1. Mechanical Assembly High Purity-Atmospheric Pressure Glove Box Dean

2. Contact at ANL Stan Wiedmeyer Stan has worked on a number of Glove Box projects here at ANL over a period of 26 years. The vast majority of the boxes would be termed “isolation” since their purpose is to separate the worker from the materials The ANL boxes have gas circulation and purifiers in them but that is not their main objective.

3. Large ANL Glove Box Load Lock Temperature and Humidity Control

4. The load lock uses a vacuum pump to clean up parts going in/out of the glove box Load Lock Vacuum Pump

5. Manual manipulation of parts within the glove box.

6. The slides above show very large glove boxes. They were designed and constructed here at ANL. They were built for specific purposes including things like gantry cranes for handling heavy and large parts. Medium and small glove boxes can be bought from commercial companies.

7. Commercial Glove Box

9. Vacuum Atmospheres Company This is a well known company at ANL They have a very good reputation for a quality product They make a models where the O 2 and the H 2 0 levels are controlled and monitored to below 1 ppm. A simple unit is $20,000, adding a O 2 monitor is $4,000. Units go over $40,000 with automatic controls.