Walk-In Fume Hoods

Floor-mounted, full-height containment for oversized apparatus, tall distillation racks and large drums — Labconco Protector XL ducted hoods and Protector Echo filtered ductless hoods, supplied and installed by Material Handling USA.

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Row of walk-in floor-mounted laboratory fume hoods with sliding glass sashes installed along a lab wall

73.5″

Loading height (horizontal-sliding XL)

Up to 16′

Widths available

60 fpm

SEFA-1 low-velocity face velocity

Ductless

Filtered option (Protector Echo)

Walk-In (Floor-Mounted) Fume Hoods

Labconco Protector XL floor-mounted walk-in fume hood with vertical-rising sash and a scientist loading a large drum — A Labconco Protector XL walk-in hood swallows a full-height drum on a cart — the access a benchtop hood cannot give you

A walk-in fume hood — Labconco’s term is a floor-mounted laboratory hood — stands on the floor instead of on a bench, so its interior opens from floor level up to a header roughly 73″ high. That full-height opening is the whole point: carts, 55-gallon drums, tall distillation columns and extraction rigs roll straight in, which a benchtop hood simply cannot accommodate.

“Walk-in” describes the access, not the way it is used — the equipment walks in, not the operator. Material Handling USA supplies two Labconco floor-mounted families: the Protector XL, a traditional ducted hood in widths from 4′ to 16′, and the Protector Echo Floor-Mounted, a filtered, ductless hood for labs where running exhaust duct is impractical.

Both are built for real chemistry: chemical-resistant liners, tempered safety-glass sashes, pre-wired vapor-proof LED lighting and engineered airflow. The right choice comes down to your chemicals, the tallest thing you need to fit, and whether you can duct to a fan and stack.

Not sure which hood fits your lab?

Tell us your chemicals, your tallest apparatus and whether you can run duct. We will match you to the right Labconco floor-mounted hood and size it correctly.

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Ducted or Filtered? Start Here

Every floor-mounted hood decision starts with one question: can you exhaust to a fan and stack, or not? That answer points you at one of these two Labconco families before you ever discuss width or sash style.

Labconco Protector XL floor-mounted fume hood with four horizontal-sliding tempered glass sashes

Protector XL — DuctedTraditional exhausted hood that vents to a fan and stack through a 12.8″ ID connection. Widest size range (4′–16′), vertical-rising or horizontal-sliding sashes, and SEFA-1 low-velocity performance down to 60 fpm. Best when you have or can build exhaust ductwork.

Labconco Protector Echo floor-mounted filtered ductless fume hood shown from the front with the sash open

Protector Echo — Filtered / DuctlessBuilt-in fans pull air through Neutrodine Unisorb carbon (or HEPA) filters and return it to the room — no ductwork required. eGuard smart monitoring, floor-to-55.2″ lower sash for carts and drums. Best when running duct is impractical and your chemistry suits filtration.

The honest rule of thumb

Ducted hoods handle the widest range of chemistry and the highest volumes, but they need exhaust infrastructure and pull conditioned air out of the building. Filtered hoods free you from ductwork and recover conditioned air, but they depend on the right filter for your chemical list — which is why Labconco requires a Chemical Assessment before a filtered hood is specified. We help you make that call with the manufacturer, not around them.

Labconco Protector XL Floor-Mounted (Walk-In) Hoods

Labconco Protector XL walk-in fume hood with horizontal-sliding sashes and a scientist working inside — Protector XL with horizontal-sliding sashes gives a 73.5″ loading height for tall apparatus

The Protector XL is Labconco’s ducted floor-mounted hood, built to accommodate procedures that need oversized equipment or maximum working height. It uses a by-pass airflow design with removable Opti-Zone baffles (flame spread under 25 per ASTM E84), a chemical-resistant molded composite liner, and a Glacier white powder-coated steel exterior.

Horizontal-sliding sash models

Offered in 8′, 10′, 12′ and 16′ widths, these use four tempered safety-glass horizontal-sliding sashes and give a 73.5″ (187 cm) loading height — ideal for tall distillation racks, extraction apparatus and large drums where you want a big opening without raising a heavy vertical sash.

