Knightsbridge Furniture.

Bytec Medical has expanded its range of “ergonomic medical equipment platforms”. An addition to Bytec’s existing powered cart portfolio, the MIT-Cart range is designed for mobile workstation applications, supporting the use of panel or small form factor PCs with the option of mains or DC power.

Manufacturer of electronically switchable glass, SmartGlass International, has launched a new website dedicated to the medical sector (www.smartglassmedical.com).

Safety equipment provider uvex has launched three new “highly wearable” safety eyewear products – the uvex skyguard NT, the uvex superfit, and the uvex carbonvision goggle.

The new TASKI by Diversey JFit dilution control is installable on walk-behind and ride-on TASKI swingo scrubber driers “to align chemical consumption with machine performance for optimum floor cleaning results, with reduced waste, cost savings, and other sustainability benefits”.

Simple installation, an ergonomic design, attractive aesthetics, and strong inbuilt safety, are among the selling points of Rada’s new V12 shower and diverter. The V12 features Rada’s Insutech “safeto- touch technology”, which reduces the temperature of the hot inlet “so there is no risk of accidental scalding”.

Following the successful launch of its Identicom mobile for Blackberry smartphones, Connexion2, manufacturer of the Identicom lone worker device (LWD), has launched a new version of Identicom mobile for Windows Mobile smartphones.

Clivet UK’s Clivet SPINsaver, “a four-pipe water source high efficiency packaged unit” for centralised systems that produces hot and cold fluid simultaneously in every load condition, can produce heating and cooling energy simultaneously and independently “to match the varying conditions and requirements of the building’s zones”.

Security glazing specialist Fendor (HEJ – November 2010) has launched a “turnkey package” to help cut costs for estates and facilities managers needing to undertake “small-to-medium-sized” glazing replacement projects.

A new range of split air-to-air cooling units and reversible heat pumps that “combine high efficiency with environmental friendliness” has been launched by CIAT Ozonair.

Casella’s upgraded Casella CEL insight occupational exposure data management software can be used with its Microdust Pro real-time monitor to automatically download, manage, and report data, thus providing “exceptionally reliable results” when conducting workplace inhalation risk assessments.

Guidance on specifying ceiling treatments for healthcare, office, and leisure applications is contained in a new brochure from Armstrong Ceilings.

Ansell Healthcare’s new cut-resistant HyFlex 11-502 glove is intended for light assembly tasks. Alongside “higher levels of cut protection” than the company’s popular HyFlex 11-800/11-801 gloves, the silicone-free, knitted dipped lightweight glove provides “the same superior comfort, durability, and dexterity protection, when handling small edged pieces”.

Trend building energy management systems (BEMS) can now be easily integrated with a wide range of thirdparty devices and systems used for controlling and monitoring building services with the launch of the Trend Open Network Node (TONN).

This year’s Ecobuild show at London’s ExCel in March will be the launchpad (on stand S2015) for Hamworthy Heating’s new, “highly specified” Fleet range of wall-hung and floor-standing condensing commercial boilers.

Zip Heaters, the instant boiling and chilled filtered water system specialist, says it is “bucking the trend of the economic downturn”, and has significantly extended its HydroTap range for commercial applications.

Marshall-Tufflex’s Odyssey Bio cable management system, with built-in antimicrobial properties, is helping to prevent infection within the refurbished neonatal unit at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, which treats more than 800 premature and sick babies every year.