Baker EdgeGARD HF User manual

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EdgeGARD Clean Benches
• Baker's exclusive technology maximizes product protection and helps meet
up to ISO Class 4 (Class 10) air cleanliness requirements
• High-performance airow system provides uniform airow to the work
surface, extends lter life and minimizes maintenance costs
• HEPA supply lter with 99.99% minimum eciency in capturing 0.3
micrometer particulates
• Spacious, easily accessible work areas accommodate multiple users and a
variety of applications and instrumentation
• Ergonomic design increases user comfort and productivity
• Industry’s most reliable clean bench means lower life-cycle costs and years of
trouble-free operation
Where comfort meets industry-leading dependability
EdgeGARD® VF
EdgeGARD® HF

EdgeGARD HF
Horizontal Laminar-Flow Clean Bench 3', 4', 5', 6' and 8' Models
The EdgeGARD®HF horizontal laminar-ow clean bench ensures product protection for a variety of life science and
industrial laboratory and process applications where product protection is essential. With a brightly illuminated,
spacious work area and unique high-velocity air return slots, the EdgeGARD HF oers superior user comfort,
product protection and productivity. Equipped with a HEPA supply air lter, airow across the work area provides a
particulate-free work surface.The patented cabinet design of the EdgeGARD HF provides precise control of airow
volumes and velocities, thereby maximizing product protection
and ensuring ISO Class 5 (Class 100)* cleanliness in the work area.
Available in Console and Space-Saver Bench Model.
Comfortable User Experience
• The 22" work area depth provides ample space for safe,
ecient operation; heights vary from 281⁄8" to 341⁄8",
depending on model.
• Each EdgeGARD HF clean bench includes
uorescent lamps which provide balanced
lighting at the work surface.
• The cool white illumination exhibits better
color delity.
• Optional adjustable leg risers permit work
surface heights of 35 11⁄16" to 377⁄16".
• Satin nish work surface diminishes harsh light
reection.
• Optional isolated/microbalanced blower/motor
provides lowest vibration**
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or
EdgeGARD®HF Clean Benches
NOTE: EdgeGARD clean benches protect product only. They are not designed to contain aerosols generated in the work area and do not protect
personnel or the environment.
* For 0.5 micrometer particulates
** Not UL listed with this option.

Baker Builds It Better
• High-velocity return air slots maximize cleanliness and product
protection by precisely controlling airow volumes and
velocities.
• Protective HEPA lter screen is easily removed for cleaning or
service, and concealed HEPA lter frame eliminates turbulence at
the rear wall.
• Washable, reusable Scott Foam® pre-lter extends HEPA lter life.
• Blower/motor system provides a steady volume of air even
as lter loads, ensuring consistent performance and further
reducing HEPA lter changes.
• Exclusive StediVOLT® motor speed controller automatically
compensates for routine voltage uctuations, maintaining the
steady airow required for cleanliness and product protection.
• Performance-enhancing design features corrosion-resistant
stainless steel interior, powder-coat protected cold-rolled steel
exterior, and a 1/2" lip at the rear of the work surface to protect
the HEPA lter from spills.
• Easy-to-access front hinged panel simplies cleaning and service.
Versatile and Productive For Your Lab
• Designed for a variety of industries and
applications, such as IV admixture preparation, drug
compounding, plant cell culture, media preparation,
pharmaceutical procedures, electronic assembly and
limited experimental research.
• Exterior GFCI duplex outlet accommodates most
commonly used instruments and equipment.
• Optional wide-tread casters provide stable mobility
when needed.
• Flexible electrical and plumbing connection options
adapt EdgeGARD HF to your lab.
• Optional storage bins help keep lab space organized.
• Flexible electrical and plumbing connection options
adapt EdgeGARD HF to your lab.
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Laminar airow across the work surface provides a
particulate-free environment for maximum product
protection
Space Saver Model Available!
For applications where space is at a premium, such as IV and nursing
stations, satellite pharmacies, intensive care units and other small
volume clinical or industrial situations. (Pictured at right.)
See how Baker's exclusive technologies
protect your work from particulates carried
by turbulence and cross-contamination.