Labconco Protector XL floor-mounted fume hood with two vertical-rising tempered glass sashes — Protector XL with two vertical-rising sashes — SEFA-1 low-velocity performance down to 60 fpm

Vertical-rising sash models

Offered in 4′, 5′, 6′ and 8′ widths, the vertical-rising models meet the SEFA-1 standard for a low-velocity, high-performance hood and may be operated as low as 60 fpm face velocity. Lower face velocity means lower exhaust CFM and less conditioned air pulled from the room, which cuts operating cost when the hood is used within its listed conditions. Vertical models provide a 63.6″ (162 cm) loading height.

Both sash styles include Clean-Sweep airflow openings in the sash handles and are factory-prepared for up to eight service fixtures, four duplex receptacles and an airflow monitor, with pre-wired vapor-proof LED lighting rated to 50,000 hours.

Protector XL exhaust requirements by model

Exhaust volume and static-pressure loss from Labconco’s user’s manual, shown at 80 and 100 fpm face velocity. The hood connects to a 12″ nominal (12.75″ OD) duct through 12.8″ ID exhaust connection(s). Use these as planning figures and confirm the final design with your mechanical engineer.

Model	Sash style	Exhaust volume (80 / 100 fpm)	Static pressure loss
4′ Vertical	48″ vertical-rising sash	550 / 680 CFM	0.10 / 0.16″ H₂O
5′ Vertical	60″ vertical-rising sash	720 / 900 CFM	0.16 / 0.24″ H₂O
6′ Vertical	72″ vertical-rising sash	900 / 1120 CFM	0.18 / 0.28″ H₂O
8′ Vertical	96″ vertical-rising sash	1250 / 1560 CFM	0.12 / 0.19″ H₂O
8′ Horizontal	96″ horizontal-sliding sash	1760 / 2200 CFM	0.19 / 0.30″ H₂O
10′ Horizontal	120″ horizontal-sliding sash	1090 / 1360 CFM	0.08 / 0.12″ H₂O
12′ Horizontal	144″ horizontal-sliding sash	1330 / 1660 CFM	0.10 / 0.15″ H₂O
16′ Horizontal	192″ horizontal-sliding sash	2260 CFM @ 100 fpm	0.10″ H₂O

Speccing a ducted walk-in hood?

Send us the width, sash style and service fixtures you need and we will quote the Protector XL and help coordinate exhaust CFM with your mechanical team.

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Labconco Protector Echo Floor-Mounted Filtered Hoods

Labconco Protector Echo floor-mounted filtered ductless fume hood at an angle with the lower sash raised — Protector Echo floor-mounted filtered hood with the lower sash raised for cart and drum access

The Protector Echo Floor-Mounted is Labconco’s ductless, filtered floor-mounted hood — the answer when you need the interior height of a walk-in hood but cannot run exhaust ductwork. Built-in exhaust fans draw air through the filters and return it to the room, maintaining a 60 fpm face velocity at a 16″ sash opening.

It is offered in 4′, 5′, 6′ and 8′ widths with three exterior depths (37.7″, 43.7″ and 55.7″) and a fiberglass-reinforced composite liner. The single-piece tempered-glass sash stops at 16″ for normal work, opens to 26″ to load chemicals, and the lower sash rises from the floor to 55.2″ so carts, drums and tall apparatus roll straight in.

Close-up of the Labconco Protector Echo eGuard smart control module with fan and light buttons — The eGuard smart control module reports filter, sash and temperature status to a phone or computer

eGuard smart monitoring

The Echo’s eGuard2 smart-control module connects over wifi, Bluetooth or ethernet and reports filter saturation, sash position, temperature, laboratory air quality and usage authorization to a phone or computer — so a lab manager can see the state of a hood without standing in front of it.

A sensor package watches for solvent and acid filter breakthrough and drives audible/visual alarms for breakthrough, temperature at or above 40 °C (104 °F), fan failure and a high sash. As a safety backstop, if the internal temperature reaches 60 °C (140 °F) all fans stop. Operating sound stays under 60 dB(A) at working height and under 48 dB(A) with the sash closed.

