Gloveboxes

Their use has expanded to other industries where materials must be protected from the environment or the operators must be protected from the material within the glovebox. A glovebox, also called a glove box, is a sealed container that is designed to allow one to manipulate objects while being in a different environment. Find resources for glovebox equipment, gas purification systems, analyzers, dry boxes, isolatiors, controlled atmosphere technology and more. Gloveboxes are also called isolators, enclosures, barriers, mini-environments. The earliest use of gloveboxes was in research dealing with national defense. Two types of glove boxes exist.