012C Acrylic Glove Box

Transparent Acrylic Vacuum Glove Box for Controlled Laboratory Handling

The Transparent Acrylic Vacuum Glove Box is designed for handling air-sensitive and moisture-sensitive materials in a controlled environment. Its operating principle is straightforward: the main chamber and transfer chamber can be evacuated to approximately -0.1 MPa, then backfilled with a suitable inert gas such as nitrogen, argon or helium. This purge-and-transfer approach helps reduce exposure to ambient oxygen and humidity during sample loading, manipulation and temporary storage, making it useful for battery research, electrochemistry, materials science and general laboratory sample preparation.

Key Features and Specifications

• 20 mm acrylic construction for high visibility and rigid benchtop operation
• Main chamber size: 700 × 450 × 500 mm
• Transfer chamber size: 240 × 240 × 240 mm
• Left round access door diameter: 300 mm
• Right-side transition chamber opening: 160 mm
• Glove size: 145 × 600 × 1.1 mm
• Vacuum range: 0 to -0.1 MPa
• Leak rate: ≤0.05%
• Dwell time: up to 12 hours
• Supplied with vacuum gauges, valves, tubing and gloves for basic vacuum/inert-gas operation.
  
  

Compatibility and Typical Applications

This acrylic glove box is suitable for laboratories working with lithium-ion battery materials, electrolyte handling, precursor powders, coin cell or pouch cell component preparation, catalyst storage, inert-atmosphere sample transfer, and sensitive electrochemistry workflows. Acrylic glove boxes are valued for their excellent transparency, simple manual purging workflow, and practical access for visual tasks where full observation of the experiment is important. Compared with larger stainless-steel purification glove boxes, this format offers a compact and economical solution for routine research handling and short-duration controlled-atmosphere work.

Why Researchers Choose ScienceGears

ScienceGears supports researchers across Australia and New Zealand with practical guidance on glove box selection, laboratory workflow compatibility, and integration with related research instruments such as potentiostats, battery cyclers, vacuum ovens, electrode preparation tools and spectroscopy systems. This helps users build a more complete electrochemistry or battery testing workflow rather than sourcing standalone hardware alone.