Timber conservatory maker Baltic Pine has opted for a cyclo-filter system to meet its rising wood waste extraction demands.
The Penzance-based company, which produces more than 155 conservatories a week from European redwood pine, invested in Dustraction‘s larger-scale Cattinair cyclo-filter to improve waste extraction and create a cleaner factory environment for workers.
Baltic Pine’s production manager Tony Padgeth said a careful assessment of extraction technology available ruled out a conventional chain filter replacement because there were “too many moving parts”.
The Cattinair 4X9 model installed at Baltic Pine cost about £128,000 and serves more than 70 machines, including planers, morticers, tenoners, moulders and resaws.
It has a space-saving footprint, is made from 3mm thick steel plate and provides a total air volume of 12.14m3 per second. It incorporates a 20% reserve capacity for future expansion.
Centrifugal action separates 95% of the waste before it reaching the circular filters. Waste is discharged via a closed loop cyclone directly to a baler which is then sold to a merchant with a ready market in farm animal and equestrian bedding.
Dustraction says the amount of dust in the filtered air is less than 0.2mg per m3, which is within European regulatory requirements, making it suitable for the warm air to be returned to the factory and cutting down on heating bills.
