Today’s food and beverage manufacturers must handle many complexities in different areas such as safety, hygiene and product traceability in continuous and reliable operations in extreme temperatures and corrosive environments and increasingly shorter product cycles with greater variation. DeGATECH Innovative solutions contributes with its experience to devise and develop flexible and profitable production systems, necessary to manage their risks and take full advantage of current trends of dust collection & Ventilation solutions.
The food processing industry deals with special challenges for dust collection. Some applications require food-safe materials. Others have dust that can be difficult for standard filters to handle. Almost all food processing applications deal with dust that is extremely combustible.
Some of processed food are Cereal grains, Icing Sugar, Flour, Rice powder, Potato powder, Spices, Non-dairy creamer, Milk Powder, Cocoa powder, Corn meal and starch, Peanut meal, Nut shells, Powdered egg white etc.
[read_more id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]For a Food & beverage Industry outdoor air can carry 300 to 1,400 bacteria per cubic metre. So, an air-conditioning system with a capacity of 10,000 m3/hr can potentially take in 2 to 15 million bacteria every hour! This can seriously contaminate your beverage production. When public health is at stake, national food health and safety agencies can recommend that the authorities enforce health policy measures. These can include the withdrawal and destruction of raw materials or products, or even a temporary shutdown of the negligent company’s production plant. All filling lines must be free of microorganisms and maintain ISO class 5 with no viable presence of bacteria on the bottle or can during forming, conveying, filling and capping. The conveying line must be under HEPA filtration to protect the open product from any contaminants that may be present during the bottling process. range of filters offers a complete solution to the global food and beverage industry for complying with food safety regulations, fighting with microbiological contamination and making processes safer.[/read_more]
Materials processed are very flammable and can cause a dangerous explosion. Food processing machines require dust collection equipment to prevent accidents. Transport, storage, and mixing processes in the food processing industry are areas where dust explosions often occur.
Food processing equipment where dust collection may be needed includes conveyor belts, food packing machines, mixers and blenders, shelling machines, bucket elevators, and storage areas.
Hexavalent chromium is a common chemical compound that is generated from any source of ‘hot work’ on stainless steel. Inhaled hexavalent chromium is widely recognized as a human carcinogen that is extremely harmful to employee’s lungs if overly exposed. Some of the negative health effects associated with exposure to hexavalent chromium include occupational asthma, eye damage, respiratory irritation, and perforated eardrums. More severe internal effects may include kidney damage, liver damage, respiratory cancer, and pulmonary congestion. The health risks of exposure to this chemical can not only harm your staff, but they can also lead to lawsuits that may contribute to the decommissioning of your facility.[read_more id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]Depending on the type of metal undergoing welding, different types of fumes and smoke will be produced and released in the workspace. Certain coatings can also have a toxic effect, including metal working fluids, oils, rust inhibitors, paints, solvents, plastics, cadmium plating, and more. Each of these chemicals can cause serious harm to employees or damage equipment over time, which is why it’s important to remove them from your facility as much as possible. With the right smoke and weld fume collection equipment installed in your facility, you’ll be able to provide sufficient protection for employees at all times, significantly reducing the possibility of health issues.
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Depending on the size of your facility and the level of hazardous dust your operations produce, DeGATECH Engineering team can design and install a system of dust collectors to reduce this risk and maintain employee health. Our dust collectors require minimal maintenance, with lower initial purchase prices.
