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UltraRAE 3000 - the Best Benzene Monitor?

In this guide from Frontline Safety we'll take a close look at the spec, features and key benefits of the UltraRAE 3000.

UltraRAE 3000 - reviewed and tested

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The World Health Organisation published a document on the dangers of benzene entitled "Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments", which noted the following:

Human exposure to benzene has been associated with a range of acute and long-term adverse health effects and diseases, including cancer and aplastic anaemia.

As benzene occurs naturally in crude petroleum at levels up to 4 g/l, anyone working with petroleum runs the risk of exposure. Therefore, screening for benzene is absolutely vital, and the UltraRAE 3000 is the ideal instrument for entry pre-screening during refinery and plant maintenance, to hazardous material response, marine spill response and refinery down-stream monitoring.

UltraRAE 3000 - What Are the Features?

The best place to start is our Frontline Safety TV video, which you can watch here. That'll give you the overview, and we'll go into a bit more detail below.

UltraRAE 3000 - What Are the Specs?

Right out of the box it will detect more than 200 compounds, and you'll be able to obtain VOC readings anywhere in your facility from the device thanks to built-in Bluetooth and wireless signals which can be linked to the (optional extra) RAELink 3 portable modem.  Typically though the UltraRAE 3000 is used for Benzene specific measurements using a RAE separation tube.  The benzene tubes require use of a standard 9.8 eV lamp and act as filters before photo ionisation detection to allow selective measurement.  RAE-Sep tubes are designed to be selective through physically absorbing potentially interfering compounds and give a benzene specific reading.  Click here to view the tubes on the Frontline Safety website.

Via the UltraRAE 3000's photoionization sensor with standard 9.8 eV or 11.7 eV lamp, it's able to detect the following:

  • VOCs – 0 to 99.99 ppm
    100 to 999.9 ppm
    1000 to 9999 ppm
  • Benzene – 0 to 200 ppm
  • Butadiene – 0 to 200 ppm

 

UltraRAE 3000 - features and benefits

It will alert you to the presence of these hazardous elements via its built in alarms:

• 95dB buzzer (at 12"/30 cm) and flashing red LED to indicate exceeded preset limits

• High: 3 beeps and flashes per second

• Low: 2 beeps and flashes per second

• STEL and TWA: 1 beep and flash per second

• Alarms latching with manual override or automatic reset

• Additional diagnostic alarm and display message for low battery and pump stall

It also benefits from a humidity monitor.

UltraRAE 3000 - What are the Benefits?

UltraRAE 3000 - reviewed and tested

Operating the UltraRAE 3000 is purposefully simply thanks to the large graphical display which will show you VOC’s as ppm by volume, high and low values, STEL and TWA, battery and shutdown voltage and also date, time and temperature. Operation is simple via the 4 buttons on the front of the monitor, and these are rubberised and easy to use, even when you're wearing gloves.

And when it comes to maintenance, again this is easy to do as the operator has access to the lamp, the sensor and battery, all without the use of tools. The battery is rechargeable and interchangeable, meaning you can swap it out in the field, and fully charged it'll power the monitor for up to 16 hours.

UltraRAE 3000 - tested and reviewed

As we've noted above, the key benefit of the UltraRAE 3000 is when it comes to detecting and warning against benzene, especially as it has a benzene-specific mode. It has one of the highest levels of sensitivity to benzene of any monitor on the market, as low as 50ppb.

It's ideal for confined space work as you'll be able to pre-screen the space before entering, via the 60-second snapshot or 15-minute STEL measurement.

And the response time is incredibly fast, as little as 3 seconds in VOC mode or 60 seconds in compound-specific mode.

It's important that monitors like the UltraRAE 3000 are tough, considering the types of environments you'll be using it in. Thankfully that's the case with this monitor. It's rated IP-65 and this is achieved in part due to the tough, rubberised casing.

UltraRAE 3000 Monitor and Accessories Kit

UltraRae 3000 monitor and accessories kit

 

We delighted to stock the UltraRAE 3000 along with an essential accessories kit which includes:

  • UltraRAE 3000 monitor (model PGM-7360)
  • Datalogging with ProRAE Studio II Package for Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
  • Travel charger
  • RAE UV lamp and RAE-Sep Tubes
  • Flex-i-probe and short probe
  • External filter
  • Red rubber boot
  • Alkaline battery adapter
  • Lamp-cleaning kit
  • Tool Kit
  • Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery with universal AC/DC charger and international plug kit
  • Operation CD-ROM and operations maintenance manual
  • Soft Leather case

UltraRae 3000 monitor and accessories kit

You can get all of this via our website, just click here. And if you have any questions about the UltraRAE 3000 - or any other gas detection/monitoring equipment - you can use our LiveChat to speak to one of our experts, or leave us a comment below.

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