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Flextraction Helps Working Environment At Foundry

Posted October 12th, 2007

When Flextraction installed a lead/copper dust and fumes extraction system at Daido Industrial Bearings Europe Ltd in December 2006, it enabled them to meet the requirements of their local authority environmental department and receive their pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit.

Daido, in Ilminster, Somerset produces plain bearings, bushings and thrust bearings for medium speed diesel engines, turbochargers and a range of other rotating and reciprocating machines for the engineering, shipbuilding and power generation sectors of industry. The Flextraction extraction system is being used in the production of castings for bearing casings on Dross Tanks, Crucibles and cooling stations. In total there are 9 extraction points with various hoods, including fishtail hoods and billet hoods.

The complete system comprises 1.5m diameter galvanised mild steel ductwork with radius bends, a Kiekens 12-FTEN-500/0.9, centrifugal, 400V 30kW, IP55 classification fan/air mover with a maximum air extraction rate of 18,200 m³/hr extracting from all the extraction points at the same time, a Donaldson Torit primary cartridge filter/air cleaner with 24 ultra web flame retardant filter cartridges, having reverse jet air filter cleaning, automatic flame retardant filters and 423.6m² filter area with a filtration velocity of 0.72m/min.

There are also 6 x 32m², HEPA, EU 13, 370Pa gauge secondary filters in line with a magnehelic monitoring gauge. The expected lifetime of these filters is around 2 years.

Alan Riste, Daido’s Health and Safety Co-ordinator said: “Previously we used a 24-inch square ductwork system with inline fans extracting the contaminants into the atmosphere and it became clear we needed a new system primarily to meet the environmental standards for our 600mm diameter high cover stack system with a jet cowl. Also the air flows of the old system, needed to be continually maintained to control the hazard of lead to the operators.

The project began 9 months prior to the installation in December 2006; Flextraction undertook an initial survey of our requirements and came up with a solution that both met our requirements in the quality of the equipment as well as our requirement to control the lead emissions to the atmosphere.

Since the system was installed our last round of personal air monitoring in the area of the system has seen our lowest levels of lead, with improvements both on health and safety as well as for the local environment. We work day and night shifts so it is in constant use and has been very easy to maintain with the filters meeting our expectations and requirements.”

Flextraction Move to Larger Premises

Posted October 4th, 2007

After 10 successful years in the centre of Melton Mowbray, Flextraction Ltd, the specialist solution provider capturing at source all forms of airborne contamination – dust, fume and oil mist has moved to larger, more modern premises on the outskirts of the town.

The Company had outgrown their town centre site and the new facilities on the Leicester Road Industrial Estate, enables the company to have a larger products display area for customers as well as an expanded manufacturing area and more office space.

Lee Darton, Flextraction’s Sales Manager said:

“We have enjoyed considerable growth over the last few years and have literally outgrown our town centre premises. The new premises are more modern, spacious and with room for further expansion. We have also installed a brand new telephone system, which will allow our customers and suppliers to have improved communications with us. This move will enable the Company to continue its growth in the fume, dust wet and swarf extraction markets. This is a multi-million pound market covering a wide variety of sectors including welding and general fabrication, foundries, educational institutes, medical laboratories, hospitals, commercial offices, printing, food production to nail bars and hairdressing. Health and safety of the workforce in the workplace is statutory in 2007 and will continue to be even more so over the coming years.

Not only do we design and manufacture our own range of fume and dust extraction equipment, we are also sole UK representatives for Kiekens Products BV, Holland, industrial high vacuum cleaning systems, TEKA GmbH, Germany localised extraction arms, portable and fixed filter systems manufacturer and Fumex AB, Sweden extraction arms and filter manufacturers.”