Options and Accessories
• Adjustable leg risers (for work surface height of
35 7⁄16" to 37 7⁄16")
• Service petcocks (in right or left side wall)
• Stainless steel IV bar (removable)
• Plastic storage bins (below work surface)
• Casters
• Additional duplex outlet
• Isolated blower/motor (for lowest vibration)*
• Mag gauge
• Germicidal UV light with reective shade*
• Seismic restraints*
• Aluminum framed lters
• Data ports
• Pharmacy diuser
• Drip Pan
* Not UL listed with this option.
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Phocus Rx : A Fully Integrated Pharmacy Compounding Validation
Software Package
To optimize the validation and documentation of sterile compounding procedures, Baker offers
fully-integrated Phocus Rx® software by Grifols in both BioChemGARD and EdgeGARD clean bench products.
This fully-embeded solution is safe, reliable and easy to use .
• Built-in Phocus Rx keeps the compounding environment clean with
no wires or devices within the hood. Compounding space is not
altered.
• Phocus Rx uses a powerful 5 megapixel imaging system that closely
focuses in on the names, numbers, labels, color and other details of
drugs and syringes.
• Includes image recognition and barcode scanning features.
• Storage and retrieval image system allows documentation of the
compounding process for quality purposes.
• Easily accessed from desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices.
• Compounding status dashboard is automatically updated.
• Scalable and modular system is flexible and adaptable to the
customer environment.
EdgeGARD®HF with PhocusRX®

EdgeGARD VF
Vertical-Flow Recirculating Clean Bench
4', 5' and 6' Models
The EdgeGARD® VF is a vertical-ow recirculating air clean bench that
provides protection for samples and work procedures where product
protection and particulate control are required.
Unlike conventional horizontal ow clean benches, the EdgeGARD VF
provides vertical, uni-directional and controlled airow over the entire
work surface, while reducing energy consumption, noise and airow
turbulence.
Recognized as the industry's most reliable clean bench, this extension
of Baker's EdgeGARD brand provides lower life-cycle costs and years
of trouble-free operation.
Comfortable User Experience
• Slanted 10° viewscreen for operator comfort and direct line-
of-sight viewing.
• Low noise level improves operator comfort and reduces eect of ambient noise in the lab.
• Well-lighted workspace reduces eyestrain.
• Provides ISO Class 4 (Class 10)* protection by delivering
HEPA-ltered air to the work surface.
Baker Builds It Better
• Microbiologically challenged for product protection in
accordance with NSF International 49.
• Exclusive high-velocity momentum air curtain to help
ensure product protection without restricting access.
• One-piece stainless steel work surface helps prevent
surface contamination.
• Designed for serviceability — includes access panels for
all electrical components, while the primary HEPA sup-
ply lter is removed through the front plenum area.
• An additional pre-lter below work surface helps cap-
ture large particles and prolongs HEPA lter life.
* For 0.5 micrometer particulates
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Precision engineered for optimal airow

Versatile and Productive for Your Lab
• 14" high access opening accommodates a variety of application and instrument needs, and oers a wide
work area for multiple users.
• Fits through standard doorways and down laboratory aisles.
• Easy to move and maneuver when congured with mobile stand, casters and pull bars.
• Hinged viewscreen opens to 30 3⁄8" allowing access to work area.
Available as a benchtop model or on a channel stand (with or without casters).
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* For 0.5 micrometer particulates
Options and Accessories
• Plumbing: One petcock on right-hand side (option for more); petcock connection choices located on bottom,
back and top for channel stand option
• Stationary stand
• Optional wide-tread, stainless steel casters, 5" diameter x 1", with brakes.

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Technical Specications
EdgeGARD HF
Note: Models EG4252, EG4320 and EG5252 include 11-foot line cord with 3-prong plug (7-foot cord on Model EG3252).
Models EG6252, EG6320 and EG8252 require a hard wire connection to junction box located in the lower inside right hand corner of the cabinet.
*Exterior heights are listed as minimum dimensions, for maximum height add 2 inches.
Console Models
MODEL NUMBER EG3252 EG4252 EG4320 EG5252
Electrical 115V, AC 115V, AC 115V, AC 115V, AC
Amps 12 16 16 16
Required Breaker 15 amps 20 amps 20 amps 20 amps
Exterior Width 38" 50" 50" 62"
Interior Width 341⁄2" 461⁄2" 461⁄2" 581⁄2"
Interior Height 281⁄8" 281⁄8" 341⁄8" 281⁄8"
Interior Depth 22" 22" 22" 22"
Exterior Height 64" to 66" 64" to 66" 70" to 72" 64" to 66"
Net Weight / Ship Weight 360 / 485 lbs 440 / 590 lbs 460 / 610 lbs 520 / 695 lbs
Filter Size 36"x30"x6" 48"x30"x6" 48"x36"x6" 60"x30"x6"
MODEL NUMBER EG6252 EG6320 EG8252
Electrical 115V, AC 115V, AC 115V, AC
Amps (with/without outlet) 24/16 24/16 24 or 2x16
Required Breaker 24A 24A 24A
Exterior Width 74" 74" 981⁄2"
Interior Width 701⁄2" 701⁄2" 95"
Interior Height 281⁄8" 341⁄8" 281⁄8"
Interior Depth 22" 22" 22"
Exterior Height 64" 70" 64"
Net Weight / Ship Weight 680 / 880 lbs 720 / 920 lbs 800 / 1050 lbs
Filter Size 72"x30"x6" 72"x36"x6" 48"x30"x6" (2)
Note: This model includes a 9-foot line cord with 3-prong plug.
Filtration System
• Supply lter, zero-probed HEPA lter, 99.99%
ecient on all particles 0.3 micron by DOP test
• Pre-lter, washable Scott Foam®
• Dust count, leak test and particle count by single
particle monitor or cold DOP photometer which
conforms to requirements of FS290b and U.S.A.F. T.O.
00-25-203
Illumination
• Console models, 200 foot-candles at work surface
• Space-Saver model, 75 foot-candles at work surface
Space-Saver Model
MODEL NUMBER EGBIV22
Electrical 115V, AC
Amps 11.2
Required Breaker 15 amps
Net Weight / Ship Weight 200 / 325 lbs
Filter Size 24"x24"x6"

