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Machine Mount Mist Eliminators - Industry Expert Reviews |
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Machine Mounted Mist EliminatorsA machine mounted mist eliminator is the most direct and effective way to prevent industrial air pollution such as smoke, oil mist or coolant mist from entering your shop or production area. The product comparison table below shows reviews of 10 different mist eliminators from some of the most popular brands. These products have been chosen to represent a cross section of manufacturers and technology used for mist eliminators that can be directly mounted to your machine tool enclosure. Read article below on machine mounted mist eliminators.
The Best Machine Mounted Mist Eliminatorsby James Lee, Industrial Designer Machine mounting is a great way to go. In fact it's ideal. All mist and smoke is contained in the enclosure and pulled directly into the mist eliminator. Now the challenge is to choose a machine mountable mist eliminator that will actually filter all the contamination out of the air. Besides effectiveness, things to look for are low energy consumption, cheap maintenance and easy maintenance. With correct sizing and enough after filters, almost any type of mist eliminators may be effective at removing indoor air pollution. If you do not want to overspend on after filters, then eliminate centrifugal from the list. Centrifugal separators will pull oil and a little mist from the air, but smoke and light mist pass right through. Media filters do a good job of collecting coolant, but here again, you will be spending regularly for replacement filters. Electrostatic precipitators like the AQE MistBuster and Trion Mini M.E. are very effective in most cases without any post filters; plus the main filter is an aluminum collection cell that never needs replacement. Electrostatic and media are both effective at removing smoke and mist, but not equal when it comes to maintenance cost or energy consumption. So lets look at energy consumption. As long as they are working properly, centrifugal mist collectors are not bad. Although centrifugal technology is easily clogged from oil and smoke passing through moving parts. Once filled with contamination, additional energy is required to overcome resistance. But nothing hogs your energy like media filters. With filter media, blowers must push excessively to overcome static pressure of woven filters, especially once contamination has begun to build up. That's why you see such high CFM ratings for blowers on media based mist eliminators. Over time, maintenance can make an oil smoke mist eliminator a breeze or a pain in the neck. Most coolant mist eliminators start out clean, collect mist, drain coolant and eventually become full. Media based oil mist eliminators use a bag like filter that eventually becomes full and must be replaced with a new bag. Depending on use, you will need to plan for a schedule of disposing and replacing filters. Centrifugal filters are supposed to continuously drain coolant and filter mist and smoke with a media post filter. Like any other media, the post filter will need regular replacing. But unlike any other technology, centrifugal mist eliminators must be taken apart, cleaned out and rebuilt. Most owners of centrifugal mist eliminators end up replacing them with electrostatic precipitators. Maintenance for electrostatic is minimal and cheap. There are no parts to replace. If you are using oil or synthetic coolant, turn off the unit for a minute between shifts to drain the cells. The electrostatic precipitator will only need the collection cell washed about once or twice a year. If you use water based coolant, an ESP mist eliminator will need you to slide out the collection cell and put it in the parts washer about twice per month.
For overall cost and maintenance, the
best machine mounted mist eliminator technology is electrostatic.
My personal favorite is the Trion Mini M.E. Standard dual pass
ESP with nice big collection cells, good cell spacing, quality
construction - it's a lot of filtration for the price. |
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