Challenge: Air Purification Inc. recently solved a major industrial air filtration issue for a new customer. A major Midwest construction equipment manufacturer expressed serious concerns with the large consumption and costs of the cartridge filters for their dust collection equipment. The key processes involved are robotic and hand-welding operations, as well as several plasma-cutting applications.…
Project: A large metal fabricator for the automotive industry and for BMW in South Carolina was faced with two issues: a growing concern over the health of their employees and the potential for OSHA air quality violations and the overall presentation of their facility to customers or potential customers during visits to their facilities. Most…
Project: A worldwide manufacturer of compressed air systems was having quality issues with contamination of painted parts from the fabrication areas. Several types of dust collection methods were tried, but they were not effective enough to stop the issue. The customer was looking for a method to capture welding fumes and grinding dust that was…
Project: Welding department redesign and upgrade for controlling welding fumes in a vocational college in Eastern Tennessee. Existing equipment: Exhaust fan and canopy hoods for each weld station. Homemade grinding bench. Problem: Students’ breathing zone was not protected as the weld smoke would rise to the canopy hood through the breathing zone. Not enough air…
Project: A major manufacturer of truck bodied cranes had an application for plasma cutting of heavy steel plate ranging on size from ½” to 1 ½” in thickness. A dust collector was sized for the plasma table manufacturer’s recommended airflow; and because it was a new process and equipment, actual dust loading levels were estimated.…
