For more than three decades, indoor air quality professionals have relied on spore trap cassettes for collecting mold spores and airborne particles for laboratory analysis. AirTrap now offers a modern alternative that builds on this established methodology while refining key aspects of the cassette's physical design to improve usability, consistency, and material efficiency.
AirTrap air sampling cassettes are available throughout North America exclusively through AirTrap.us, providing inspectors, laboratories, restoration professionals, schools, and government agencies with an additional option for airborne particle sampling.
The original cassette design, introduced in 1995 by Dan Baxter of Aerosol Research Associates, Inc., became widely adopted in mold and indoor air quality investigations. AirTrap reflects a collaborative effort to revisit and update that design to better align with current inspection demands, laboratory workflows, and environmental considerations.
AirTrap cassettes are 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 engineered to reduce handling errors and minimize sample contamination during transport; approximately 46% less plastic compared to traditional cassette designs; a recyclable housing to support more sustainable testing practices; durable polypropylene construction for field reliability; and a flatter collection surface designed to improve image clarity during laboratory analysis, including digital and AI-assisted microscopy.
AirTrap 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.
