Industrial air treatment is a major challenge for the health and safety of workers, as well as for the environment. It enables pollutants emitted by industrial machinery and processes to be captured at source. This can be achieved by installing fixed or mobile air treatment equipment. In this article, we’ll focus on the advantages of a mobile industrial air treatment system (mobile dust collector or mobile extraction unit).
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Fast turnaround on urgent requirements
One of the most significant advantages of a mobile air handling system is the speed with which it can be set up in an emergency. Indeed, mobile equipment can be deployed very quickly in the workplace to respond to an emergency situation. This may be the case in the event of a breakdown in a fixed air handling system, or in the event of a change in production processes requiring immediate responsiveness.
Low purchase cost compared with fixed installation
The acquisition cost of a mobile dust collector is generally lower than that of a fixed installation. This is because a mobile installation is Plug and Play, requiring no civil engineering,electrical installation or complex piping. This is even truer when mobile equipment is used for a limited period of time. In this case, it can even be rented or purchased at a more attractive price than a fixed installation.
Flexibility for plant modifications
Modern factories often evolve, with production facilities constantly being moved and remodeled as product ranges change. It therefore often makes sense to equip a production facility with its own dedicated mobile dust collector. In fact, a mobile dust collector offers great flexibility in the event of plant modifications. If production processes change, themobile installation can easily be movedto a new location at no extra cost. This makes it easier to quickly adapt the air handling system to changes in the plant, which can be a significant economic advantage.
On the other hand, a fixed centralized dust collector with a piping network distributed throughout the plant may make sense if the manufacturing process changes little, but piping modifications become costly and restrictive when suction requirements move and evolve. A suction network is fixed by nature, and can only suck in the flow rate for which it has been dimensioned, in order to respect the right transport speeds and maintain good suction efficiency.
Faster, lower-cost maintenance
Another important advantage of a mobile industrial dust collector is that it generally requires much less maintenance than a fixed installation. Mobile air handling systems are designed to be easily dismantled and transported, meaning that components are readily accessible and can be easily cleaned and maintained away from the production site.
In contrast, afixed air handling system often requires longer and more costly maintenance, as the components are often larger and more complex, and are integrated into the plant infrastructure. Breakdowns or malfunctions can lead to costly downtime and production delays, which can adversely affect the company’s profitability.
In addition, a breakdown in a fixed centralized dust collector brings the plant to a complete standstill, whereas a breakdown in a mobile dust collector brings the suction medium to a standstill. It’s easy to have a mobile dust collector on standby to quickly replace one of a plant’s broken-down units. This is obviously impossible when the plant is equipped with a fixed central dust collector.
Mobility in case of mobile pollutant emanation source or need for mobile workstation
Last but not least, a mobile industrial air treatment system is highly mobile. It can be easily moved around the workplace to treat pollutants emitted by a mobile source. It can also be used as a mobile workstation for employees working in polluted environments on the move. In this case, the mobile plant can be placed close to their workplace to purify the air they breathe and improve their working conditions.
In conclusion, mobile industrial air handling systems offer many advantages over fixed installations. They enable rapid response to urgent needs, are more economical to purchase and maintain, offer great flexibility when plant modifications are required, and are mobile to meet specific air treatment requirements.
For all these reasons, theuse of mobile air handling systems can be an effective solution for meeting dust removal, extraction and filtration requirements in industrial environments.
