AirTrap has introduced a modern alternative to traditional spore trap cassettes, the ubiquitous air-sampling devices used by indoor air quality professionals to collect mold spores and other airborne particles for laboratory analysis. For over three decades, the core cassette design introduced in the mid-1990s has remained the industry standard. AirTrap's new cassette refines key aspects of that design to improve field usability, laboratory consistency, and material efficiency.
Available exclusively through AirTrap.us across North America, the AirTrap cassettes provide inspectors, laboratories, restoration professionals, schools, and government agencies with an additional option in the marketplace for airborne particle sampling. The cassette is fully compatible with standard air sampling pumps and established laboratory analysis methods, allowing seamless integration into existing inspection procedures without changes to sampling technique.
The updated design incorporates several practical refinements. A flip-top cap system is engineered to reduce handling errors and minimize sample contamination during transport. The cassette uses approximately 46% less plastic compared to traditional designs, and its recyclable housing supports more sustainable testing practices. Durable polypropylene construction ensures field reliability, while a flatter collection surface improves image clarity during laboratory analysis, including digital and AI-assisted microscopy.
The AirTrap cassette is ideal for indoor air quality assessments, post-remediation verification, real estate inspections, school and university testing programs, cleanroom clearance, and routine environmental monitoring. By modernizing the cassette design while preserving established sampling principles, AirTrap delivers long-overdue improvements compatible with existing equipment and familiar workflows.
In 1995, Dan Baxter, director of Research and Development at Aerosol Research Associates, Inc., introduced the Air-O-Cell cassette, which became widely adopted in mold and indoor air quality investigations. AirTrap reflects a collaborative effort to revisit and update the cassette design to better align with current inspection demands, laboratory workflows, and environmental considerations. The AirTrap cassettes are now available throughout North America, offering a practical evolution of a tool that has been central to airborne particulate sampling for more than 30 years.
