CASE STUDY – Testing the Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 at a Passivhaus Build
Coltraco Ultrasonics were delighted to be invited by Bill Bordass, Building Scientist and Paul Jennings, Air Leakage Specialist to test the Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 alongside a Door Fan Blower Test at a Passivhaus build in London on 16th December 2021. The site was a “Passivhaus” build meaning that is should be about 10x more airtight […]
CASE STUDY – Testing a Low Energy Building in Slovenia for Airtightness.
Coltraco Ultrasonics’ Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 was used to test the airtight construction of low energy housing in Slovenia. The Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 is an portable ultrasonic airtight integrity tester that can locate and quantify even the smallest of leaks . Airtightness integrity refers to the efficacy of a building at preventing unwanted air flow through […]
Case Study: Ensuring Airtightness in Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC)
Biological Safety Cabinets are used for the containment of potentially harmful pathogens or chemicals during, for instance, blood tests, in order to prevent infection spreading through laboratories. The Case Study Mr Angus Hodgkiss MPhys FDIRDI was invited by Mr Simon Young of AES Environment in Cramlington, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK to test and trial the […]
CASE STUDY: Successful Field Trials of the Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 at the Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association (ATTMA)
The Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 is a completely unique technology able to compute air flow and air permeability, quantifying leak sites to complement a tightness test. The equipment was successfully tested and trialled at the Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association in High Wycombe, UK on Friday 21stJanuary. Outstanding Performance Coltraco Ultrasonics’ Daniel Dobrowolski (Senior Physicist) […]
Coltraco Ultrasonics Wins 2025 Sustainable Technology Award for Airtightness Technology
Coltraco Ultrasonics’ Daniel Dobrowolski accepting the 2025 Wates GFS Sustainable Technology Award. We are proud to announce that Coltraco Ultrasonics has been named a winner of the 2025 Wates Group Financial Services Sustainable Technology Competition, delivered in partnership with the Sustainable Business Consortium. The winning innovation: our cutting-edge Portascanner® AIRTIGHT. This prestigious competition is designed […]
Portascanner® AIRTIGHT Tested at World’s Second Tallest Building
The world’s second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, stands at 632 metres tall. We are proud to announce that Mr. Angus Hodgkiss MPhys, one of our RDDE Team, and Mr David Cao have recently demonstrated our Portascanner® AIRTIGHT at Shanghai Tower with great success. Following this practical testing of the Portascanner® AIRTIGHT, the advanced instrument will […]
Testimonial: Portascanner® AIRTIGHT achieved significant improvements on blower test results
The Portascanner® AIRTIGHT has been used for factory blower testing and have successfully achieved results 50-60% better than code or Phuis standards.