DCS CLEAR UP AFTER THE FIRE!
Pegler Ltd, a
leading manufacturer of brassware to the plumbing industry
suffered a fire that was intense enough to destroy a section
of the factory (shown in red on the left).
This section housed the large
plating line and original cyclone dust extraction system handling
the polishing shop. DCS Ltd were awarded the contract, being
selected from a field of major suppliers and installers of
dust extraction equipment in the UK to dismantle the old fire
damaged equipment and provide a new state of the art system.
DCS have previously installed plant
to arrest both ferrous and non-ferrous polishing dust for various
UK manufacturers. A bank of four separate dust control plants
were installed to handle a total air volume in excess of 100,000
m3/hr contaminated with brass dust and moppings.
Each bank
consisted of two DCS high efficiency cyclones designed to
pre-separate the brass dust and moppings prior to filtration.
Air then passes through the cyclones to a DCS Reverse Jet
Cartridge Filter Plant achieving a discharge emission level
of less than 5mg/m3. Collected waste material in both the
filter plant and cyclone systems discharge into large collection
bins mounted on castors. A bin equalising system allows a
plastic bin liner to be fitted collecting the waste into
plastic sacks thus preventing further environmental issues,
a must for Pegler¼s given
the plant location
The new system is powered by
four 45kW Combifab fansets achieving an approximate
noise level of 77.6dBA at a one metre free field range. Pegler
Ltd operate to the new international standard for environmental
management EN ISO 14001 which required the fitting of EFF1
rated electrical motors to all four of the above DCS fansets.
To operate the above plants, four separate Siemens control
panels were applied, again meeting Pegler's on-site electrical
standards.
The internal
ductwork systems to the polishing machines were revamped
by installing some new Quick Fit "QF" ductwork
which use a quick release clamp mechanism to join sections
of duct together. This ductwork system has a smooth inner bore
thus preventing dust build up. QF ductwork provides
the most flexible method of changing a ductwork layout with
little down time when customers wish to alter machine positions/processes.
Dismantling of the previous
cyclone system and installation of the new DCS system was achieved
over the Christmas break. The plant started operation 6th January
2003. Mr David Twiggs of Pegler Ltd commented 'We are very
pleased that DCS achieved their aggressive target, which meant
no Production was lost and work on rebuilding the factory was
able to start immediately the construction team returned to
work!'.
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