SmartLab

Laboratory
Solutions

Innovators In Airflow Control

Tek-Air History
Founded in 1983
Northeast U.S. Focus
Focus on laboratory
ventilation controls
Purchased Connor Engineering
Patented Vortek Flow Sensing
Acquired By DESCO in 2001
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Mission
Through technological innovation,
personnel competence and excellence
in service, we will be the market leader
in airflow control .

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Business Concept
Tek-Air will build upon its history as a technology
driven, NE regional laboratory systems supplier to
become a global airflow control provider via :
implementation of an expert, regional laboratory
management team
establishment of local, full service, system integrator partners
and or product representatives
Broadening of the laboratory product systems offering to a
more comprehensives solution via multiple product options
and value added services
Global HVAC products program for non critical markets
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National Structure
Corporate Office
Northeast Region Office
Danbury, Connecticut

Western Region Office

San Diego

Central Region Office

Chicago

Southeast Region Office

Atlanta

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Regional Structure
Region Director
Operations Support
Technician

System Integrators

Services Partner

sell design estimate

install service

fume hood testing

calibration validation

Consultant

BAS Branch

Owner

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Markets Served
OFFERINGS
Safety & Energy Saving Assessment Audit
SmartLab Systems
Energy Saving Fume Hoods
Air Handling Units
IAQ-Tek Airflow Monitoring Systems
Iso-Tek Space Pressure Monitoring System
Airflow Measurement Devices
Ventilation Control Air Valves
Smart Valve for Supply/Exhaust Control
Information Management
Fume Hood Testing
Calibration
Room Ventilation Control System Validation

Labs

Process

Hospitals/

Universities

Commercial

Manufacturing

Surgical

And

Office

Cleanrooms

Cleanrooms

Schools

Buildings

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References
Universities
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell Medical
Lander College
New York University
Northern Illinois University
Ohio State University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rutgers university
Santa Clara University
Seton Hall University
University of California/Davis
University of California/Irvine
University of Iowa
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of Michigan
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina
University of Wisconsin
Yale University
Youngstown University

Pharmaceutical
Abbott labs
Bayer
Block Drug
Boerhinger Ingelheim
Bristol Meyers
Squibb
Danbury Pharmacal
Dupont Pharmaceuticals
Ethicon
Glaxo Wellcome
Genetics Institute
Hoffman-LaRoche
Jansen Pharmaceuticals
Eli Lilly
Merck
Novartis
Organon
Ortho Diagnostics
Ortho Pharmaceutical
Parke Davis
Pfizer
Proctor Gamble
Rorer
Rhone-Poulenc
Schering
Smith Kline Beecham
Werner Lambert
Weythe Ayrst

Commercial Buildings
A.G. Edwards trust
Ameritech
Hoffman Estates
Bear Stearns
Bell Atlantic
Boeing
Chase Bank
Citibank
Disney Studio
Estee Lauder
FEMA Headquarters
Fort Knox
Goldman Sachs
GTE Headquarters
Konica Graphic Imaging
Lucent Technologies
Morgan Stanley
NBC
New York Post
Paine Weber
Pepsi Co.
Prudential
Sotherbys
Sun Times
3M
U.S. Marine
Quanico Base
ZKA Bldg-Singapore

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Miscellaneous Applications
Alliant Hospital
AT&T
BASF
Bell Labs
Brown & Williamson
Chevron
Dow Chemical
Dupont
Ethyl Corporation
Exxon
General Electric
Glidden Industries
Hartford Hospital
Hoechst
Celanese
IBM
Kaiser Medical
Kodak
Mobile
Motorola
Proctor & Gamble
Solvay Chemical
Systemix
Texaco
The Smithsonian
U.S. Surgical
Witco Chemical

The Smart Lab Solution

Assessment Audits
Safety
Energy savings

Engineered Systems
Application determination
System design

Information Management
SmartLab user interface/monitor/report
Integration to BAS

State of Control Services

Web based training
Fume hood testing
Calibration
Validation

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Assessment Audits
Provides an independent evaluation of current facility
operations
Provides an independent evaluation of new facility
design considerations
Results can be used to
benchmark against industry
best practices/standards
Assists in risk management
Supports future capital
budgeting
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Engineered Systems

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FVC Fume Hood System Ventilation Control

Ventilation Control Air Valves
Airflow Measurement Devices
The SmartLab System Controller
The Lab Interface Module and Network Converters
Energy Saving Fume Hood
Custom Air Handling Equipment

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Engineered Systems
Applications:

Constant volume
Low flow constant volume
Constant volume with set back
Variable volume
Variable volume with set back

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Engineered System Products

Air Valves:
Pressure
Regulating
Device (PRD)

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Venturi Valves
Blade Damper
terminal boxes

Actuation:
Pneumatic only for PRD
Pneumatic and electric for Venturi and
Blade Damper
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Engineered System
Products
Air Flow Sensing:
VorTek
shedders

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TFP
TPS

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Engineered System Products

Room Controller
Fume Hood
Control System

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FVC sash and face

velocity options

Fume hood monitor

Horizontal sash sensor

Vertical sash sensor

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Information Management
LIM and Protocol Converters

Provides communications port into Smartlab network

Includes room temperature sensor
Serves as a communications repeater
Isolates room network from main network
Jumper selected terminating resistors

SmartLab User Interface

User friendly Windows environment

Interfaces seamlessly with BAS
Graphical program function blocks
User defined monitoring windows
Multi-level password security
System configuration hard copy reporting
Measured valves displayed real time
On-line supply and exhaust tuning
VorTek calibration utility

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Engineered System Products

Energy Saving Fume Hoods
Multiple applications
Safe and Effective
Integrates With
SmartLab System

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Engineered System Products

Air Handling Units
Customized Site Specific Design
For Intricate Air Flow Requirements
Integrated With SmartLab Controllers For Tighter
Control
Sizing For Site Specific Requirements Keeps
Energy Costs Down
Optimizes the advantages of low static pressure
requirements inherent with the SmartLab System

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State Of Control Services

Fume Hood Testing
ASHRAE 110
SEFA Face Velocity
Calibration of room/fume hood sensors
Validation of lab room HVAC system
(GMP and GLP spaces)

Protocol development
Hands on testing
Final report compilation

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Application Guide Design Engineering Tool

Lab Ventilation Design Basics
Steps To Designing A Laboratory Control System
Typical Lab Control Layouts and Sequences of
Operations
Standard Product Specifications

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Training Programs
Design Engineering- Use of Applications Guide
Project Engineering/Submittal Documents
Installation/Start-Up/Commissioning

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