Five Musts for Dusts: Dust Collection System Design Tips

Contained dust collection equipment is used in pharmaceutical facilities for a variety of reasons, from environmental compliance and employee health and safety to preventing cross-contamination of materials in multi-product manufacturing facilities.

Given these concerns, and the fact that many pharmaceutical dusts are potent and/or hazardous, contained dust collection systems are found in the majority of pharmaceutical processing facilities today. Such systems typically use safe-change containment for both the filter cartridges (bag-in/bag-out) and the discharge system underneath the collector (continuous liner technology).

By David Steil, pharmaceutical market manager, Camfil Air Pollution Control

New Video - Expert Discusses Pharmaceutical Dust Collection for Containment

A new video has been released in which David Steil discusses safe collection and containment of dust in the pharmaceutical industry. Learn how David helped develop the Camtain®, an industry designed, surrogate tested dust collection solution for fire explosivity, hazardous or potent material containment and reduction of energy costs. Learn more about dust collection for pharmaceutical solid dosage manufacturing here.

Video: Containment Dust Collectors for Pharmaceutical or Hazardous Dusts

For safety, some dust collection applications require isolation of the collected dust from contact with workers. This may be from processes involving pharmaceutical dust like table presses, table coating, fluid bed drying, spray drying, blending, granulation and especially general room ventilation. Containment dust collectors have special features and methods to replace the dirty filter cartridges and dispose of the collected, potent/hazardous dust being discharged. This video demonstrates these safe-change methods:

As you see, the cartridge filters are safely replaced by a two-person crew with the bag-in/bag-out (BIBO) safe-change replacement system. At the discharge of the colletor, the dust is contained within a continuous liner. For more information go to Dust Collection for Pharmaceutical Solid Dosage Manufacturing.