Clearing the Air

Clean air insights and best practices blog from Camfil APC's dust collection experts

NFPA Compliance Doesn’t Have to Be a Struggle

Recently, Camfil APC’s Brian Richardson worked with a woodworking company facing a challenge: proving National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) compliance to its landlord’s insurance provider. With 45 years in the business, the company made numerous modification...

Mitigating the Exposure and Combustible Dust Risks of Wood Dust

Wood dust is a hazard at facilities such as sawmills and woodworking shops that manufacture furniture, cabinets and other items made from wood. Cutting, sanding, routing, chopping or molding wood releases fine dust particles into the air. This not only endangers w...

Dust, especially airborne dust particles, must be safely collected and contained to protect worker safety and meet regulatory compliance.

4 Tips for a Dust Collection Safety Game Plan

If your facility’s manufacturing processes generate hazardous dust, one of your priorities is ensuring air quality. Dust, especially airborne dust particles, must be safely collected and contained to protect worker safety and meet regulatory compliance....

Welding Fume Extraction: Removing Toxic Airborne Metal Particles

Welding fume extraction is essential for maintaining cleaner, safer air in workplaces where metalworking processes such as welding, laser cutting and plasma cutting take place. These operations can release harmful dust, fumes and smoke into the air, contaminating the...

A Guide to Dust Collection in Battery Manufacturing

Dust collection in battery manufacturing is a control that is often overlooked. Battery manufacturing can release toxic dust particles into the air—including lead, nickel, cobalt and aluminum particles. Exposure to these particles can lead to serious health problems ...