The SidePak AM520 Personal Exposure Dust Monitor is a continuous real-time, single-channel 90 ° light scattering laser photometer.

+ Particle Detection / Size Range: 0.1 ? 10 µm

+ Particle Concentration Range: 0.001 ? 100 mg/m3

+ Built-in pump allows sampling heads to measure aerosols in the following size ranges:

• New Impactors: PM10, PM5, PM4, PM2.5, PM1.0

• New Cyclone: DPM 0.8 µm

• Cyclone: 10 mm Dorr-Oliver Cyclone

+ Can measure any aerosol pollutants

• Dust, smoke, fog, fumes, mist, etc.

To understand the industry applications of SidePak AM520 personal exposure dust meter, let us first popularize the dust particle size range of various industries and various testing items.

Industrial Hygiene Aerosol/Dust Particle Size Ranges are: 0.1 ? 100 µm

• Respirable/Total Dust, ≤100 µm, Windblown Dust

• Thoracic Dust, ≤10 µm, Cotton Dust

• Respirable Dust, ≤4 or 5 µm, Silica, Coal Dust and Welding Fumes

• Submicron, ≤0.8 µm, Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM)

• Ultrafine/Nano, ≤0.3 µm, Urban Pollution and Engineering Nanoparticles

The following are the industry applications of different particle size measurements:

1. Respiratory dust particle size segment ? 4 or 5 µm, can detect the following items:

Dust

Welding fume (heavy metals)

Cr+6, Cr+3, Cd, Pb, As, Cu, Ag, etc….

Silica

Coal dust

Cutting and grinding

2. DPM particle size segment ? 0.8 µm, can detect the following items:

Diesel particulate matter, suitable for mining, railway, automobile and construction industries

3. PM2.5 particle size segment, can detect the following items:

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)

Kitchen exhaust

Urban pollution (airplane, train, car)

4. Thoracic dust particle size segment ? 10 µm, can detect the following items:

Cotton dust

Respirable Dust Applications:Construction, Aerospace, Transportation, Automotive, Mining, Foundries, General Industry, Industrial Hygiene Consultants

DPM Applications:Mining, Rail, Automotive, Construction, Industrial Hygiene Consultants

PM2.5 Applications:Indoor Air Quality Consultants, Public Health Organizations, Epidemiology and Academic Research Thoracic Dust Applications, Agriculture, Textiles