Neutrodine Filtration Options (Protector Echo)

Labconco Protector Echo floor-mounted filtered ductless fume hood shown from the side — Protector Echo floor-mounted filtered hood — ductless operation with molecular or HEPA filtration

The heart of the Echo is Neutrodine Unisorb filtration — a single molecular carbon filter type (Erlab GFH technology) engineered to adsorb most acids, bases and solvents, separately or combined. A single comprehensive filter takes much of the guesswork out of filter selection compared with juggling application-specific carbons.

Four configurations cover the common cases. Filters are sold separately, and Labconco recommends a Chemical Assessment — a review of your chemical list and usage — to confirm a filtered hood is appropriate and to select the filter. We help you run that assessment with Labconco before anything is ordered.

Filtration option	What it targets	Typical fit
Carbon-only (Neutrodine Unisorb)	Acids, bases and solvents, separated or combined	General chemistry where a single molecular filter covers the chemical list
Carbon with acid sensor	Carbon filtration plus a dedicated acid-vapor breakthrough sensor	Work with acid vapors where early acid breakthrough detection is wanted
Carbon with formaldehyde sensor	Carbon filtration plus a formaldehyde breakthrough sensor	Histology, pathology and anatomy labs handling formalin / formaldehyde
HEPA-only	HEPA particulate filtration (no molecular carbon)	Powders and particulates rather than chemical vapors

Filtered hoods are application-specific

A ductless hood is only as safe as the match between your chemistry and the filter. High evaporation rates, unknown mixtures, or chemicals outside the filter’s range may call for a ducted Protector XL instead. We never talk anyone into a filtered hood to save on ductwork — the Chemical Assessment decides.

Built for Real Chemistry

Features shared across the Labconco floor-mounted line — the details that separate a walk-in hood built for daily lab use from a big empty box.

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Pre-Wired LED Lighting

Vapor-proof LED fixtures rated to 50,000 hours light the full interior, with ADA-compliant light and blower switches on both the XL and Echo.

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Engineered Airflow

By-pass airflow with removable Opti-Zone baffles on the XL; SEFA-1 vertical-rising models can run as low as 60 fpm for lower exhaust volume without losing containment.

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Chemical-Resistant Liner

Molded composite (XL) or fiberglass-reinforced composite (Echo) panel liners resist chemical attack and wipe down clean; baffles remove for cleaning.

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Safety Glass Sashes

Single-piece tempered safety-glass sashes with Clean-Sweep airflow openings; the Echo lower sash rises from the floor to 55.2″ so carts and drums roll straight in.

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eGuard Smart Monitoring

On the Echo, eGuard2 software reports filter saturation, sash position, temperature and usage authorization to a phone or computer over wifi, Bluetooth or ethernet.

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Serviceable by Design

Removable front, side and interior service-access panels open up the plumbing and wiring, so fixtures and filters can be serviced without pulling the hood apart.

Floor-mounted chemical fume hood in a laboratory with the sash raised for large apparatus — A floor-mounted hood with the sash raised for tall apparatus in a working lab

Airflow you can trust, sashes sized for the job

Containment comes from airflow, not glass. The XL’s by-pass design and removable Opti-Zone baffles keep face velocity stable as the sash moves, while the Clean-Sweep openings sweep the work surface. On the Echo, built-in fans hold 60 fpm at the 16″ operating height and the sensor package flags any drift before it becomes a problem.

Because both hoods are floor-mounted, the sash and opening are sized around equipment, not around a bench — so the hood works the way your process actually runs.

Where Walk-In Fume Hoods Earn Their Footprint

Floor-mounted hoods cost more floor space than a benchtop unit — they earn it wherever the equipment or the volume will not fit under a bench.

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Distillation & Extraction

Tall distillation columns, rotary evaporators and extraction apparatus that will not fit under a benchtop hood.

