Dry Air Glovebox
Design Brief
A research group requested a desktop style glovebox that could sustain an atmosphere with very low humidity and had enough space for a spin coater and shelf storage. It also needed an easy to use ante-chamber for loading and unloading samples to protect the internal atmosphere from the atmosphere external to the glovebox. It also needed to contain a uv filtered light and a dry air gun to blow samples down with.
The final design was welded out of 2mm stainless steel and used lexan polycarbonate sheet for the windows. There is also a window on top to maximise the visibility of the users when manipulating object and tools within the box.
The glovebox was installed in a cleanroom using a dry air supply within the cleanroom and a bubbler to act as a one way valve on top of the box to prevent atmosphere ingress and maintain a positive pressure within the box.