Midwest PMS is a manufacturer of liquid supplements for livestock that are custom blended per order and shipped to customers in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Their fully automated batching system combines an order’s various ingredients by weight. Other dry ingredients are added manually and agitated. The combination is then moved to a holding tank and delivered to...
Viracon, Inc. is an architectural glass fabrication company with locations in the US and Brazil. “We’re using a dry seaming system. We use silicon carbide or aluminum carbide belts at high speed to take the sharp edges off the glass that’s just been cut,” explained Chuck Wencl, process engineer at Viracon. As a result, glass, silicon carbide, and aluminum carbide...
Briggs & Stratton, the world’s largest producer of air-cooled gasoline engines for outdoor products, is committed to passing on superior value to customers. Exceptional value and product quality start in the manufacturing process, but the dust collection system was troubling. The company had experienced years of difficulties related to their Torit collectors, ranging from a smoky 200,000 square foot building...
Tennant Company is a leading manufacturer of solutions that help ensure a clean and safe environment for others. When the company purchased Mazak laser tables, they learned that a dust collection system would be necessary. They faced the challenges of making sure the unit is sized for high fume loading and that the fan has enough horsepower to pull the...
Quantum Metals, located in Lebanon, Ohio, purchased a Camfil APC Farr Gold Series in 2001. The original filters lasted until recently. Quantum Metals chose to purchase an aftermarket version of Gold Cone HemiPleat® filters. While inexpensive, the aftermarket filters did not last more than two weeks before malfunctioning. Camfil APC worked with Shelby Fuchs of the Ohio-based company to rectify...
Western Forge is a manufacturer of pliers, adjustable tools, wrenches and chisels for Craftsman Tools and Home Depot. Their operation runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In November 1999, they decided to either upgrade or replace their existing dust collector due to poor performance in collecting dust from the grinding, buffing, and polishing of carbon steel. At...
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