Tri-Ox

Our Tri-Ox system is operating well.  Some new electronics were added last week.  The last thing I will do today.  Our next trials are going to be to modify the system slightly and to construct a system using cartridges.  I am positive this will work.it is just a matter of time.to construct, and a bunch of testing.  I will keep you advised of our progress.

One Move at a Time

We were shut down after being caught in the big snow last week. Now it feels like we are three weeks behind.  Work is everywhere and there is no time to stop to clean up. Just crankin' away.  Most of our systems we invented are up and running with no issues.  We just installed emergency switches, and key switch shut offs, so just tweaking the machine.  Andy is adding differential pressure gauges and alarms to monitor the dry pasteurization machines.  So, still moving forward.

Good news

2,000 new visitors to our web site per month.  I just received the data complied over the last several months.   People are learning about our industry. 
I still hope you will spread the word about filter cleaning and the impact this can have reducing the stress on natural resources, and reducing landfill waste.  The word is getting out but we still need your help to spread the news. 

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Thanks,
Brian

Too much dust

We just finished cleaning 100 filters for a bedding manufacture.  Boy o boy is there a lot of dust and dirt.  It tracked everywhere and it is sticky.  We calculated that we removed close to 20,000 pounds of waste out of the filters.  I sure hope they were not planning to sell this product.

carbon impregnated filters

I don't want to raise a bunch of problems, but Carbon Impregnated filters and not really approved for use in food manufacturing.  There is a big push with all the food scares to bring manufacturing more into complacence.   Surprising what some people are using in their operation.  Can you imagine pieces of Teflon and carbon in your food.  It is hard to imagine, but it is used widely in industry.   Many filters have coatings to aid in dust release or filtration.  I sit here and wonder what else we are eating.

More repairs than innovation

Every once in a while it seems like everything breaks at once.  Well it is our tun this week. Not a whole lot of innovation, just fixin'.   We are however working on two new cartridge filters. One will double the air to cloth ratio based on a current design, but it can be taken apart for cleaning, or to replace individual elements of the filter that fail.  Kind of a cool idea but we will have to see where this one goes.  This type of filter is very expensive (over $350.00 each).  The concept is that we can replace the failed part of the filter saving cost, and being more sustainable by not putting the entire element into the trash. Not sure how this will be accepted by industry that always seems to want the fast fix.

Awesome Dude.....

It is fun figuring how to do some thing new.  It keeps work fun, and interesting.  Figuring out how to clean a sticky mess out of the inside of a filter has always been a huge challenge. I don't know how he did it but, "He did it!"   We were ready to stop doing this type of filter, but, a rabbit was pulled out of the hat, and he was able to cut the cleaning time by 33%.    Also figured out a way to dry these filters decreasing the dry time by 50%.  All of the sudden this filter is worth cleaning.  Awesome Dude !