In today’s high-stakes lab environments, a chemical containment device needs to do more than just house hazardous experiments-it needs to think. That’s why we created The Ultimate-a next-generation smart fume hood that’s more than just equipment. It’s an intelligent lab partner engineered to enhance safety, optimize performance, and evolve with your needs.
It starts with a brain. At the core of The Ultimate is a powerful onboard computer system-its operating system (OS) manages all hardware and software functions, allowing it to process data, run applications, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously. But brains alone aren’t enough. To be truly smart, The Ultimate also needs awareness.
Using an array of advanced sensors, The Ultimate monitors both its internal environment and user behavior. This creates a sense of “self-awareness” that enables it to respond intelligently to real-time conditions. Unlike traditional fume hoods that simply operate passively, The Ultimate actively manages containment, airflow, and safety alerts to ensure optimal performance at all times.
Its intuitive touchscreen interface transforms the way you interact with your lab equipment. With just a tap or swipe, users can access real-time data, control sash positions, run diagnostics, and much more-without ever leaving the workstation.
Connectivity is key to any smart system, and The Ultimate is no exception. Full network and internet integration allows remote monitoring, data logging, software updates, and communications with other smart lab systems. This makes your lab more efficient and interconnected than ever before.
Unlike Face Velocity, Predictive Containment predicts loss of containment.
Automates sash movement and ensures the proper positioning to maintain containment
Constantly monitor airflows and provide real-time alerts if containment is compromised.
Systems respond instantly in Emergencies providing the ultimate peace of mind.
And here’s where it truly earns its name: The Ultimate gets smarter over time. With constant software updates, your fume hood gains new features, improvements, and capabilities-long after installation. That means your investment continues to deliver value, performance, and safety well into the future. In short, The Ultimate is not just a piece of lab furniture-it’s a digitally connected, safety-focused lab assistant. It adapts to your workflows, evolves with your needs, and helps you maintain a safer, smarter, and more productive laboratory environment.
Every 100 years or so, an idea comes along that challenges the ways of the past and forever changes how we see and do things. Every so often, a revolution takes place that has consequences so far reaching that nothing it touches is ever quite the same.
Laboratory Ventilation and Fume Hoods haven’t changed much in the last 50 years. While the processes, procedures, and technology for conducting scientific investigation and research have changed dramatically over the past 25 years, the fume hoods that are supposed to provide user safety are virtually unchanged.
Not everything that looks like a fume hood is a fume hood, and nothing could be truer when evaluating Sunway’s new class of product. Sunway has introduced a Smart Chemical Containment Device (sCCD).
Sunway has branded this product “Ultimate” because it offers the Ultimate in User Protection. The Ultimate is about to spark a revolution by changing the way we ensure user protection when working with chemicals in the laboratory. While a sCCD doesn’t minimize the need for user training, it works with the user in many ways to ensure a safer experience.
This isn’t a fume hood even though it may look like one. It is an engineering platform that manages containment and provides the ultimate in exposure control. It is totally digital and its features are plug and play. Meaning it won’t become obsolete. As new features are added, older devices can be undated.
As the product is rolled out in the US, we will discuss the many features including Self-Validation of containment, Advanced Sash Management, and Fire Suppression as well as some of the ergonomic features.
This digital transformation is a leap forward in our mission of making labs safer one fume hood at a time. It changes the focus from the somewhat useless metric of Face Velocity to Containment, which was the primary function of the traditional fume hood.