Many manufacturing and processing facilities have operations that expose their employees to dangerous levels of airborne contaminants. The installation of proper ventilation systems can save companies from the hassle of dealing with OHS issues or worse, employee sickness or injury.
Why do we need it?
Industrial ventilating systems are necessary to ensure clean air standards are met. This is for the health and safety of industrial and manufacturing employees, the surrounding public and the environment. This is of particular importance for industries involving toxic chemicals, flammable vapours and debris. Others include welding fumes, oil mists, and unwanted affluent of all kinds. Industrial ventilation typically involves installing systems to supply and/or exhaust ventilation. These are to control emissions, exposure, and chemical dangers in the workplace environment. Alternatives such as process changes and chemical or material substitutions can be difficult. Other soloutions include installing ventilation systems, such as extraction fans, spray booths, downdraft benches, oil mist collectors, and dust collectors .
The design of industrial ventilation systems should be handled by a qualified ventilation engineer or companies specializing in the field of dust, fume and particulate extraction/collection. An onsite inspection of a company’s manufacturing/process procedure needs to be done to ensure we select the correct and most cost effective solution.
Specialized Systems
Some industries require very specialized ventilation systems. Industries that have airborne process oil and coolant from industrial machining operations such as CNC lathe and milling operations require oil mist collectors. Another more specialized type of ventilation system is a down draft bench system, which is a self-contained and ventilated workstation. These are particularly useful for hand grinding, sanding, and deburring operations. Down draft bench systems are also excellent choices for mixing and weighing operations, as well as, fiberglass finishing operations. When the process requires extraction for many individual machines,an interconnecting ductwork system that ducts into dust collectors are more appropriate. These are also useful for grinding, machining, cutting, sanding, and polishing operations in both the metal and wood working vocations.
Many manufacturers and installers offer jobsite consultations to determine the best ventilation equipment and systems are best for a particular facility. These engineers can help decide if a company should choose equipment. These can be oil mist collectors, down draft benches, or dust collectors are best for their type of facility.
