Advanced Dust Extraction Technologies

What does 21st Century Dust Extraction look like ? Energy efficient Blower filters from EBCAM!

Dust extraction is a vital part of most industries and in recent decades with a greater focus on employer responsibilities and safe working methods for employees, attention to and accountability on this part of any organisation's process has been escalated to match compliance and ethical pressures.

Why is some Dust Extraction inadequate ?

The principles of dust extraction is basic physics and information on air flows vs duct diameters, cloth to air filter ratios etc are well documented in publications going back to the 1970's.  Despite this, many companies across a range of industries have been reluctant to spend money on good efficient extraction, due to ignorance or purchasing restraints: money spent on new plant and equipment to increase production capacity is easy to sign off for investment funding, but spending money to make a safer working environment that seemingly does not alter output, was always a harder meeting to have.

Secondly, often those advising workplaces on this very specialist area of design, have not been the right people or companies, ie those who truely understand dust extraction, and can offer a fit for purpose solution.

Compact footprint with large capacity ! Our Jet filter range is ideal for wood processing and large air flows!

Dust Extraction Today !

EBCAM have adopted the advanced technology available from their European supplier to ensure dust control solutions are the best available to thier client. These tried and tested  dust extraction solutions are sold in their 1000's all over the world and allow the supplier to pass on the benefit of economy of the scale of their scandanavian manufacturing facility. As a result Ebcam's advanced technolgy solutions often do not cost more than a bespoke solution designed for a specific customer's site, that relies on 50 year old concepts with no new features!

Ebcam can offer Australian manufacturing and processing facilities enhanced performance, safer dust extraction solutions and energy efficiency, due to their supplier's unique features.

Two of the most important advances since the 1970's have been in explosion relief and energy savings, especially savings resulting from reduced use iof compressed air with unique advanced cleaning systems. 

Safety first with ATEX approved VFV venting on the roof - vertical release : no need for marked off safety zones on your busy worksite!

Consequences of poor dust managment choices

As a consequence of poor advice, many, (but not all), companies previously installed improvements to help air quality that were the cheapest solution tendered - maybe a ceiling fan, a series of small portable extractors that block up and leak dangerous invisible dust, a system that is just simply inadequate for the dust load and air volumes, especially if a factory has been reconfigured and machines added after inital commissioning. Many of these solutions may have been offered by HVAC specialists whose expertise lies in contolling whole environments, not LEV, which focuses on dealing with the dust issue exactly where the dust is generated. 

Generally however, organisations in nearly all Australasian industries have failed to keep up with the advances in technology, and innovative features made available, for dust extraction developed by key leading European suppliers over 20 years ago.

VFV™ stands for Vertical Flameless Venting and is the latest and safest Dust Explosion release currently available.

Venting via an explosion membrane is often placed on the side of the filter unit meaning to correctly follow safe work practice, an exclusion zone should be marked up and enforced directly in front of the panel for a minimum distance of 20m. This is frequently ignored when dust extraction solutions are designed and the filter position is confirmed, meaning an explosion membrane may face a car park, a building with glass windows, all putting unsuspecting passersby at risk in the unlikely event an explosion occurs.

Placing the explosion membrane on the roof of the filter ensures no one can be harmed other than an unsuspecting seagull. The explosion force is VERTICAL.

Many dust extraction providers promote their explosion membranes as being safe dust handling practise, however only VFV™ from Ebcam offers flameless venting. Our unique VFV™ feature means no flame is released from the unit - any fire is contained within the filter itself and only the shockwave actually is released via the ATEX approved vent. 

Safe Membrane explosion release is not about retro fitting a panel to an existing  outdated filter unit. Safe membrane release requires the entire filter unit, with is associated release membrane to be designed as a cohesive unit and strong enough to withstand any explosion, with out panels and nuts and bolts being launched into the air harming anything in their path.

Protect your staff with VFV™ - the safetst filters currently available in the world and aviable from Ebcam.

 See our VFV™ product range and video proof with the German FSA Test House who have certified our unique system.

Our European designed and manufactured VARIpulse™ filters are the most ENERGY efficient (and SAFEST) filters available worldwide.
The VARIpulse™ cleaning system regulates not only the frequency, but also the power, of the pulse cleaning system for your dust extraction unit.

How can VARIpulse™ save you energy?

• The cleaning by compressed air is controlled by an automatic sensor
• Cleaning only occurs when VARIpulse™ sensors detect that the filter bags need pulsing, instead of a fixed time as on older type dust extraction filters
• Less energy is required to clean the bags hence huge amounts of compressed is saved.
• When pulse cleaning, each bag is cleaned individually which ensures evenness of cleaning across EVERY bag in the dust filter.
• VARIpulse™ sensors also measure the air flow through the socks and adjusts the pulse forces between 1.5bar and 5bar, saving yet more compressed air.
• Because the bags are all uniformly cleaned and operating at maximum efficiency, the pressure loss through the filter is optimally maintained, to ensure minimal load on the extraction fan and compressed air motors to further reduce energy consumption.

See our products with VARIpulse™ - cost for compressed air can be saved!

See the Ebcam dust extraction filter range and learn more about how these advanced technologies: VFV™ and VARIpulse™ can assist your workplace to be compliant with the latest features available worldwide!

Our staff are visiting manufacturing and processing facilities every week and know the signs of poor dust extraction design - Contact Us to discuss your dust issues and get the best advice!

Effective Dust Extraction Solutions are the result of a broad knowledge of air volumes and dust loads/filter media, and should include knowledge of the latest technology and features available - Ask us how our unique features can be a benefit to your dust solution.