The company’s sophisticated Aironaut™ solution is designed to be heavily diluted in water and sprayed -- ideally using Probe’s Rotary Atomizers -- on to odor-producing chemicals in the air. It combines with the chemicals to make them safe and odorless and then pulls them down to the ground.

Normally the only answer is to spray a pleasant fragrance to mask the unpleasant one -- Probe takes a more scientific and effective approach. Aironaut™ is a very exciting product, and one which is certain to be widely used.

Why it matters

Industrial odors are a major environmental problem. They can create an unpleasant working environment, which is obviously of concern to those who are required to work there. Of great concern also is the affect such odors may have on residents who live near industrial premises.

More importantly, long-term exposure to industrial odors is a passive form of pollution. There is the prospect of long-term damage to health, with the environmental and legal issues which that would raise.

How Aironaut™ helps

Spraying a continuous aerosol of Aironaut™ is an effective and low-cost method of odor control, even in difficult situations such as industrial premises and sewerage works. In fact the product is so effective that if it is used properly, the smell is entirely eradicated by the time it reaches the outer limits of the area sprayed.

In order to work, Aironaut™ must be applied using an accurate and precise spraying system which produces microscopic droplets of a consistent size. Ultrasonic, air assisted and misting nozzles can be used, but Probe Industries strongly suggests that Aironaut™is used with its Rotary Atomizer system.

How Aironaut™ works

Aironaut™ works by using special surfactant reagents which help the minute water droplets to take up the organic substances which produce smells -- something which does not normally happen. This is done by creating “clusters” of molecules inside the droplets which trap the odors which then fall to the ground with the water rather than returning to the air as gas.

Aironaut™ itself is completely safe and has been tested for all major hazards.