Hazardous Materials Cabinet Ready For 4.0

No Longer Just a Cabinet

As a result, the hazardous material specialist has long since ceased to be “just” a cabinet manufacturer, although that element is far from trivial. The modern, active safety cabinet is an intelligent, network capable high-performance product, which triggers an alarm if any issues arise inside, making it much more than a simple storage container.

“We are developing process-based solutions in conjunction with our customers,” Hagen explains. Discussions with laboratory managers, hazardous materials officers, IT departments, building technology and many more are gradually revealing where the requirements lie and what implementation should look like.

One approach here is the lean lab concept, which includes a process analysis that aims to make processes leaner and more efficient.

Providing One-Stop Solution

“In practice, the right planning and the right product can eliminate a great deal of travel time, for example,” Hagen outlines. Potential hazards such as the increased risk caused by an explosive atmosphere or static charge are analysed in detail.

The cabinet system can be incorporated into the building technology — ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, room automation, fire prevention are all included in the planning, so that employees can get to work immediately and the investment is amortised quickly.

“From the quotation phase through to planning, production, installation, training and service, we provide customers with a one-stop solution,” Hagen emphasises.

Know-how is concentrated on a project department that has grown continuously over recent years and is designed to guarantee that customers’ projects are handled smoothly. So now we come to hazardous materials management 4.0: Part of the underlying vision is realised by Cabi2Net, which makes use of the latest characteristic data and intelligent networking to become part of the company’s value chain.

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