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Large-Drum & Container Handling

Dispensing and reactions involving carboys, 55-gallon drums and bulky vessels rolled in on carts under a full-height sash.

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Chemical Synthesis

Multi-step synthesis and hazardous-material handling where operators need working room and reliable capture.

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Universities & Research

Teaching and research labs that need flexible, high-capacity containment for changing experiments and class sizes.

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Pharma & Biotech

Process development, formulation and QC environments where floor-standing equipment shares the hood with the chemistry.

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Histology & Pathology

Grossing and staining with formalin, where the Echo’s formaldehyde-sensing filtered option suits ductless installs.

Laboratory casework and fume hoods installed along the wall during a fast-track lab fit-out — Laboratory casework and fume hoods installed together during a fast-track lab fit-out

Supplied and installed with the whole lab around them

A fume hood is one line item in a working lab. Material Handling USA supplies the Labconco hoods together with the steel casework, epoxy or phenolic benchtops, service fixtures, sinks and exhaust connections around them — and coordinates the layout so the hood, the bench and the traffic path all work together.

That means one team for the hood selection, the casework and the installation, instead of stitching together a hood vendor, a casework vendor and a mechanical contractor who have never spoken.

Planning a new lab or a fume-hood upgrade?

We handle the hood, the casework and the install as one project. Talk to a specialist about your layout, chemistry and schedule.

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Protector XL Specifications at a Glance

Standard construction and features for the Protector XL floor-mounted line, from Labconco’s published product specification. Options and site conditions can change the final configuration — use this as the starting point for a quote.

Item	Specification
Construction	By-pass airflow design with by-pass block; Glacier white powder-coated steel exterior
Liner & baffle	Chemical-resistant molded composite panel liner with removable Opti-Zone baffles (flame spread <25 per ASTM E84)
Sashes (vertical models)	4′, 5′, 6′ and 8′ widths use two tempered safety-glass vertical-rising sashes; 63.6″ (162 cm) loading height
Sashes (horizontal models)	8′, 10′, 12′ and 16′ widths use four tempered safety-glass horizontal-sliding sashes; 73.5″ (187 cm) loading height
Lighting	Pre-wired vapor-proof LED lighting rated to 50,000 hours with ADA-compliant light and blower switches
Service fixtures	Factory-prepared for up to eight service fixtures (including two gooseneck faucets) and up to four duplex receptacles plus an airflow monitor
Exhaust	Powder-coated stainless-steel 12.8″ ID exhaust connection(s); designed for 12″ nominal (12.75″ OD) duct
Sightline	73.5″ (187 cm) sightline from the floor to the header panel
Delivery	Shipped partially unassembled on 2–3 pallets; requires field assembly of corner posts, baffles, header and sashes (not provided by Labconco)

Ducted Protector XL widths: 4′, 5′, 6′, 8′ (vertical-rising) and 8′, 10′, 12′, 16′ (horizontal-sliding)
Filtered Protector Echo Floor-Mounted widths: 4′, 5′, 6′, 8′ in three depths (37.7″ / 43.7″ / 55.7″)
Loading height: 73.5″ horizontal-sliding, 63.6″ vertical-rising (XL); floor-to-55.2″ lower sash on the Echo
Vapor-proof LED lighting rated to 50,000 hours with ADA-compliant switches
Echo filtration: carbon-only, carbon with acid sensor, carbon with formaldehyde sensor, or HEPA-only (filters sold separately)
Floor-mounted hoods ship partially unassembled on 2–3 pallets and require field assembly

How We Help You Specify and Install

Tell us the application

The chemicals, apparatus height, the widest thing that has to fit, and whether you can run ductwork. That decides ducted XL vs filtered Echo before anything else.

Chemical assessment (filtered only)

For a ductless Echo, Labconco reviews a Chemical Assessment of your chemical list and use rate to confirm filtered operation is appropriate and to size the filters.

Size and configure

Width, sash style (vertical-rising or horizontal-sliding), depth, service fixtures, receptacles, airflow monitor and, for the Echo, the filter type and sensor package.

