A breath of fresh air

Celebrating its 25th year in business at this year's MACH, Air Cleaning Systems (acs) of Cardiff will be demonstrating its airborne particulate removal systems and a new mobile universal low pressure cleaner from PH-Cleantec.

Visitors to the stand will have the opportunity to operate the new Cleantec SRK1000-AS, as well as the OMF1000 media air cleaner.

The free standing OMF1000 unit is designed for direct attachment to most machine tools and has been developed for applications where high and low pressure coolant is used. With an air volume of 1000m3/hour and a 500W motor that generates a noise level below 68dB, the compact 120kg unit comfortably fits into any machine shop or tool room with minimal disruption.

The OMF1000 has a two stage filtration system designed for continuous operation. The first stage comprises a high efficiency cartridge that captures the mist particulate and releases the collected coolant, allowing it to drain from the sump of the unit to the drain pan supplied. The second stage of the machine comprises a HEPA cartridge that removes submicron particulates with an efficiency of 99.9%. This results in the clean air being returned to the machine shop, creating a cleaner, healthier working environment for shopfloor employees.

Since becoming the sole UK distributor for the new mobile cleaner range from PH-Cleantec in 2009, acs has witnessed an extremely high level of interest for its products. The new SRK1000-AS heats water or coolant to 95°C in under a minute to conduct machine cleaning operations and works at an operating pressure from 3 bar to 7.5 bar to clean components and machine tools. The SRK1000-AS is ideal for manufacturers that use a variety of materials in their machine tools and cannot allow swarf contamination from one material to the next. The system will rapidly remove any swarf or excess material eliminating the risk of contamination. For maintenance departments, the mobile cleaning unit, with its light 55kg frame, can be wheeled to any machine in a production area within minutes. To further improve access to machine tools, the unit has a 5m suction hose, 8m power cable and 5m lance cable attached to a standard 600mm lance.

The flexibility of the 1000SRK-AS enables maintenance engineers to comfortably load/unload the unit from a vehicle or storage facility direct to the area to be cleaned with exceptional ease. Once in place, the compact mobile unit that has no fluid tank can suck liquid directly from the machine tool coolant sump or can be connected to an external water tap providing a variable spray water volume from 1L/min to 1.8L/min. This provides maintenance staff with a solution to removing stubborn marks, oil, swarf and stains from the area to be cleaned. acs also has a number of PH-Cleantec systems available for component cleaning.

Besides the two machines on show, acs will also been keen to highlight its extended range of mist and fume control equipment. acs manufactures a range of downdraft filter benches for grinding, fettling, sanding and ingredient weighing applications. Downdraught carbon filter benches for solvent and gluing applications are also available. Air Cleaning Systems
www.acs-ltd.com
Hall 5, Stand 5190