Due to the heavy material loading of the lightweight fine foam particles IAS turned to a two-pronged attack strategy with Clean Air Industries. First IAS supplied a Clean Air ATC-4400 Cyclone, this cyclone was put in place above the trash compactor to handle a majority of the waste material. Following that IAS used a Clean Air Industries’ ATV-24, a vertical cartridge collector that paired with its pulse cleaning system delivers the highest level of filtration efficiency and the longest filter life for this material. To minimize labor to operate the system, IAS pneumatically conveys the collected materials from the Cartridge collector back into the duct before the cyclone to continuously deliver material to the trash compactor.

The foam material is explosive and resulted in IAS pursuing full NFPA protective equipment to protect the building & employees from any potential explosion. This included explosion Isolation on both the clean and dirty air side of the ductwork. NFPA explosion vents and an explosion proof airlock to protect workers who may be around the collector. We selected Boss Products for their ATEX Certified Vigiflap, Explosion Vents & Airlocks to best protect the facility and workers from a potential explosion.

Lapine Metal Products supplied all of the required Cheetah Duct Clamp Together Ductwork. The Clamp style ductwork saved the Manufacturer significant time installing the massive duct run and the multiple branches to each machine.

Chicago Blower provided IAS with their Design-95 backwards inclined fan engineered to deliver large volumes of airflow at high static pressure. Working with Chicago Blower, IAS sized this fan to account from the high system static pressure and system airflow requirement to effectively convey the collected material from each machine through to the collector.