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Eliminating Toxic and Unpleasant Fumes

There are a number of toxic and unpleasant fumes produced within today’s manufacturing plants and, left untreated, these fumes create health hazards for your employees as well as possibly leaving you subject to heavy fines by regulatory agencies. The extraction of fumes requires a system with technological savvy. What good is a fume extraction system if it removes the offending air from one portion of your plant, only to deposit such nastiness elsewhere in the same plant?
           
Fume extraction requires any combination of air cleaning, air removal and air treatment. There are a variety of such products available. They range from free hanging fans and filter packages to full exhaust systems, downdraft tables, blowers, modular ventilation systems as well as portable units.
           
If you require a variety of filtration media to handle varying commercial conditions, a “free hanging” or “packaged” air cleaner would likely be most beneficial. Offering reduced maintenance, these units incorporate an integrated blower and filter system. Large washable and replacement media filtration systems strain and then re-circulate the air via a race track, or the more common cross dilution, mounting configuration. As an extra benefit, such systems can also handle any of your chemical absorption needs as well. With a T-Style configuration, contaminated air enters from both ends of the unit, is filtered twice by the media, and the cleaned air exits from the center of the housing.
           
Large shops should examine centrally ducted collection systems. When the air is contaminated with particulate matter, dust and fume collectors are economical methods to ensure a clean atmosphere. On-line cleaning without significant loading allows for a constant internal static pressure level to be maintained. Centrally ducted systems may also be installed with external trays, hoppers and fans, filter units, and water mixing operations where dust particles are infused with droplets, rotation applied, and the resulting particulate matter is easily recovered from the bottom of the unit.
           
Specific or general filtration of the air in your plant and manufacturing facility is more than a human resources consideration for your employees. Proper fume extraction is governed by various agencies and the plant manager or manufacturing director has to ensure all health, safety and welfare issues are met ¾ even exceeded ¾ through the installation of safe, cost-effective and well designed systems. No matter if your air treatment need is for a welding or soldering operation, a machining plant, painting company, laboratory (where even higher air standards are required), or simply to remove tobacco smoke from your office, there is a fume extraction system ready to meet your needs.

Lev-co, a leading supplier of air pollution control products, possesses the expertise to design and install the systems necessary to meet all air quality needs.  Their local dust extraction and exhaust ventilation systems are a perfect solution for those employees who are exposed to contaminants.

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