Case Studies

Food Processing Dust Collectors A.C.T. Dust Collectors was called in to evaluate the dust collection needs of a large manufacturer of popular snack foods. Their food processing application created dust from ingredients such as sugar and flour which has to be collected for the safety of the employees. This is especially important in the mixing process as sugar dust can be...

A national manufacturer of refractory products in New Jersey needed a dust collection system. Refractory materials are used in furnaces, kilns, ovens and other high temperature objects as refractories are resistant to heat. The specific dust collection application was for dust from a material used to put a finish on their products built with refractory materials. The finishing...

A.C.T. Dust Collectors was contacted by a metal recycling customer in Ohio that uses torches to cut large chunks of steel down to smaller sizes, which results in a nasty plume of yellow smoke. All this was done outside. It was an environmental hazard; they had to do something to contain the smoke.

One of the largest metal fabrication shops in North America, with main operations in Pennsylvania, invested in a major facility upgrade.

A global manufacturer of honeycomb core structural boards in Michigan needed to make an upgrade to their dust collection system.

Welding technology programs start at the high school level. Numerous industries rely on the welding trade, proving the investment in welding education has lifelong benefits regardless of the career path. The best learning occurs with hands-on experience. Clean, compliant educational workshops are instrumental in this learning, and welding fume/dust collection systems must be...

Recently, a manager at a premier wire manufacturing plant in South Carolina reached out to the staff at A.C.T. Dust Collectors. He was in need of a large industrial dust collection system to replace a smaller unit due to increases in production.

An international tire manufacturer was experiencing poor air quality. This company has a process where they form rubber so that it can be used to make tires.

A customer in Texas purchased a new fiber laser cutting machine. The machine offers incredible precision and speed but produces an extremely fine dust during operation. The company reached out to A.C.T. Dust Collectors to find a solution to their fiber laser dust collection.

One of our customers, Inside Edge Commercial Interior Services located in Minnesota is a national commercial flooring company that provides concrete grinders and vac systems for profiling concrete substrates prior to laying a floor.

Ambient Air Application: More than one dust collection need?

Recently, a manufacturer for roadway paint in North Carolina reached out to us because their dust collection methods were inefficient. The dust they were collecting was the dust from mixing and melting color dies for paints and plastics. They were mixing the materials in what they call “reactors” and had a cartridge dust collector connected to these units. The dust being...

Recently, a manufacturer purchased a fiber laser cutting table. The manufacturer was concerned as to how they could best collect the dust. They knew if the dust and fumes were not collected properly

A few months ago, a specialty grain milling facility reached out to us looking for help with their dust collection need for a newly expanded facility in Illinois. Due to time constraints

A major automotive parts manufacturer in Michigan had a welding operation making an unacceptable amount of fume/smoke, and needed a fume collection system. Time was critical. They needed a quick solution to get an effective filtration system installed before the end of the month. The operations manager and his team had only two weeks to install the equipment. He was losing...

Lakehead Constructors were cutting metal with 5 plasma cutters in a mine that was located 2,341 feet (nearly a half mile) below the earth’s surface. They were cutting steel plates that were used in the US Department of Energy’s subatomic particle collections super modules. All this plasma cutting was creating a large amount of dust that was a health hazard. John Lohse decided...

A valued customer approached us with exactly what we love: a challenging application for industrial air filtration. They were running an enclosed laser-cutting system at a university tech center, near high-traffic classrooms in a compact space.

A.C.T. Dust Collectors was contacted by a customer in the northern climate who cuts steel on a plasma table. Plasma cutting is a popular process for cutting steel and is widely used in the manufacturing industry.

A local Minnesota company contacted ACT Dust Collectors with a need to filter the air from a laser cutting table.

SWI Interiors in Osage, MN is a very established interior design and cabinet production facility. Steve Pachel is the entrepreneurial force behind this growing company. In the spring of 2015 Steve decided he was going to take the next step in growing his shop, both in efficiency and healthy working environment.

Park Industries located in St Cloud MN, is the largest North American manufacturer of stone working equipment including CNC saws and routers. Starting in the fall of 2014, Park Industries began an expansion with the goal to increase manufacturing capacity and space to support their growth. Over 17% of extra capacity and over 17,000 square ft. of manufacturing space were added...

Jordan Transformer, located in Jordan, Minnesota specializes in the redesign and remanufacture of power transformers with ratings up to 200 MVA and voltages of up to 230 kV. The company was shipping out the transformers for off-site sandblasting which was becoming very expensive and resulting in longer turnaround times for their customers. A change was required to improve the...

Cybex International, a leading manufacturer of premium exercise equipment located in Owatonna, MN uses an 8 wheel monorail blast machine to prep parts prior to the powder paint process.

A customer in North Dakota had a large weld fume application that needed dust collectors to clear the air.

A large company in the pharmaceutical industry, needed 4 units for use on a fluidized tablet coating bed. The process created small fine dust within the air and on all equipment. The A.C.T. Dust Collector Cartridge Series collectors are suited for applications such as fluid bed dryers, tablet presses, tablet coating, and spray dryers. THE PROPEr TYPE OF DUST COLLECTOR...