When it comes to any aspect of food manufacturing, a clean, safe workplace is absolutely essential for both the workers and company image.
Airborne paper dust, aerosols, oil mist, ink dust, ozone and the like cause eye, throat and skin irritations which over time can lead to permanent hyper sensitivity and contamination within the production process could lead to product recall, production loss, financial loss, fall in consumer confidence or can also be an explosion risk if we are talking about certain dust particles like flour, sugar or timber dust.
In light of that, Eximo has rolled out its range of modular dust collectors to provide a Turnkey solution to all types of companies and designed with the business productivity and growth in mind.
The Eximo SpeedLock modular dust collectors come in 3 models:
- The Rotor Collector comes with a bag filter, which is empties by way of a rotary valve. It is designed for small applications and comes with a standard filter media or a 401 gm polyester bag. Made from 1.25 to 2.0 mm galvanized plate steel, it can be installed inside or outside.
- The Bag Collector is also designed for smaller applications and can be installed inside or outside and is made from 1.25 to 2.0 mm galvanized plate steel. The collector comes with fire dampeners with a 69 degrees Celsius safety fuse and a micro switch connected to the main fan.
- The Screw Collector is a bag type filter, which is emptied by a screw conveyor mounted in the middle of the unit. It is designed for large particles as well as high air and waste volumes. Air is brought into the collector through the bottom side of the unit or through separate inlet module. As with the first two models, this version is made from 1.25 to 2.0 mm galvanized plate steel and it also comes with fire dampeners with a 69 degrees Celsius safety fuse and a micro switch connected to the main extraction fan.
According to Eximo general manager, Melissa Phelps, the new modular dust collectors have several other advantages of existing models now in the market.
“Firstly, the dust collectors use positive pressure (blowing) rather than negative press, (sucking), which makes them more effective and easier to clean. Also, they are modular, allowing an almost unlimited number of units to be bolted next to each other, allowing for easy installation and, if required, expansion when a business moves or grows.”
Secondly, said Phelps, “because these systems use an 14-bag configuration rather than the standard 25-bag one, they have a much greater air flow throughput the bag assembly, meaning less power usage and costs and the bags will also last much longer, which in turn means less downtime for replacing the bags and less cost to the company.
“The modular dust collectors were designed and made by the same people that designed the Eximo ducting, which means the quality of the engineering and proven technology speaks for itself”.
In fact, according to Phelps, an average company, if they use one of these dust collectors “will save on average, 50-60% on their dust collections costs.”
Features of the Eximo Modular Dust Collectors include:
- Corrosion resistant
- Less dust bag replacement required than other systems
- Modular - can be simply bolted together
- Have usage in almost every industry
- Quality designed and engineered
- Quiet running
- Use positive pressure, not negative pressure
- Easy cleaning
- Low running costs
According to WorkCover NSW, dusty work processes should be isolated if possible.
An exhaust ventilation system is often needed to suck dust away. Even the larger dust particles that don't get to the lungs can cause problems.
Dust in the nose and in the tubes leading to your lungs can irritate them, causing rhinitis or bronchitis. If too much dust enters the lungs it can overwhelm the lungs’ own defences.
Dust particles and dust-containing macrophages can collect in the lung tissues and damage them.
Some types of dust, such as silica and asbestos, cause permanent scarring in the lungs. This is called fibrosis. Some dusts, such as asbestos, cause lung cancer, and some dusts (for example many animal, grain and wood dusts) can trigger an allergic reaction by the lungs.
These types of dusts can also trigger asthma attacks. Organic dusts (flour, grain, wood, coal, metal and sulphur dust) can be an explosion hazard. If a dense cloud of any of these dusts forms or if layers of these dusts accumulate, then one spark or even a hot surface can ignite it.