Ogihara American Corporation is a manufacturer/supplier of automotive body parts for Mercedes-Benz. The sanding and grinding operations in this plant caused a dust cloud that drifted across the whole plant, settled on the floor (and everything else) and was swept up daily. Without a dedicated dust collection system in place, workers wore respirators for safety. However, when the air conditioning filters began to require change-out during sanding operations, the maintenance crew knew something had to be done. Further compounding the problem was the limitation of space which the 10 workstations already occupied.Continue reading of how the solution to the problem was designed and implemented at Ogihara here. If you have an application where a dust collecting booth that encapsulates the dust generating processes makes more sense than a central dust collection system, talk with your supplier about these types of systems.
