World renowned Kohler Company, headquartered in Kohler, WI, has been in business for over 130 years, and is a leader in plumbing products, engines and generators, furniture and accessories, and cabinetry and tile.
Over a several month period, Kohler held a Kaizen Event......a focused, intense, short term project to improve the capture and removal of airborne pollutants created by their machining processes.
Testing was done in and around a Brown & Sharpe machine, initially without an air cleaner attached. Testing was then repeated in each location, with five different air cleaning systems.
Results of the readings taken by the Kohler team are attached.
Summarily, each air cleaner underwent several tests. The Extract-All Model E-1400, manufactured by Air Impurities Removal (A.I.R.) Systems, Inc., provided the best results in almost 100% of the test readings.
Subsequently, Kohler Company replaced numerous existing air cleaners in their machining areas with A.I.R. Systems, Inc.?s Extract-All E-1400 systems. In addition, E-1400's are specified when new machine tools are installed at Kohler Company. As a result, Kohler is experiencing cleaner and healthier work environments in their manufacturing facilities.
Husco International, Inc. is a global leader in the development and manufacture of hydraulic and electrohydraulic controls for off-highway and automotive applications.
Ink-Spraying Application
Husco has a Class 100 Clean room environment where an operator sprays an Isopropyl Alcohol based solution on parts. Their goal was to remove fumes and larger particulates. This was achieved by installing the Extract-All Model S-984-1 Clean Air Station on the stand where the work is performed. The overspray and fumes are drawn back into the Clean Air Station and are effectively removed by three stages of filtration.
Plexus Corporation
Plexus Corporation is a leading international company that provides design, manufacturing and testing services to the electronics industry.
Plexus has had great success using the Extract-All brand Fume Extraction Systems in two areas.
Wave Soldering
Generally speaking, this unit is used during wave pump and associated parts maintenance. It draws lead solids and lead dust that is generated during the cleaning of various parts. For this application, Air Impurities Removal Systems provided custom downdraft tables.
Solder Pot
Extract-All Model SP-981-2B systems are used on a daily basis to reduce any possible exposure to lead fumes during the drossing of solder pots. By placing the fume extractor arms above the pots, any fumes generated are collected by the Extract-All systems.
Use of the Extract-All systems has dramatically lowered workers exposure levels, and ensures that they are well under OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits.
Globe Firefighter Suits
Dear Sir:
We have tried your company's Air Impurities Removal Systems Extract-All Model S-987-2 to remove the chemical fumes from our seam sealing operation, with good results. We have since purchased an additional twelve units, for a total of thirteen.
In the past, we'd used a exhaust system in the ceiling of our building, but it limited us as to the location of our equipment. With the Extract-All, we have more versatility to move our seam sealers to any location in the building.
Yours Truly,
Mike Roy
Guhring, Inc.
Based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Guhring, Inc. is a leading maufacturer of high quality, advanced design cutting tools.
Having spent tens of thousands of dollars over the years for large dust collectors and air cleaning systems, Guhring's Plant/Facility Engineering Director, Fred Langer, was frustrated when trying to find more economoical sytems which still offered high quality solutions for smaller applications.
Then, in the autumn of 2002, Air Impurities Removal (A.I.R.) Systems, Inc., offered its economical Extract-All Model S-987-2A Compact Air Cleaning System to handle two of Guhring's odor producing operations.
Guhring had both a fully enclosed, automated laser marking machine and a color coding operation, both of which produced gaseous fumes. A.I.R. Systems set-up its system on a portable caster base, with two inlets. The first inlet connected to the exhaust port of the laser marking machine. A self-supporting extractor arm was attached to the second inlet, so that the inlet nozzle could be postioned properly to draw in the fumes from the color coding operation.
The Extract-All features three stages of filtration, including a 2 ply polyester panel prefilter, a refillable adsorption module with activated carbon, and a pleated final filer.
Now, in full operation, Guhring is very satisfied with the Extract-All Systems's performance, including its compact design, good suction,high level of filtration, and low maintenance requirements.
