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HEPA-AIRE
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Portable Air Scrubber
Model: PAS1200
Instruction Manual
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Abatement Technologies 2003 All Rights Reserved. No reproduction of any portion of this work is permitted
without the express written permission of Abatement Technologies, Inc.
READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
Note: 1. Read and understand all operating instructions before using the PAS1200 Portable Air
Scrubber.
2. Save this manual for future reference.
This instruction manual provides important information on the use of the
HEPA-AIRE
®
Portable Air
Scrubber
(PAS) - model PAS1200. These instructions must be carefully followed in order to operate
the unit safely and correctly. If there are any questions regarding the use of the unit, please contact
Abatement Technologies immediately at 800-634-9091 U.S. or 905-871-4720 Canada.
Abatement Technologies strongly urges users of air filtration units and related accessories to follow
the most recent guidelines and/or standards published by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and all other federal, state, provincial and local
regulations.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The PAS1200 is a multi-use air filtration device, equipped with pre-filters and a HEPA filter that are
capable of filtering many airborne contaminants. An optional carbon pre-filter for capturing low
concentrations of odors, vapors, gases, and volatile organic compounds, collectively known as OVG,
is also available.
Types of contaminants captured by particulate pre-filters, HEPA filter, or carbon filters:
• Dirt
• Dust
• Drywall dust
• Saw dust
Note: To capture low concentrations of OVG, a Vapor-Lock
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carbon filter must be used.
The PAS1200 is capable of providing particulate and odor, vapor, gas filtration with final stage filtration
through a High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter. The PAS1200 incorporates a series of particulate
filters which successively remove larger size to smaller size particles from the air. In addition to
providing HEPA filtration, the PAS1200 is primarily used in a negative pressure or recirculation mode.
A negative pressure condition is created in order to confine contaminated airborne particles. This
condition exists when the static pressure inside the room containing the unit is lower relative to the
pressure of the environment outside the room. The static pressure differential is created and maintained
by continuously exhausting air out of a given room at a faster rate than air enters the room from all
other sources. In the recirculation mode, all of the filtered air is exhausted back into the room containing
the unit.
Standard Air Cleaning Stages (filters supplied with the unit)
The PAS1200 comes equipped with two progressively efficient particulate pre-filters mounted in the
pre-filter compartment, and a final stage HEPA filter, located in the lower section of the cabinet:
• Low concentrations of OVG
•
Low concentrations of Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOC)
• Unpleasant nuisance odors
• Lung-damaging particles
• Metal fumes
• Smoke
• Mold and fungal spores
