Safe and easy de-dusting
July 29th 2008 Wavin, a leading European manufacturer of plastic pipe and ducting has recently installed a safe and efficient method for personnel de-dusting at its factory in Durham that has proven popular with its employees.
Wavin’s products are extruded using a combination of virgin and in-house recycled materials. It is during the re-cycling and mixing operations that the most dust is generated. The re-cycling involves taking the company’s waste materials and reducing them to granules that can be mixed easily with the virgin materials which creates dust.
However, according to George Hutchinson, production manager at Wavin, the dustiest area is the mixing department where the plastics granules/grains, fillers (chalk) and stabilisers are combined. The solution for de-dusting of personnel as they move around the plant and prior to going home is the blower powered ‘JetBlack’ from Air Control Industries of Chard.
The attraction of ACI’s JetBlack is that it is both efficient and safe,” said George Hutchinson. “And what’s more the staff like it because it is so easy use and effective. It is recognised as not only being more efficient but also safe. In addition, with a less than 78dB(A) level noise it is a lot quieter.”
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