10 Ways a Well-Designed Dust Collection System Contributes to Sustainability

An industrial dust collector is an environmental product and therefore inherently “green”. But there are many ways a properly designed dust collection system can contribute to sustainability beyond cleaning up dust and fumes. This white paper will focus on the top 10 tips for achieving sustainability with your dust collector.

by John Dauber, Vice President of Sales Camfil APC

Case Study: Fleet of Farr Gold Series Shifts Shops Into Turbo

Stepping up where others fell short

Sulzer is a leading independent service provider for all brands of rotating equipment such as turbines, pumps, compressors, generators, and motors. At the Texas location, explains Joe Drury, division superintendent at Sulzer, “Rotating equipment is removed from site, dissembled, inspected, repaired, coated, assembled, and installed at customer site. The repair and coating processes can require dust collection.”

Sulzer knew that compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations was not only important, but also necessary. In 2005, they began installing Farr Gold Series units as the location expanded. Sulzer replaced several aging dust collectors with Farr Gold Series units due to performance gains and reduced maintenance. Drury mentioned, “Other unit designs led to leaks at filter seals during service.”

Is Your Dust Collector NFPA Compliant?

Blast Plate & Vertical Plenum

Combustible dust explosions are a risk in many areas of a plant, but one of the most common locations is the dust collection system. How do you know if your dust collection system complies? What do you do if it doesn’t? Are your employees at risk?

The following is a list of components that can be installed on your dust collector to comply with new NFPA Fire and Explosion Standards 484-2012 and 654-2013 for Combustible Dusts to ensure a safe workplace for your employees.

7 Big Advantages of Dry Dust Collection with Laser Cutting

Downdraft tables can be used in a number of applications, and are available in a variety of sizes. Whether you need to capture smoke, dust or fumes, a downdraft table will filter the air in order to eliminate the pollutants.

Downdraft tables or downdraught benches are workstations with built-in ventilation to capture and filter dust, smoke, and fumes and then return the filtered air to a shop floor which can eliminate costly exhaust and energy loss. The types of filtering on the tables can be wet or dry. Wet tables use a water mist to weigh down particles, which causes a unique set of issues. The following are the advantages that dry fume collection has over wet fume collection.