Applications

Abrasive blasting is a process where castings or other metal parts are surface cleaned with a high velocity stream of particles such as sand, steel, shot, plastic beads, or grit. Good filtration design is important for worker visibility and health protection, improved part quality, reduced housekeeping, and OSHA/EPA compliance.

Food processing covers a large range of applications including grain handling, grain processing, mixing ingredients, packaging, cooking and frying. We have the complete range of air cleaning equipment to handle any application. Typically, any organic dust particulate is combustible and requires explosion protection.

Quartz is the most common form of crystalline silica, OSHA has a National Emphasis Program (NEP) for Crystalline Silica exposure and has established a strict Permissible Exposure Limit, or PEL, to which workers may be exposed. Most severe exposure occurs from abrasive blasting, foundry operations including casting cleaning and refractory brick lining maintenance, cement and brick manufacturing, and tool and die.

These metal cutting processes generate a heavy amount of fume/smoke. If the process is done on a CNC cutting table, the best approach is to pull air down through the material sheet being cut and utilize a dust collector ducted to the base of the table.

Woodworking generates dust from processing wood material. Saw dust could be created from sawing, planning, routing, and sanding. Common applications include school wood shops, industrial shipping departments, and furniture/cabinet shops. Dust is generally considered combustible and explosive.