In any industrial or hobby crafts production s air cleaning devices must sometimes be chosen or employed to clean the local environment of particulate contaminants, strong odors or sometimes solvent smells or vapors. What determines the choice or choices of which devices or devices make the final grade?

One of the most important considerations when making the decision as to which type of dust collector is chosen is “concentration and particle size of the material” to be filtered out. Particle size is measured generally in the heating and filtration trades in the measurement term “microns”. One micron is equal to 1 / 250.000 of an inch. Particles range in size from the very fine (0.1 micron to 1 micron) to large particles of up to 100 microns in size. Because people inhale particles less than 10 microns in size into the deepest parts in their lungs the authorities who make the final decisions on choosing which type of form of dust collector should be chosen must take into their final decision and be most concerned about even this apparently very small sized particulate matter.

The experience of trained, established and experienced heating and ventilation experts is that generally almost all “collectors’ will do a largely adequate job for larger size and sized particles and particulate matter and forms. Some collectors can trap fine dust particles from operations like fine sanding or buffing. However when it comes to the very small or even tiny particles no matter what is tried , and the funds expended it can be said that the voice and voices of great experience will advise you as a industrial process planner or even home owner that few collectors overall , will remove these extremely fine particles efficiently and effectively.Winnipeg  Power-Vac

In terms of the types of dust collectors that are on the marketplace and as well are both economical and suitable for art processes and other small operations: cyclone collectors and fabric collectors. Both are widely used in industry and are available in various sizes from commercial suppliers. Another type of dust collector, electrostatic precipitators have somewhat more limited use and usages. Cyclones, also called “centrifugal “collectors remove coarse to medium-sized particles by spinning the air in which they are contained in a cone-shaped chamber. Electrostatic precipitators (ESP) remove fine particles and fumes from the atmosphere by placing an electrostatic charge on the particles, then attracting these particles to an oppositely charged collection plate. ESP’s are actually quite effective at collecting particles and reducing their prevalence to almost nil. Still they have a specific, limited flow rate which can only be increased somewhat in practical terms past a given total flow rate or rates.

One final note – in smaller situations and setups as in a woodworking shop simple vacuum cleaners may be employed for such practices. A note of caution about using vacuum cleaners as dust removal or air cleaning devices. Never ever use these for the purposes of removing or reducing either gasses or vapors. Vacuums cannot remove gases or vapors unless they are equipped with a special collection device. If you draw gaseous materials through a vacuum cleaner, you could well recirculate toxic air and toxins unnecessarily and indeed at some danger. On top of that you might well damage the vacuum’s motor or other parts and even cause a fire or explosion.

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