Air purifier helping re-open businesses
A NEW air purifier which can act as a solution to Covid-19 is already in use by a number of Wicklow businesses.
Covid-19 can spread through small droplet particles that linger in the air. These airborne transmissions are now considered the primary way of the virus spreading at ‘super-spreader’ events.
Irish virus protection company ViriiQuip has developed a new air purifier which kills 99.995 per cent of the virus in the air. ViriiQuip’s TAC V+ is the only portable air purifier that has been tested and verified to remove Covid-19 from micro droplets and aerosols.
Several Wicklow businesses are already making use of ViriiQuip’s technology. Local Pure Fitness Gyms have been using a ViriiQuip TAC V+ to protect their customers since its doors re-opened. The business owner Joe McDonald said that all gym members feel much more secure and safe since the TAC V+ was installed.
‘Everyone can see it in action, which gives people re-assurance that they’re in a Zero- Covid environment,’ said Mr McDonald.
Josh McKenna, Director of Workspace in Wicklow town said his business would have to close without the TAC V+.
‘We have numerous teams using our offices, and the TAC V+ offered an ideal way for us to keep the business open. Combined with social distancing, screens and sanitising station, the machine gives our facilities total protection from Covid-19.’
HomeSavers, with stores in Wicklow town and Arklow, are also using the air purifier.
Paul Kiernan, Head of Store Development for HomeSavers, said: ‘ The TAC V+ has allowed HomeSavers to further enhance its Covid-19 Health & Safety Measures, for the well-being of both customers and staff. For any business that wishes to return to some sort of normality during the ongoing pandemic, this technology will be crucial.’
The machine is designed and manufactured in Germany, a country which has pioneered ventilation and virus-killing technology for over 30 years.
A Special Heat Resistant Filter installed in the machine that sucks up tiny particles and aerosols that carry infectious viruses.
It then uses thermal decontamination technology to kill these viruses, before blasting completely new, clean air into the environment using a high-powered fan.
ViriiQuip’s National Sales Manager, Kevin Flynn said:
‘ The TAC V+ Air Purifier uses technology that no other air purifier on the market is using. It filters out particles and aerosols in the air and uses Thermal Decontamination technology to remove any viruses contained within them.
‘Other machines will generally use chemicals to disinfect the area around it, but our TAC V+ Air Purifier uses only heat. It’s the only 100% environmentally-friendly solution available on the Irish market. The machine doesn’t require any installation and can be moved from room to room, simply plug it in and go.’