Updated superglue fuming cabinets for the controlled development of latent fingerprints
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Description
The Foster + Freeman MVC/D cyanoacrylate (superglue) fuming chambers have been re-designed to provide the operator with increased functionality and to accommodate the exclusive one-stage process of PolyCyano staining.
The cabinets range in size from the extra large 2000 litre capacity MVC5000, to the smaller 650 litre MVC3000 and the bench top 170 litre MVC1000. All feature automatic and manual control of humidification, fuming, and fume extraction by internal fan-driven activated carbon filters. Automatic door locks prevent the cabinets from being opened until fume cleansing has been completed to provide a safe working environment for the operator and ensuring that the concentration of cyanoacrylate vapour outside the chamber is below the Occupational Exposure Standard of 0.3ppm.
The cabinets are constructed with a robust anodised aluminium frame and laminated safety glass which provides excellent visibility for the operator to monitor print development.
New and Improved features of the MVC/D range:
- Shortwave UV 254nm lamp units are available for cabinet DNA decontamination between operations.
- Variable humidity control
- Increased glue temperature range to accommodate one-stage fuming process
PolyCyano Staining
The Foster + Freeman MVC range of cyanoacrylate fuming cabinets have been upgraded to accommodate the use of a brand new one-stage chemical staining process.
Developed by the Japanese National Police Agency, Hyogo Prefectural Police and Sky Science Co. and exclusive to Foster + Freeman outside of Japan, the use of PolyCyano dye dramatically reduces fingerprint processing times by combining cyanoacrylate fuming with the PolyCyano staining process in a one-stage process carried out inside the cabinet.
Once evidence has been treated in the modified MVC cabinet it is ready for examination. Under high powered long wave UV illumination using a light source such as the Crime-lite 82S UV or the Crime-lite 2 UV the PolyCyano stained fingerprints can be seen to fluoresce in the yellow and green.
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Gaseous Phase Detection of Latent Fingerprints Using PolyCyano
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