They offer unique systems competence regarding internal combustion engines and engine peripherals ranking among the top three systems suppliers worldwide for engine components such as piston systems, cylinder components and valve trains. Their facility in Scotland manufactures precision bearings for the automotive industry.
This company was using wet type dust extractors in their manufacturing area to control the dust from their aluminium linishing operations. There were several issues with these wet type dust collectors. They were noisy, inefficient and had to be cleaned out at least once a week. However, most importantly of all they did not comply with the local emissions regulations.
Their solution is based on a dust collector with 16 filter cartridges. As aluminium dust is highly explosive, the dust extractor had to be fully ATEX compliant. The dust collector incorporates an integral drop out section to remove large volumes of dust from the airstream prior to the air passing through the filter cartridges. This reduces the dust loading on the cartridges and so improves the filter life. Over 1000 kg per week of collected material discharges from the collector via three rotary valves into 1m3 flexible bags.
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The dust collector was fitted with carbon impregnated filter cartridges, and was supplied complete with an access platform as well as an energy saving variable speed drive controlled by a differential pressure monitor. The system installed provides highly efficient extraction ensuring that ope¬rators are protected from exposure to dust generated during the linishing process.
Read more here about the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s conclusion about the installation and also about improvement of working environment and reduced maintenance costs.
