We should all know by now how harmful inhaling dust can be, and this can be multiplied if you work in construction, mining or with industrial machinery. Dust comes from a wide range of sources and in a variety of forms, including flour, grain, wood, coal, metal and cotton. The effects of dust can be irritating, poisonous, explosive and deadly. It can cause Continue reading
Industrial Dust Collectors image courtesy of Imperial Systems, Inc.
The realm of manufacturing has two environments that need to be kept as “green” and healthy as possible. One, of course, is the environment of the surrounding community. The other is that of the facility itself, the interior atmosphere the workers must live and breathe in day after day. The inside of an industrial plant is a far cry from being seen as green, filled with metal and machinery, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be Continue reading
Portable Dust Collector image courtesy of Bisco Enterprise, Inc.
When shopping for a vacuum cleaner for my little studio apartment, I knew I needed a small, yet powerful one. A space-saving design was a must, and it also needed the strength to pick up cat litter and hair over and over again. Much like my household vacuum cleaner, a portable dust collector needs to be easy to maneuver yet powerful enough to Continue reading
There is a popular brand of small, portable dust collectors called JET; however, the following refers to jet dust collectors as any unit that Continue reading
In an industrial setting, there’s not always just dry dust floating around, but a combination of particulates, fumes, mist, oil and other liquids that need to be safely collected and cleaned up. If your application involves filtering a combination of dust and mist from the airstream, you might consider Continue reading
Cyclone dust collectors are great assets to industrial processes that involve large solid chip particles, like wood working, ore processing, cement fabrication, metal fabrication, mining, chemical processing, paper converting, product recovery, scrap metal and recycling. Standard filters would not stand a chance Continue reading
Bag House image courtesy of Ultra-Flow Inc.
Bag houses are highly cost-effective and efficient methods of dust collection, offering a typical fine particle capture rate of more than 99 percent. Common materials used to make bag houses include cotton, glass-fiber and synthetic materials. Like cyclone collectors, bag house collectors are incorporated into large dust collecting systems of industrial facilities, often located Continue reading
Downdraft Table image courtesy of Air Cleaning Technology, Inc.
My first experience with construction and being around sawdust was when I was young, maybe 4. My grandparents were quite the architect and construction worker pair; my grandma designing the blueprints with my grandpa’s input, and my grandpa the lead carpenter and foreman, of course, under my grandmother’s careful watch. They were always proud to say Continue reading