Technical Specications
EdgeGARD VF
MODEL NUMBER EG4VF EG5VF EG6VF
Size (nominal) 4’ 5' 6'
Exterior Dimensions w/ Stationary
Stand (w x d x h [min to max])
53
1⁄2
” x 32 ” x
[
89
1⁄16
” - 97
9⁄16
”]
65
1⁄2
” x 32 ” x
[
89
1⁄16
” - 97
9⁄16
”]
77
1⁄2
” x 32 ” x
[
89
1⁄16
” - 97
9⁄16
”]
Interior Dimensions (w x d x h) 46” x 25
1⁄8
” x 31
13⁄16
” 58” x 25
1⁄8
” x 31
13⁄16
” 70” x 25
1⁄8
” x 31
13⁄16
”
Shipping Weight
Benchtop model
With channel stand
435 lbs.
507 lbs.
499 lbs.
576 lbs.
564 lbs.
646 lbs.
Access Opening (working position) 14” 14" 14"
Access Opening
(loading/cleaning position) 30
3⁄8
” 30
3⁄8
” 30
3⁄8
”
Electrical Requirements 115 V, AC 115 V, AC 115 V, AC
Amps / Breaker 16 / 20 16 / 20 16 / 20
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General Specifications
• Interior workspace made from 16-gauge stainless steel.
• ISO Class 4 (Class 10)* air cleanliness in the workspace.
• 16-gauge cold-rolled steel exterior construction with white powder coated finish.
• HEPA filters with 99.99% minimum efficiency in capturing 0.3 micrometer particles.
• Separate switches for blower and light; if blower is not on, light switch will not work.
• Large, easy-to-read magnehelic gauge confirms cabinet operation.
• Washable pre-filter extends HEPA filter life.
• One duplex on left-hand side (option for one on right-hand side).

Purchase Specications
EdgeGARD HF
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EdgeGARD Horizontal Laminar-Flow Clean Bench
1. High-velocity return air slots to be located at the leading edges
of work surface and side walls. Return air slots protect against
backwash of dirty air entering the work area when items are
placed within the air stream on the work surface.
2. Unit shall be all steel construction,
18-gauge, cold-rolled steel, with a white powder coated nish,
stainless steel work surface and stainless steel inner work area
side walls.
3. Unit shall be provided with permanent split capacitor type
motor and special blower which automatically compensates for
increasing pressure drop across lter in excess of that which is
required by existing standards.
4. Complete unit shall be listed as certied by Underwriters
Laboratory (UL) for cULus electrical, re and mechanical safety.
5. All joints and seams oering a possible path of contaminated air
from outside to the inside of the work area shall be sealed.
6. Framing for the lter seal shall be of rigid aluminum construction
and only the lter media shall be exposed to the work area
opening, to eliminate picture frame eect.
7. Unit shall have washable, reusable Scott Foam® pre-lters.
8. Each unit, before shipping, shall have a complete test to assure
clean bench meets all requirements of ISO 14644. A copy of this
test will be provided with the unit.
9. The unit manufacturer must be able to provide evidence that
this unit has been tested by an independent laboratory or
research organization.
10. Speed controller shall automatically compensate for voltage
change to maintain constant voltage to motor while allowing for
manual adjustments during lter loading.
11. Unit work surface shall feature 5⁄8" Spill Guard at rear to prevent
accidental spillage into HEPA lter area.
12. The unit shall have standard HEPA lters for a protection
eectiveness of 99.99% when ltering particles of 0.3 micron
size.
13. A removable HEPA lter protective screen shall be provided.
14. Shall be provided with externally mounted GFCI-protected
duplex outlet with circuit breaker.

