Overview
PBSC’s cleanroom escape panel is also commonly known as a breakout panel, a service access panel, a cleanroom door, an escape door, BOP, or a kick out panel. It provides a quick escape and safe exit from a cleanroom or containment-controlled environment. It is often used as a removable window that can be easily removed for equipment access routes during planned shutdowns.
This breakout panel is available with a PBSC flush 1.5mm thick frame in either a polished stainless steel or a polyester powder-coated finish and comes in a wide variety of RAL/BS colours. The interior panel has a high-quality acrylic sheet fitted with a rubber gasket, with options of a clear or opaque acrylic panel finish, engineered bespoke to the customer’s specific cleanroom requirements and specifications. This includes adjusting to fit the thickness of the finished wall.
Although the breakout panel is sealed and provides low leakage rates, it is not completely airtight.
The standard application includes a rebate frame designed for installation in front of a fire door. Custom solutions are available for doors that open through the escape panel.
Break out panels are advisable to satisfy health and safety regulations within your facility.
This is a widely used product within healthcare, medical research, and the pharmaceutical industry around the world.
PBSC has a variety of door designs to suit your requirements which include:
- The cleanroom steel door – this door is a robust choice, a well-engineered steel door system with a seamless frame and flush vision panel.
- The cleanroom glass door – with its toughened glass door leaf within the clean lines of the stainless steel frame, giving a showpiece appearance to any facility while providing exceptional functionality.
- The phenolic resin door – meticulously engineered and manufactured with a solid core of chemical grade phenolic resin, ideal for laboratory, cleanroom, and corrosive environments.
- The mechanical seal door – suitable for all types of containment applications, designed to create a reliable airtight barrier with a robust yet flexible seal that is manually compressed against the doorframe.
- The inflatable seal door – providing unparalleled airtight containment for areas with heavy traffic and wheeled equipment, the doorframe is flush with the floor ensuring no obstacles or tripping hazards for trolleys.
Contact PBSC with any queries on containment requirements.
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The escape panel is quick to remove and clearly marked. It takes approximately 6 seconds to entirely remove the lightweight panel providing a fast means of personnel escape when needed, (the acrylic panel can be refitted after removal). With a stainless steel assembly and pull handles, and with the choice of a pull or push design and the option of escape from both sides.
Option 1 Rebate – This is a complete frame assembly that comes with a satin-finished flange and a 5mm clear acrylic panel. It’s designed to be installed in front of an existing fire door and the panel is held securely within the flange by a rubber extrusion. Additionally, the extrusion comes with a removable lead that can be used in emergencies.
Option 2 Wraparound – This is a split frame assembly that comes with a 5mm satin-finished flange. It is designed to be installed within an existing wall space and comes complete with a 5mm clear acrylic panel. The panel is secured within the flange with a rubber extrusion that has a removable lead for emergency use.
Instructions for both options are available on a sticker attached to the acrylic panel.
The standard application includes a rebate frame designed for installation in front of a fire door. Custom solutions are available for doors that open through the escape panel.
The BOP, like all of PBSC’s architectural range, is designed for cleanroom applications with minimal visible fixings, a flush design, and high scratch and wear resistance. Available in either 304 or 316L stainless steel with a satin finish or a powder-coated construction.
The maximum unit size is 1.4m wide x 2.5m High.
The minimum clear opening is 700mm wide x 900mm high
With a minimum rebate to the floor level of 32mm.
Following on-site installation, PBSC offers a Planned Preventative Maintenance and Servicing Plan with an extensive after-sales support service, including planned preventative maintenance programs, servicing, and spare parts.
Features
- Bespoke to Suit Finished Wall Thickness.
- Flush Wrap Around Frame – To Both Sides of the Wall for a Cleanroom Finish.
- Welded and Polished Construction and Finish.
- Providing a Fast Means of Escape.
- Stainless-Steel Assembly and Pull Handles.
- Low Leakage Rates
- PBSC flush 1.5mm thick frame
- High-quality acrylic sheet fitted
- Quick to remove
- Lightweight Panel.
Applications
Fast means of escape...
Standard application - Rebate frame design for installation in front of a fire door, opening away from the escape panel with custom/bespoke solutions for doors opening through the escape panel.
Although it was initially designed for personnel escape, the wrap-around frame of this product also makes it a popular choice for equipment access during shutdowns in non-fire-rated walls.
The brake out panel is designed for facilities with cleanroom and containment control needs worldwide. In particular for healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical research environments.
The minimum rebate to the floor level is 32mm.