Challenge: Efficiently remove mist and smoke for a machining application for an automotive parts supplier whose process runs 24/7.

Solution: A series of Airflow MPH-8 source capture mist collectors.

Results: The equipment has been running 24/7 for almost 2 years with no filter changes and a filter efficiency of over 95%.

As these photos demonstrate, the typical machining haze is no longer present in this facility.

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OSHA Issues New Combustible Dust Instruction
In October, OSHA issued new directives on combustible dust. For more information, check the OSHA website for combustible dust.

If this is an issue for you, we can help. Just give us a call.

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02/04/2008 - OSHA Issues Enforcement Procedures Directive for New Hexavalent Chromium Standards

For more information, visit OSHA or our Hexavalent Chromium page.

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Air Purification, Inc. has the most Advanced Nanofiber Filter Technology available now in pleated cartridge elements for use in most major brands of cartridge dust collectors. This technology has the finest fibers and MERV rating in the industry which will increase efficiency and lengthen filter service life in your collector.

Features/ Benefits
- Merv 15 rating
- Nanofibers allow for surface loading = Easy pulse cleaning
- Lower initial & operating pressure drop
- Fewer filter changes = Lower disposal costs
- Excellent release properties offer reduced cleaning cycles
- Saves compressed air and energy cost
- Reduced outlet emissions = Cleaner Air 

 Federal Jury awards $20.5 million in welding fumes lawsuit

A jury in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland, Ohio, awarded Jeffery Tamraz, 51, a judgment of $17.5 million, and his wife an additional $3 million in a lawsuit in which Tamraz sued four companies for not issuing sufficient warning about the dangers of inhaling welding fumes.

Tamraz claimed the fumes gave him tremors, headaches and symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. Tamraz worked as a welder and ironworker in San Francisco for 27 years.

A nine-person jury said Lincoln Electric, Hobart Brother Co. ESAB Group, TDY Industries and BOC Group showed negligence by not sufficiently warning Tamraz of the toxicity of manganese in their products.

Nearly 3,000 similar lawsuits have been filed by welders who claim that welding rod producers failed to protect them from the potential dangers of manganese coming from the fumes generated by the welding process.
 
The welding companies have said that the amount of ultra-fine manganese particles in welding fumes is too low to cause harm and that workers who use masks and ventilating fans will not be affected. Medical studies to determine if those claims are valid have been inconclusive. The welding companies have won 16 of 18 lawsuits related to welding fumes. The Tamraz case was the first time a plaintiff won a case since 2003.

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NEWSLETTER
Volume 4
Winter 2008

 Combustible Dust

New OSHA Procedures for Hexavalent Chromium

Nanofiber Filters Available

$25m Award for Welding Fumes

Blow Off Booths

New OSHA rules for hexavalent chromium dust. 

Air Pollution Testing Lab

Quick Connect Duct