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if necessary. For Wilson and Ferris, the system made the most sense for Cleve- land Tank’s needs.
“There used to be a haze overhead throughout the whole facility, and to mitigate that we would have to run exhaust fans all year, even in the winter,” says Wilson. “This made it pretty cold in the work areas. Now, using the Circu- lator, we rarely if ever need to run those fans.”
Extinguishing Sparks from Plasma Cutting
Next, Wilson and Ferris focused on the firm’s high-definition plasma table, which generates dust, fumes and potentially hazardous sparks. Cleve- land Tank employs the table for cutting as many as 300 aluminum and stain- less-steel sheets per day, ranging in size from 36 by 96 to 72 by 120 in.
The goal: Eradicate the fume and particulate matter in this work zone, in light of the high production and the materials used; and employ a fume-
The downdraft table in the stainless-steel weld booth has made notable improvements to the booth’s air quality, driving hexavalent chromium levels to 100 times lower than the specified limit.
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extraction solution that could stop sparks created during the cutting process from entering the extraction system’s filter.
“We wanted to ensure that the sys- tem would suck up everything that burns on the table and pose no filter fire risk,” Ferris says.
The answer? Lincoln Electric’s Spark Guardian, part of its Guardian fire-safety solution for fume-control systems. This system, working in tandem with The Circulator, efficiently prevents sparks from passing through, and on to, the extraction filter’s system. It also serves as an inline pre-separator that reduces
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