{"id":11293,"date":"2020-07-09T13:53:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T11:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trotec-blog.com\/en\/?p=11293"},"modified":"2020-07-09T14:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T12:11:17","slug":"corona-crisis-back-to-the-gym-routine-with-the-tac-v-air-purifier-novel-air-cleaning-technology-from-heinsberg-prevents-fitness-studios-from-becoming-germ-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trotec-blog.com\/en\/trotec\/corona-crisis-back-to-the-gym-routine-with-the-tac-v-air-purifier-novel-air-cleaning-technology-from-heinsberg-prevents-fitness-studios-from-becoming-germ-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona crisis: Back to the gym routine with the TAC V+ air purifier. Novel air cleaning technology from Heinsberg prevents fitness studios from becoming germ hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"With the end of the EU-wide lockdowns, fitness studios have now reopened too, after a long forced break. However, nothing is the same as before. In order to comply with the social distancing rules, many training devices are cordoned off with barrier tape. The snack bar is still shut, and the course rooms are deserted. Only the really hardened fitness fanatics can gain positive results from this training atmosphere. Usually, frustration about the limited training options prevails, sometimes with dramatic consequences for studio operators: while the number of redundancies already rose noticeably during the closures ordered by the authorities, the wave of redundancies remains painfully high in many places even after reopening. The fear of infection with the coronavirus is too great and the restrictions in the studio are too severe.<\/h2>\n

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Reality has caught up with outdated hygiene concepts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Even while the numerous fitness clubs were still fine-tuning their supposedly safe hygiene concepts for reopening with disinfectors, the disinfection and spacing rules they were proposing were overhauled by the latest scientific findings. Neither droplet nor smear infection is the main transmission path for the coronavirus, but the room air that everyone shares in closed rooms. Neither disinfecting machines nor distancing rules can protect against this danger.<\/p>\n

The new TAC V+ air purifier<\/a><\/strong> with special HEPA filter technology promises a remedy. This mobile air purifier protects those training from inhaling the infectious aerosols that experts believe are largely responsible for spreading the virus.<\/p>\n

80 percent of all corona infections occur via the air<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Looking at the percentage distribution of the virus’ transmission paths, it is obvious why many formerly loyal customers are now “parting ways” with their studio. In an interview with the German daily newspaper Rheinische Post, Dr. Thomas Voshaar (medical advisor to the German Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn) clarifies that about 80 % of corona infections occur via indoor air.<\/p>\n

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More precisely, these infections occur by way of so-called aerosols, a mixture of gas (usually air) and solid or liquid components that contain viruses in sick athletes. These tiny floating particles are mainly released into the air when breathing and speaking. The intensified and for the most part ragged breathing during strength training or High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) further increases this effect. While larger droplets sink to the ground after travelling only about 1.5 meters due to their weight (hence the distancing rule of 1.5 m between machines), aerosol particles float in the studio for up to several hours due to their small size (about 0.3-0.4 \u00b5m). The situation is further aggravated by the fact that even more aerosol particles are produced in the lungs of infected persons and released via respiration.<\/p>\n

Aerosol particles are considered to pose the greatest infection risk in fitness studios<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Decisive for the infection risk in studios is the length of time for which viral aerosols float around in the room air and are inhaled. This is because in contrast to outdoor air, where aerosol mixtures are diluted with clean fresh air and blown away by air circulation, the aerosol concentration in the studios, some of which are open 24\/7, remains constantly high. The more aerosols are suspended in the air \u2013 and the longer they remain so \u2013 the faster these enter the body via the respiratory tract to cause an infection in the lungs. Around 50,000 particles, such as dust or pollen but also bacteria and viruses, are suspended in just one cubic centimetre of air. And with each extra training partner in the studio, the aerosol concentration in the room increases by thousands of particles per minute.<\/p>\n