Custom manufacturers of dust collecting systems provide products that help clean the air in small workshops or large industrial facilities. Many say they are full-service designers and manufacturers, specializing in Continue reading
As I watched the remembrance of “9/11: Ten Years Later”, one of the things that impacted me the most, besides the heroism and miracles surrounding that cataclysmic day, is the fact that a decade later rescue workers are still dying from the effects of that fateful day. The eerie white-ish gray dust that circled around the wreckage as teams searched for survivors is now thought to be the cause of Continue reading
Dust Control System image courtesy of J.D.B. Dense Flow Inc.
The American Lung Association tells us: “The Clean Air Act prevents tens of thousands of asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes and even premature deaths caused by air pollution each year.” As asthmatics and allergy sufferers know all too well, Continue reading
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