Oil Mist Purifier
Oil mists produced in machining and milling processes can be hazardous to your employees’ health and contaminate expensive CNC machine parts. Moreover, they can create slip hazards on workshop floors and walls.
Excessive exposure to mineral oils can cause eye and respiratory irritation. Prolonged exposure can also lead to serious diseases including asthma, bronchitis and fibrosis of the lung.
Reduces Health Hazards
Up to a million workers in the United States are exposed to oil mist every day. This dangerous chemical can enter a worker’s body through skin contact, inhalation or ingestion. It can cause eye irritation, itchy and irritated skin, vomiting, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath and other serious health problems. It can also contaminate work surfaces, making them slippery, increasing the risk of accidents involving slipping and insecure object manipulation. Long-term exposure can increase a person’s risk of cancer of the skin, eyes, lungs, pancreas, scrotum and bladder.
Besides the health risks, this toxic substance can clog machinery, leading to breakdowns and costly downtime. It can also create an oily coating on floors, tools and machines, creating a fire hazard. Using the right mist removal systems ensures that your business complies with regulations and protects your employees’ health, well-being and safety.
Metalworking fluids are a necessary part of many manufacturing processes but they produce harmful oil mist that jeopardizes the health of your employees and customers. These aerosolized particles can leave a film of grease on surfaces, obscuring visibility and blocking lighting and equipment. They can also be inhaled or swallowed, causing respiratory issues.
Air filtration equipment removes the hazardous mist, improving indoor air quality and making your facility healthier for employees and customers. Using the proper equipment protects your employees’ health, and saves you money on repairs, maintenance, insurance and overtime pay. You also avoid the long-term liabilities and healthcare costs associated with contamination in your workplace. Breaches of the health and safety regulations by failing to install or maintain your ventilation system can lead to action from the HSE, including fines and disqualification as a company director.
Reduces Maintenance Costs
Modern metalworking machines use sensitive electronics and equipment that, when coated in oil mist, can cause production to slow down. Long-term or repeated exposure to this type of airborne contaminant can also negatively affect your health.
An industrial mist recovery air purifier filters out the oily smoke and mist that comes from metalworking machines and prevents it from being expelled into the environment. This ensures that a clean workshop is maintained, which is essential to grant safety and efficiency in the workplace.
The system removes the oil mist through a two-stage filtration process: first, the pump discharge is cleaned through a OIL MIST PURIFIER coalescing filter that separates the oil from the coolant. The resulting oil-free air is then passed through an adsorptive activated carbon cartridge that removes any undesirable odors.
Unlike mechanical or central filtration solutions that require long pipe runs before reaching the filter, our systems are installed directly on top of the machine or as close to it as possible, which significantly reduces fire risks and the amount of contaminated water sucked up by the pump. This increases the lifespan of the vacuum pump and lowers maintenance costs.
Our systems use a combination of advanced technologies to eliminate the dangerous contaminants from the exhaust of vacuum pumps: an inlet filter with nanofiber technology and a dual stage coalescing filter that separates the lubricant from the cooling oil. The lubricant is then pumped back into the machine for reuse. This minimizes the waste of expensive metalworking fluids and eliminates a significant source of contamination in the workshop. The system is available in a variety of sizes and configurations to fit your needs, making it easy to upgrade or retrofit as your operations change.
Reduces Waste
Oil mist is created by metalworking fluids used as lubricants and coolants in machines, creating a hazard for workers and causing oil residue on machinery, floors, ceilings and lights. Long-term exposure to the contaminating particles can lead to health problems. Oil mist filter systems extract and process the contaminated air, returning clean air to the workshop.
These systems can be mounted on machine tools, or in a central location within the workshop. They have three or four stages of filtering to capture the particles and recover the oil for reuse, reducing operating costs and cutting down on waste disposal. The system uses a special centrifugal fan impeller to create a cyclone effect that enhances the separation of the particles. Stainless steel woven screens and coalescing separators are then used to further separate the oil from the air, with a final HEPA (high efficiency particulate arresting) filter to ensure the best possible filtration and recovery.
The system removes oil fume, dust and smoke from the working environment using fiberglass media filtration with a HEPA final filter option, ensuring that the air quality meets or exceeds local exhaust ventilation LEV standards. It’s easy to install and requires no additional ductwork or ventilation fans, making it an ideal solution for a wide range of applications including machining, spraying, welding, laser cutting, heat treating and textile manufacturing.
An industrial oil mist extraction and filtration system can significantly reduce the amount of waste generated by a machine tool or workshop, and improve workplace conditions. This will not only protect the health and safety of workers, but also lower operational costs and increase productivity. Contact us for more information or a custom quote on an oil mist filter.
Reduces Energy Costs
Many metalworking operations create oil mist or oil smoke that can contaminate the workplace and lead to slippery work surfaces. The oil vapor particles can also cause health problems for workers such as breathing difficulties and skin irritation. When not removed, the oil particles can also damage equipment and products leaving them coated in an oily substance that interferes with their performance.
Using an industrial oil mist purifier can reduce the amount of contaminated air leaving the machine by filtering it as it is produced. This prevents the exhaust from escaping into the atmosphere, and saves energy costs by reducing air conditioning usage. The system can be used on closed or open machines and can be installed in the area where the machining takes place, or at a convenient location away from the machine.
Our LNS Fox HE electrostatic filtration system is ideal for this kind of application, and it is a simple, cost effective solution that will keep your manufacturing facility running smoothly.
Modern CNC machinery is often controlled by sensitive electronics and a thin film of oil can disrupt production processes. Handling equipment and products coated in a layer of oil can be dangerous to employees, damage machinery and cause production delays. Removing the oil mist and preventing it from being exhausted into the workplace is essential for worker safety, product quality and environmental compliance.
The industrial oil mist purifiers work by absorbing the vaporized oils in a two-stage process. The first stage of the filtration process uses a proprietary multi-layered pre-filter cartridge that removes solid particles and entrains bulk liquids to reduce the particle size. This reduces the amount of oil vapor entering the second stage where the mist droplets are further reduced by inertial impaction. The final stage of the filtration process separates the vaporized oil from the air, which can be reused or disposed of.
Increases Efficiency
Oil mist is a significant concern for most factories, as it negatively impacts the productivity of the workers and damages products. This mist is formed when metalworking OIL MIST PURIFIER fluids are aerosolized during machining, and it contaminates the air and forms an oily film on equipment, products and floors. Often, the oil is toxic to the touch and can irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs of the workers.
To improve efficiency and reduce cost, the Juwei Oil Mist Recovery Air Purifier filters out this oil from the air. It does so without increasing pressure drop and without compromising filtration ability for small oil mists. This is accomplished by using a fibrous filter with asymmetric wettability, which allows for improved filtration efficiency without sacrificing energy consumption.
The filter system is also used to improve the performance of compressors at stations along long-distance natural gas pipelines. Filter cartridges that have a uniform wettability across the entire surface area are commonly used at these sites, but they suffer from poor particle filtration due to the high volume of oil drops entering them. By using a new, innovative technology, the Juwei oil mist collector achieves a high level of particle separation and capture.
Modern machines such as CNC lathes, milling and grinding produce a lot of fine oil mist, which is known as “oil smoke” and can contain a variety of contaminants. The old air cleaning systems that pass this oil into the ambient environment do not meet the new health and safety standards set by OSHA, European exposure limits or NESHAP in the US. These systems are unable to handle the rapid spindle speeds, higher pressure coolants and thinner oil films that occur today.
