Hign pressure blower for panels cleaning (dust)

[emcobp]

We use several compressed air nozzles to clean our fiberboard (remove the dust on top of the panel prior to glueing)
The air consumption is so high, that a new compressor will be need if we continu with this wrong way of doing it.

Any idea for replacing those device?
High-ressure blower?
Turbo-compressor?
Any manufacturer?
Thanks
David

 

[unclesyd]

Checkout the products from this company. They have several different approaches to problems such as yours.
You should easily be able to cut your air consumption by half.

http://www.vortec.com/

 

[btrueblood]

Would it be smarter to vacuum off ("hoover") the dust? Then it's trapped in a filter bag somewhere, and not just wafting around and settling back onto the next sheet in the stack.

 

[Ashereng]

I'm not an expert in fibreboard glueing, but some issues with vacuum vs. air systems:

Vacuum is limited in its pressure. A compressed air system can generate more pressure than 15 psi.

I am guessing that the issue is not so much a lot of dust, just dust on the boards to be glued. It would be tough to keep all the dust of the boards, so one would need to de-dust anyway.



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