We cleaned a tough filter this week

This was a filter full of Carmel  and Cinnamon. The smell was all the way through the building. I don't know if I will ever eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch again. 

I told Andy there was no way this was cleanable.  He proved me wrong again.  The filter is a Farr Gold which has an inner and outer filter.  New they are $325.00 +.  We cleaned this filter for $100.00.  This guy just saved 66% off his maintenance budget.  Do I smell a Christmas Bonus?

It's wild how much....

It is wild how much solids we get off a filter when cleaning.  We ran a ton of cleaning through the shop this week.  Woodworking filters present a challenge compared to other types of dust.  IT FLOATS. 

Talk about messing up a filtration system.  The stuff gets into the pumps, stick in the screening filters, and makes any soaps foam.  We had to make a skimmer this week to pull all the wood off the top of the filtration system.  It worked pretty well. Like any prototype it will need some modifications..... and time to built it.  Time is our biggest challenge, Ideas keep flowing out of everyone here.  WE NEED MORE TIME!

As it turns cold check out your collector.

As it is turning cold we are beginning to get the usual calls.  When air is recirculated back into the shop during the winter there are challenges.  The first thing that happens is that the warm air from the building is blown outside into a cold area.  many times condensation can occur. This can cause some filtration issues.  The bigger problem is the filtration rating of the filter.  If the system was not designed to recirculate, or if it is an older system, you may not have the correct filters.   Most collectors that vent outside use a polyester filter.  They are the most prevalent in the industry filtering 99.9% of nuisance dusts over 10 micron..  For humans inside a plant this particle is larger than recommended.  Dust particles reccirced into the plan should be sub micron.  There are two common ways in practice. one is to use a secondary hepa filter, or to use a filter in the dust collector that filters finer dust.  Both have more cost involved but will prevent inhalation problems.  
For more help on this subject contact one of our knowledgeable staff members at:  816-869-3201