by Imperial Systems | Apr 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
From May 2nd to May 4th, you’ll find Imperial Systems President/CEO Jeremiah Wann and Sales and Marketing Manager Justin Badger representing the company at FABTECH Mexico. Travelling to Monterrey, they’ll be bringing along a CMAXX dust and fume collector to introduce it to our growing international market.
“We’ve sold equipment to places in Mexico and Central America in the last few years,” says Jeremiah Wann. “We want to keep growing our presence there.”
FABTECH Mexico isn’t just an opportunity to give a new market a chance to see the CMAXX dust and fume collector. It’s also an opportunity for Imperial Systems to seek out new representatives of our products in the area.
“We have representatives all over the United States,” Jeremiah says. “We’re ready to find some dust and fume collection professionals who are ready to represent our products in Mexico and Central America.”
Many manufacturers in Mexico are upgrading their dust collection systems to provide better air quality for employees. Also, many international brands with manufacturing facilities in this area expect these facilities to meet the company’s overall health and safety standards.
Imperial Systems is ready to step into this market with the CMAXX, BRF baghouse, and other equipment to help these companies meet all of their air quality control needs. Bringing new representatives to work with us will help us expand into these areas.
FABTECH Mexico is a great chance to take the CMAXX to places it’s never been before. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for lots of photos as Justin and Jeremiah document their adventures! Like all our trade show experiences, we expect them to come back with lots of good leads and a few good stories.
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by Imperial Systems | Apr 12, 2017 | Woodworking
The baghouse is a workhorse of the dust collection industry, handling everything from high temperatures to rough, abrasive dust. The Imperial Systems engineers are experts in designing baghouse systems specifically for woodworking and paper recycling applications. The BRF baghouse system has certainly proven itself in these industries, as these case studies show.
INDUSTRY: Custom Cabinets
PROBLEM: Wrong Collector for the Job
This woodworking company had installed a dust collection system, but within just a week their filters were already blinding off. Consequently, they were spending a lot of money on over-bags, constant compressed air pulsing, and filter changes. So, they needed to make a change.
Not all collectors are suitable for all applications. The Imperial Systems team examined the problems the company was having. They decided that a BRF baghouse would be the right solution. The problem was very fibrous wood dust. The original collector was a cartridge system, and cartridges usually aren’t the best solution for fibrous or stringy material.
Each BRF baghouse system is designed for each customer’s needs. We applied our knowledge of woodworking applications to solve this customer’s problem.
The BRF is handling this company’s fibrous wood dust with no problems. As a result, it has cut down on compressed air use, filter changes, and production downtime. Imperial Systems makes both cartridge collectors and baghouses. Therefore, we’re able to determine which one will work better for a particular application.
INDUSTRY: Paper Recycling
PROBLEM: NFPA Compliance, Dust Accumulation
This paper recycling company runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The dust load is heavy and constant. The wood dust extraction systems they had in place were not up to the job: several inches of dust had accumulated on surfaces around the facility, creating a very severe fire hazard. Also, because there was so much dust in the air, the employees had to wear dust masks. Further, they were dealing with respiratory infections and eye irritation.
Employee health was at risk and a combustible dust accident was waiting to happen. So, the company came to Imperial Systems to design a solution to handle their very heavy dust load.
From consultation and drawings to engineering and fabrication, the company had constant contact with the Imperial Systems team. We made sure everything would work exactly as they needed it to. The project was completed in March of 2014, and the company had great praise for the design and installation teams.
Since installing the BRF baghouse system for paper dust, the company is now fully NFPA compliant and dust accumulation is no longer a problem. The facility is clean and the health problems the employees had been dealing with are resolved.
Not just any system can handle a heavy dust load with round-the-clock shifts. Imperial Systems has experience in the paper recycling industry to design a system that will handle this kind of abuse for many years to come.
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by Imperial Systems | Apr 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Installing a robotic welding cell collector above a robotic welder might seem like a great idea. After all, it will quickly remove all the fumes produced by the robot. Also, the collector doesn’t take up any space on your crowded shop floor. What could possibly be wrong with this setup?
Collector Installation Location
A robotic welder is an expensive piece of equipment. It’s certainly a big investment for any company. So the last thing you want to do is put it near anything that might damage it, right?
How about putting it right underneath something that might damage it?
Installing a welding fume collector above a robotic welder does save floor space. Since you mount it above the welder, it’s completely out of the way. There are some hazards with this arrangement, though, and we’ve seen them in action.
Weld fumes are almost always combustible. If the fume collector is located at some distance from the robotic welder, a deflagration that happens inside the collector will not damage the robot and will be contained in the collector. On the other hand, if you have a robotic welding cell collector mounted directly overhead, the deflagration is going to happen right above your very expensive piece of equipment.
Safeguard Your Robotic Welding Cell
A properly designed dust collection system will handle and safely vent an explosion. If the collector is outside the building, there will be minimal risk to people or property. The length of ductwork between the welder and the fume collector gives hot air and sparks time to cool down before they reach the collector.
When robotic welding cell collectors are in use, they’re inside the building and mounted overhead. There is almost no space between the source of fumes and the collector. This greatly increases the risk of a deflagration inside the collector.
This could be a disaster for your robotic welder. First of all, burning material or debris could fall on it and damage it. Also, a fire suppression system could shower your welder with water or fire extinguishing chemicals. You may have to remove your robot welder from service for costly repairs. Some events could even destroy it.
The floor space saved by mounting an extractor above the welder isn’t worth the cost of repairing or replacing a robotic welder. A robotic welding cell fume extraction system with hoods can effectively control fumes from the welder without the risk of damaging it.
Learn more about Robotic Weld Cell Fume Extraction.
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