What is a hatch door?

A hatch door is a specialized door system, often used in cleanrooms, laboratories, and high-containment environments, that enables the secure transfer of materials between classification areas without compromising the controlled environment’s standards. These doors are designed to maintain cleanliness, prevent cross-contamination, and meet rigorous safety and containment requirements.

What is a hatch door within the pass through hatch range:

PBSC’s hatch doors are designed to meet stringent standards for cleanroom and high-containment areas. They are available in both glass and solid door options with vision panels for visibility or privacy needs, making them adaptable to different wall types and facility designs.

PBSC’s Pass Through Transfer Hatch:

Also known as a pass box, pass chamber, or transfer hatch, PBSC’s pass-through hatches facilitate the safe and efficient transfer of materials between areas with different facility rooms. This reduces the need for personnel movement, minimizes the transfer of harmful bacteria, and maintains high levels of contamination control.

Key Features of PBSC Pass-Through Hatch:

  • Robust Construction: Built from high-quality materials to withstand cleanroom and containment requirements.
  • Seamless Integration: Customizable to fit various wall types, allowing smooth integration into existing infrastructures.
  • Contamination Control: Features inflatable seals to block contaminants and maintain cleanliness.
  • Ease of Operation: Simple to use with options for manual or automated mechanisms.
  • Enhanced Safety: Compliant with stringent safety standards, reducing contamination risks.
  • Sleek Design: Modern, aesthetically pleasing design suited for high-functionality cleanroom environments.
  • Ease of Cleaning: Designed with minimal visible fixings and no internal recesses, making it easy to clean and sterilize, preventing bacterial growth.

These features make PBSC’s pass-through hatches ideal for various applications such as cleanrooms, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and laboratory environments where contamination control is crucial.

The advantages of ventilated hatches are numerous…

Here are some key airflow options available for these hatches:

  • No Active Airflow: These hatches have no built-in airflow systems. Materials are transferred between areas without air exchange. This option works best in situations where the pressure differential between rooms ensures cleanliness or where airflow control is unnecessary.
  • Active Airflow with HEPA Filters: Air is blown through HEPA filters inside the hatch to remove contaminants from materials being transferred. This solution is ideal for moving items from lower to higher cleanliness areas, ensuring the removal of particles before they enter a cleanroom.
  • Positive Pressure Airflow: Clean, filtered air is introduced at a positive pressure inside the hatch, ensuring that air moves outward, preventing contamination from entering the hatch during transfer. This is particularly useful when transferring materials from less clean areas to cleaner environments.
  • Negative Pressure Airflow: Air is drawn out of the hatch, keeping the pressure lower inside the hatch compared to surrounding rooms. This prevents particles from escaping into cleaner areas. It’s best suited for transferring potentially hazardous or contaminated materials, as it effectively contains contaminants within the hatch.

These airflow configurations can be chosen based on the cleanroom classification, the nature of the materials being transferred, and the required cleanliness level, ensuring an optimal transfer process and environment.

PBSC offers an extensive range of hatch options, including:

PBSC’s Wall Mounted Pass Through Hatch

Available in both single and double-door configurations, PBSC’s wall-mounted hatches offer a variety of customizable features. These options include:

  • Sloping Tops: To prevent dust accumulation and enhance cleanliness.
  • UV Lights: For additional decontamination capabilities.
  • Internal Support Shelves: Offered in glass or stainless steel for specific material handling needs.
  • Support Brackets: To ensure stability and meet the installation requirements of different environments.

This flexibility allows PBSC’s wall-mounted hatches to be tailored for various cleanroom and containment applications, providing optimal functionality and compliance with industry standards.

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PBSC’s Floor/Trolly Pass Through Hatch

Designed for the seamless transfer of wheeled trolleys between rooms of differing grades, PBSC’s solution can be securely fixed directly to finished flooring. This ensures both stability and efficiency in material handling, allowing for smooth and uninterrupted movement while maintaining the integrity of cleanroom or high-containment environments.

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PBSC’s Fire Rated Pass Through Hatch

When a pass-through hatch is needed in a firewall, PBSC provides certified wall- or floor-mounted solutions. These hatches are designed to deliver reliable performance and, offering a secure and efficient material transfer solution.

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PBSC’s Fan Filter Pass Through Hatch

Engineered to deliver rapid air changes and fast clean-up/recovery times, the solution from PBSC minimizes waiting periods during the transfer of goods between different grade rooms, enhancing overall efficiency.

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PBSC’s High Containment Barrier Hatch

These hatches from PBSC are used across a wide range of high containment applications, from pharmaceutical facilities at BSL2 to BSL4 containment levels. For higher containment needs, PBSC’s hatches can be equipped with pneumatic seals and advanced access and control systems, ensuring maximum safety and functionality.

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PBSC Pass-Through Hatches: Excellence in Design and Performance

PBSC’s pass-through hatches are recognized as some of the finest in the market, with a commitment to extensive in-house research and product development. Delivering cutting-edge technology that meets both customer needs and market demands. Each product is meticulously designed to ensure safety, reliability, and superior performance, adhering to the highest standards of quality.

Collaborating closely with end users and consultants to tackle the growing challenges of biosafety and biosecurity in laboratories and cleanroom environments. PBSC’s tailored solutions consistently exceed industry expectations.

Many facilities rely on our pass-through hatches to facilitate the efficient transfer of goods between different grades of rooms. These hatches are engineered for optimal cleanliness while also enhancing the visual appeal of the environment, seamlessly blending functionality with aesthetics.

After on-site installation, PBSC offers a comprehensive Planned Preventative Maintenance and Servicing Plan. This includes extensive after-sales support, customized maintenance programs, servicing options, and access to spare parts, ensuring long-term reliability and peak performance of all PBSC products.