Purchase Specications
EdgeGARD VF
EdgeGARD VF Vertical-Flow Recirculating Clean Bench
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1. EdgeGARD®VF vertical flow clean bench is available in 4’, 5’
and 6’ work surface widths. Each unit shall be provided with
a certified copy of the factory tests showing that filter leak
checks, electrical tests, down flow velocities, smoke patterns,
and airflow balancing have been performed. Tests to prove
Class 10 (ISO Class 4) air cleanliness for 0.5 micrometer
particles for model design shall be available if requested.
2. Hinged view screens shall be constructed of ¼ inch
shatterproof scratch and chemical resistant polycarbonate,
with a maximum opening of 30” for equipment loading.
To decrease glare and offer the best ergonomics, the view
screen shall be mounted at a 10° angle from vertical.
3. Supply filters shall be front loading and meet the zero-
probed HEPA 99.99% efficiency requirements on all particles
0.3 micron in size. System shall have washable pre-filters
to extend HEPA filter life. Magnehelic pressure gauge(s) are
provided to monitor filter loading and as a secondary means
of monitoring mass airflow.
4. The cabinet body shall be double walled. The exterior walls
shall be constructed of a single sheet of #16 gauge cold-rolled
steel with a white powder coated finish. Internal side and
back walls, as well as the work surface, shall be constructed
of #16 gauge 304 stainless steel. The side wall and the back
shall be of one-piece construction formed with radius 7/16”
corners. Either a stainless steel air diffuser or filter protector is
provided in the work area.
1. Interior Dimensions:
a) EG4VF – 46” L x 25 1/8” D x 31 13/16” H
b) EG5VF – 58” L x 25 1/8” D x 31 13/16” H
c) EG6VF – 70” L x 25 1/8” D x 31 13/16” H
5. High-velocity return air slots shall be located at the leading
edges of the work surface and side walls. Return air slots
protect against the backwash of dirty air entering the work
area when items are placed within the air stream on the work
surface.
6. Cabinet shall have a momentum air curtain down flow
velocity profile, which provides a higher airflow velocity of
100 FPM nominal behind the view screen relative to a down
flow velocity of 50-65 FPM nominal over the work surface.
7. Cabinet shall have a welded, full perimeter drain pan with
7/16” radius corners for cleaning ability with a 1” drain valve
to capture any cleaning liquids or spills.
8. Each cabinet work area shall be provided with an internally
mounted GFCI duplex 120V outlet with drip-proof cover and
circuit breaker (mounted on the left), fluorescent lighting
providing 100 foot-candles of illumination at work surface
and electronic ballasts. The cabinet shall have separate
switches for the blower and the light; if the blower is off, the
light switch shall not work.
9. The cabinet shall be capable of automatically handling a 40%
minimum increase in pressure drop across the filter without
reducing total air delivery by more than 10%. A manual speed
controller shall be capable of handling a minimum 112%
increase in pressure drop across the filter. Test data to verify
these capabilities shall be provided upon request.
10. Cabinet design shall utilize a steel plenum provided to allow
filters to be directly clamped to the plenum against a closed
cell neoprene gasket. Plenum applies force to full perimeter
of filters rather than point force. Service of the system shall be
accessible from the front.
11. System shall be factory pre-wired and have a 17-foot external
length power cord with 20 Amp plug (type NEMA 5-20P).
System design shall have easy access to electrical panel.
12. All system components shall be certified by Underwriters
Laboratory (UL61010-1 2nd Edition) for electrical, fire and
personal safety.
13. Noise levels should meet 67 dBa or lower to provide operator
comfort and reduce effect of ambient noise in the laboratory.
14. System shall be capable of moving through a standard 80”
high doorway.
15. Cabinet shall have permanently affixed label located directly
above the viewing window that has the following phrase: “Do
not use for biological, chemical or radiological work where
hazardous materials are present.”
16. The system shall be warranted for three (3) years, parts and
labor.

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Warranty
The Baker Company, Inc., expressly represents and warrants all goods (a) to be as specied (and de-
scribed) in The Baker Company catalogs and literature, and (b) to be free under normal use, service and
testing (all as described in The Baker Company catalogs and literature) from defects in material and
workmanship for a period of thirty-six months for units sold in the United States and twelve months for
units sold internationally from the invoice date.
The exclusive remedy for any breach or violation of this warranty is as follows: The Baker
Company, Inc., will F.O.B. Sanford, Maine, furnish without charge repairs to or replacement of the parts or
equipment that proved defective in material or workmanship. No claim may be made for any incidental
or consequential damages.
THIS WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE UNLESS OTHERWISE
AGREED IN WRITING SIGNED BY THE BAKER COMPANY. (THE BAKER COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY IMPROPER USE, INSTALLATION, SERVICE OR TESTING OF THE GOODS.)
Caution
A clean bench is not designed to protect personnel or the environment from poten-
tially harmful agents. The adequacy of this product for the user’s personal safety,
as with any clean bench, should be determined by an industrial hygienist or safety
officer. Site preparation information, architectural drawings, detailed dimensions and
purchase specifications are available.
EG-SpecrevA-072314
PROUDLY MADE IN THE U.S.A.