A sealed enclosure in which all handling of items inside the box is carried out through long rubber or neoprene gloves sealed to ports in the walls of the enclosure. The operator places his hands and forearms in the gloves from the room side of the box so that he is physically separated from the glovebox environment but is able to manipulate items inside the box with relative freedom while viewing the operation through a window.
a sealed container that both protects users from hazardous materials and isolates materials from outside contamination
A sealed box in which workers, while remaining outside and using gloves attached to and passing through openings in the box, can safely handle and work with radioactive materials, other hazardous materials, and nonhazardous air-sensitive compounds.
Large enclosure that separates workers from equipment used to process hazardous material while allowing the workers to be in physical contact with the equipment; normally constructed of stainless steel with large acrylic/lead glass windows. Workers have access to equipment through the use of heavy-duty, lead-impregnated rubber gloves, the cuffs of which are sealed in portholes in the glovebox windows.
A glovebox is a device used to isolate an area for work with potentially hazardous substances or materials which need to be free from direct contact with the outside environment for any reason. Most gloveboxes used in flight are small, tightly enclosed boxes having a glass panel for viewing inside and special airtight gloves which a person on the outside can use to manipulate objects inside.