Quote and coordinate

We quote the hood, filters and options, and coordinate exhaust CFM and duct connection or power requirements with your mechanical and lab-design team.

Deliver and field-assemble

Floor-mounted hoods ship partially unassembled on 2–3 pallets; we coordinate placement, assembly of posts, baffles, header and sashes, and service connections.

Commission and verify

Face-velocity verification, alarm checks and a walkthrough so your team knows how the sash stops, monitor and (on the Echo) eGuard alerts work.

Walk-In Fume Hood FAQs

What is a walk-in fume hood?

A walk-in fume hood — Labconco calls it a floor-mounted laboratory hood — sits directly on the floor instead of on a bench, so its interior runs from floor level up to a header roughly 73″ high. That full-height opening lets you roll carts, drums and tall apparatus straight in, which a benchtop hood cannot do. The name does not mean a person stands inside during operation; it means the equipment can.

What is the difference between the Protector XL and the Protector Echo?

The Protector XL is a traditional ducted floor-mounted hood: it exhausts to a fan and stack through a 12.8″ ID connection and comes in widths from 4′ to 16′ with vertical-rising or horizontal-sliding sashes. The Protector Echo Floor-Mounted is a filtered, ductless hood: built-in fans pull air through Neutrodine Unisorb carbon (or HEPA) filters and return it to the room, so no ductwork is required. Choose the XL when you have or can build exhaust; choose the Echo when running duct is impractical and your chemistry suits filtration.

Do the vertical-rising models really run at 60 fpm?

Yes. Labconco’s Protector XL vertical-rising sash models meet the SEFA-1 standard for a low-velocity, high-performance hood and may be operated as low as 60 fpm face velocity. Lower face velocity means lower exhaust volume (CFM) and less conditioned air pulled out of the building, which reduces operating cost — provided the hood is installed and used within its listed conditions.

How does the ductless Protector Echo filter chemicals?

The Echo uses Neutrodine Unisorb filtration — a single molecular carbon filter type (Erlab GFH technology) engineered to adsorb acids, bases and solvents, separately or combined, which takes much of the guesswork out of filter selection. Options add an acid or formaldehyde breakthrough sensor, or a HEPA-only configuration for particulates. Filters are sold separately, and Labconco recommends a Chemical Assessment to confirm your application is appropriate for a filtered hood.

What is eGuard on the Protector Echo?

eGuard2 is the Echo’s smart-control and communication system. Over wifi, Bluetooth or ethernet it reports filter saturation, sash position, temperature, air quality and usage authorization to a phone or computer, and it drives audible/visual alarms for filter breakthrough, high temperature, fan failure and a high sash. If the internal temperature reaches 60 °C (140 °F) the fans stop as a safety measure.

Are floor-mounted fume hoods shipped assembled?

No. Both the Protector XL and the floor-mounted Echo ship partially unassembled — typically on two to three pallets — and require field assembly of the lower and upper sections, corner posts, baffles, header and sashes, plus connection of services. Labconco does not perform the field assembly; our team helps coordinate placement, assembly and the exhaust or power connections.

Which filtration option do I need for formaldehyde?

For formalin/formaldehyde work — common in histology, pathology and anatomy — specify the Protector Echo carbon filter with the formaldehyde breakthrough sensor. A Labconco specialist confirms the selection against your specific chemicals and usage as part of the Chemical Assessment.

Can Material Handling USA help me choose and install one?

Yes. We supply Labconco Protector XL and Protector Echo floor-mounted hoods along with the casework, service fixtures and lab layout around them. Tell us the chemistry, the tallest apparatus and whether you can run duct, and we will recommend the right hood, size it, quote the filters and options, and coordinate delivery and installation. Call (800) 326-4403 or request a quote.

Find the Right Walk-In Fume Hood for Your Lab

Tell us your chemistry, the tallest apparatus you need to fit, and whether you can run exhaust duct. We will recommend the right Labconco floor-mounted hood — ducted Protector XL or filtered Protector Echo — size it, quote the filters and options, and coordinate delivery and installation with the casework around it. Call (800) 326-4403.