Dust, product quality, health & workplace efficiency
October 1st 2005 Dustcontrol UK discuss the problems associated with dust pollution in modern production facilities and how an integrated high vac system can provide the competitive advantage you may be wondering how to achieve
Intense workloads and pressure to produce high quality products are creating a demand for cleaner production facilities, but the intensity seems to make this need harder to attain than ever before. Airborne dust and particulate waste from manufacturing processes are increasingly unacceptable in today's facilities when trying to achieve an efficient working environment. If physical concerns over product quality and environmental health are not enough, external pressures from COSHH and the recent ATEX regulations only go to build on the burden of having to maintain clean and healthy workplaces.
While it may seem that air cleaning through large-scale ventilation is a primary option, many businesses could drastically improve their facilities through on-tool extraction directly at the source of the problem. This involves the use of high vac systems to transport the waste to a centralised location for easy disposal or to intermediate preseparators for potential recycling.
The company, Dustcontrol, have been working with companies all over the world for thirty years, improving production facilities and helping to set new standards of both environment and product quality.
A major benefit of a good high vac system is that it can also be used for general clean up as an 'in-house' vacuum, negating the need for both sweeping (which creates an enormous amount of hazardous airborne dust in itself) and mobile vacuums. Whilst mobile units can work in certain situations, they can easily fall foul of poor maintenance, are often fitted with unsuitable filtration quality and can cause trip hazards or manual handling issues.
With COSHH stating that the primary method of dust removal should be at its source and the fact that a proper in house cleaning schedule could actually reduce or eliminate the requirement for Atex zoning, it is no wonder that leading companies in many industries are now adopting high vac solutions and support from Dustcontrol.
Dust, product quality, health & workplace efficiency
Dustcontrol UK discuss the problems associated with dust pollution in modern production facilities and how an integrated high vac system can provide the competitive advantage you may be wondering how to achieve
Intense workloads and pressure to produce high quality products are creating a demand for cleaner production facilities, but the intensity seems to make this need harder to attain than ever before. Airborne dust and particulate waste from manufacturing processes are increasingly unacceptable in today's facilities when trying to achieve an efficient working environment. If physical concerns over product quality and environmental health are not enough, external pressures from COSHH and the recent ATEX regulations only go to build on the burden of having to maintain clean and healthy workplaces.
While it may seem that air cleaning through large-scale ventilation is a primary option, many businesses could drastically improve their facilities through on-tool extraction directly at the source of the problem. This involves the use of high vac systems to transport the waste to a centralised location for easy disposal or to intermediate preseparators for potential recycling.
The company, Dustcontrol, have been working with companies all over the world for thirty years, improving production facilities and helping to set new standards of both environment and product quality.
A major benefit of a good high vac system is that it can also be used for general clean up as an 'in-house' vacuum, negating the need for both sweeping (which creates an enormous amount of hazardous airborne dust in itself) and mobile vacuums. Whilst mobile units can work in certain situations, they can easily fall foul of poor maintenance, are often fitted with unsuitable filtration quality and can cause trip hazards or manual handling issues.
With COSHH stating that the primary method of dust removal should be at its source and the fact that a proper in house cleaning schedule could actually reduce or eliminate the requirement for Atex zoning, it is no wonder that leading companies in many industries are now adopting high vac solutions and support from Dustcontrol.
Typical industry sectors are specialised production facilities like SKF or Sandvik; aircraft manufacturers such as EADS Airbus or Lochkeed Martin; Automotive manufacturers like Scania: bodyshop repair firms and wind turbine manufacturers; pharmaceutical companies; electronics manufacturers and the food industry.
People are realising that, rather than being a capital cost problem, an integrated dust extraction system can really help their business move forward unhindered through the reduction of health, working practice and quality issues. A clean environment and healthy staff will reap benefits of reduced sickness costs and project a better profile to your own customers. More articles from Dustcontrol UK Limited: | 
