Proving a hit down under

The Australian Department of Defence has taken delivery of 180 TUFF personal air sampling pumps and 180 CEL-350 dBadge personal noise dosimeters from Casella CEL.

Ronald Azar, business manager at Casella's Australian distributor, Stantron, said: "Defence personnel were looking for pumps to measure air quality during training exercises and while working on defence equipment.

They needed kit that offered sufficient charging capabilities to allow the pumps to operate continually away from mains power for at least 12h, as well as the ability to sustain simultaneous charging of all pumps. The TUFF pump met those requirements and more." The intrinsically safe pump features intelligent battery monitoring and fast/trickle charge control that maintains optimum battery condition and service life while fast charging.