Turbo Pumps Awarded CSA/UL Approvals for OEM Market


WILLMINGTON, USA (7th February 2007) - BOC Edwards has been approved by the Canadian Safety Association (CSA) as having met the applicable CSA and ANSI/UL (American National Standards Institute/Underwriters Laboratories) safety standards for its EXT turbomolecular vacuum pumps. It is one of the first suppliers in the market to take this step, in direct response to customer demand from OEMs.

Equipment manufacturers in the global market who require CSA and ANSI/UL safety approvals have to demonstrate that the component parts of the system meet the required safety standard. By opting for a vacuum pump that is already approved, the OEM can save significant time and resources.

The approval covers BOC Edwards' EXT70, EXT70H, EXT75DX, EXT255H, EXT255DX and EXTPX turbo pumps, all split-flow turbo pumps and all EXDC controllers. The pumps feature a good ultimate vacuum and tolerance to high backing pressures, and their reliability makes them suitable for most scientific applications.

The approvals have been issued by the CSA as part of the National Registered Testing Laboratory scheme and are the equivalent of the laboratory safety standard EN61010 in Europe. Further information on the relevant file LR 105042 can be found on the CSA website www.csa-international.org.

For further information contact:
For more information on BOC Edwards range of vacuum products and accessories, visit www.bocedwards.com, call BOC Edwards National Sales Center 1-800-848-9800 (toll free USA) or
Email: info@bocedwards.com

Background information for editors:

BOC Edwards, a BOC Group line of business, is a world leader in vacuum and pressure technology for industrial, scientific, process and semiconductor applications. The company designs, manufactures and supports equipment capable of achieving high vacuums down to 10-10mbar and pressure up to 3.5 bar. BOC Edwards invented the concept of the oil-free 'dry' vacuum pump and now markets a range of dry pumps using claw, roots, scroll and combined mechanisms for a wide range of vacuum and pressure applications. Other product technologies include rotary vane, vapour diffusion, liquid ring, steam ejector and turbo molecular pumping.

The BOC Edwards coating business offers thin film deposition systems for scientific and R&D applications, and a range of spectacle lens coating systems for the ophthalmic retail trade. BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical Systems produce specialist freeze drying and filling systems for aseptic packaging applications.

BOC Edwards is the trading name of BOC Limited which is part of The BOC Group plc.

Serving two million customers in more than 50 countries, The BOC Group is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies. It employs over 30,000 people and had total revenues of over £4.6 billion (more than US$8 billion) in 2005. For more than a century BOC's gases and expertise have contributed to advances in many industries and aspects of everyday life, including steel-making, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, welding and cutting, food processing and distribution, glass production, electronics and health care.

Information on BOC Edwards can be accessed at www.bocedwards.com
Information on The BOC Group plc can be accessed at www.boc.com

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