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News Release from: Houghton Plc | Subject: Air filtration units
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 March 2007
Air filtration units aid slab milling
machines
Houghton has supplied a Scandmist MA 400D unit into Timet, the worlds largest supplier of high quality titanium metal products in hundreds of diverse applications.
Houghton, a world-leading supplier of industrial production lubricants and fluid management services has recently supplied a Scandmist MA 400D unit into the Timet plant at Witton, Birmingham Timet is the worlds largest supplier of high quality titanium metal products in hundreds of diverse aerospace, industrial and emerging applications where no other metal is as reliable or economical Timet's activities cover every phase of titanium research, manufacturing and sales
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The decision was taken to install the Scandmist unit to be fitted to two slab milling machines to remove the oil mist being created from each of the four cutting heads, following a site survey to measure total air particulates in and around the machining facility at Timet.
The survey highlited areas for improvement, the main improvement being the Noble and Lund and Russian Slab Milling machines.
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The 400D unit will replace a Losma type extractor which had been fitted to one of the mills earlier in 2006 and had proven to be ineffective.
Scandmist MA is an extra heavy-duty Industrial Air Cleaner that efficiently separates oil fumes, oil mists and emulsion mists during continuous operation, even during extreme operating conditions.
In most cases, the polluted air is so efficiently cleaned it can be re-circulated onto the production area.
The unit exceeds international Health and Safety standards and is simple and low cost to install.
Several designs and sizes are available to adapt to varying requirements.
Houghton plc have an exclusive relationship with Scandfilter of Sweden, enabling them to offer the latest generation of Industrial Air Cleaners, which deal with the problems associated with oil mists and fumes.
With recent changes in guidance from the HSE in relation to the safe use of metalworking fluids, this new technology will assist customers to comply with the requirements of the guidance.
Stuart Crosby, Process Engineering Manager, Timet, comments ' A review of our metalworking fluids was undertaken by Houghton at our Witton site, which also consisted of an air survey of the machine shop, carried out by Scandmist.
The results indicated that a significant improvement could be achieved by fitting a Scandmist 400D to the large Titanium Slab Millers.
The unit is currently being installed and we have also purchased a Dust Trak aerosol unit to monitor the condition of the air output back into the work area'.
Steve Mayo (Sales and Marketing Director), Houghton Plc, comments 'Our partnership with Scandfilter has been a great success and we will continue to develop our products and services to differentiate ourselves from the competition in the market by offering best in class products, technical support and services.'.
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