The 5 Key Questions You Should Ask Yourself
Choosing the right fume & dust extraction and filtration system for your industrial operation is crucial for ensuring a safe, healthy, and productive working environment. Here are five key questions to guide you and our sales team at Coral USA in selecting the best solution tailored to your company’s needs, ensuring we work together to find the ideal filtration system for your specific requirements.
1. What Type of Air Contaminant Needs to Be Removed?
The first step in finding out the right filtration solution is identifying the type of contaminant produced by your manufacturing process. This will significantly influence your choice of filtration system.
Whether you’re dealing with fine dust, metal dust, dry or oily fumes, vapors, composite materials, wood particles, or volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Coral USA offers tailored extraction and filtration systems designed to remove these pollutants effectively. The goal is to protect the health of your employees and ensure a cleaner, safer workspace. A proper filtration system also contributes to the overall efficiency and productivity of your production line.
2. What Type of Machinery and Processes Are Involved?
The type of equipment used in your production process – such as workbenches, manual welding machines, or automated machines – determines the type of extraction required. For example, an extraction arm, a welding robot or workbench hood, a fume extractor or a portable dust collector may be needed, depending on your specific application.
Coral USA offers a comprehensive range of products that are compatible with a variety of industrial equipment across multiple sectors. Additionally, our engineering team is always available to customize solutions for more specific needs, ensuring that the extraction and filtration system is perfectly aligned with your operation.
3. What Is the Workload Volume?
The volume of work and intensity of operations play a crucial role in selecting the right filter, particularly when it comes to the fabric and surface area of the filter media. For example, if you’re using a welding machine with 80 amps or 300 amps, the volume of smoke to be extracted will vary accordingly. The same applies to machines used for plasma cutting or woodworking. Machines like moulders, CNC machines, or sanders generate a greater quantity of dust, which can vary in particle size – fine dust, chips, or coarse particles.
It’s important to match the extraction and filtration system to the specific workload demands to ensure that it can handle the intensity and volume of contaminants being generated.
4. What Is the Layout of Your Machinery and Number of Workstations?
The layout of your facility plays a major role in determining the flow rate and pressure required for effective air pollutant removal. Based on the arrangement and number of machines, we’ll be able to choose the ideal extraction and filtration system, and determine where to place it within your facility. This also involves calculating the necessary air pressure to overcome resistance and ensuring the system is powerful enough to maintain efficient extraction.
A well-planned layout ensures optimal performance and prevents issues like insufficient airflow or ineffective contaminant removal.
5. Are Multiple Machines Operating Simultaneously? If So, How Many?
In many manufacturing settings, several machines or workstations may need to operate at the same time. This significantly affects the size and capacity of the extraction and filtration system. The required air velocity and flow rate will vary depending on the number of machines running concurrently and the type of contaminants produced.
For example, CNC machines used in woodworking with high spindle rotations require a higher extraction speed and airflow capacity. As a result, a larger filtration system will be necessary to handle the increased workload.
If you’re dealing with dry fumes, lower extraction speeds may be sufficient, but for heavier fumes, higher extraction speeds are required, which might necessitate different filter media.
Coral USA’s filtration solutions can also be equipped with variable frequency drives (inverters), which adjust airflow based on real-time extraction needs. This offers better flow control, leading to energy savings and reduced operational costs.
By answering these five key questions, you can make a more informed decision when selecting an extraction and filtration system that fits the specific needs of your business. Coral USA offers a wide range of customizable solutions to ensure that your workplace is clean, safe, and productive, while also meeting environmental regulations and enhancing operational efficiency.
If you’re unsure which solution is right for your application, don’t hesitate to contact our team of experts. We are here to help you choose the best air filtration system to suit your requirements.