Smoke Removal

[rake60]

A lot of the people at work were complaining about the smoke coming from the
machine I'm running. I've been breathing that for most of my adult life but they
couldn't stand it, so maintenance came up with a temporary fix until the machines
are moved to their permanent locations.

40 feet of flexible clothes dryer vent hose hooked to an existing exhaust fan.
It looks like Industrial Christmas Garland looped across the maintenance room
supported by jack chain.

It may not be pretty, but it works very well.

Cheap, quick and effective!
Once the machines are moved we will have a better system in place, but for now
this will do.

Now I'm thinking about this old box fan in my basement hobby shop that just fits
in one of the windows..........

Rick

 

[ksouers]

I thought you were working in Pennsylvania??

Looks like something out of China or India :big:

 

[tattoomike68]

Thats a good way to go, a smogg hogg cost $1,500+

 

[steamer]

Righteous!...

That'll work just fine till then

Dave

 

[Lew Hartswick]

I thought you were working in Pennsylvania??

Looks like something out of China or India :big:

Very funny. How about Mexico? or even New Mexico. right down the
street from me maybe.
...lew...

 

[Blogwitch]

Rick,

Around the ealy 80's, just as H&S were starting to really flex their muscles, I designed an extraction system for soldering workstations, to get the flux fumes away from the operators.

It lasted about two years.

The 2" plastic pipes became totally blocked with solidified flux. By that time, there were specialists in extraction coming onto the scene, and we got them in. But their offerings lasted even less time, in fact we started to get problems after about a year.

But that did show that the operators were at risk.


John

 

[Jasonb]

Reminds me of a fellow traction engine builder who rigged up something similar while machining a lot of cast iron to keep the dust down. All went well for a few weeks then it rained and his and next doors window sills and most other flat surfaces turned a nice shade of red/brown :-[ where the dust had settled.

J

 

[portlandron]

The box fan at homes is a good idea I have used one for years. Rather then mount in permanently I have a couple of hooks in the ceiling by the window. When ever I am doing something that smokes or smells just open the window and hang the fan and run it until the air is clear. I also have a built in exhaust fan (bathroom type) in another room in the basement and I find that by running it it creates a slight negative pressure in the basement and keeps smells from traveling upstairs.

 

[rake60]

My original photo in this thread looked a little goofy, but it WORKED!

I have another turret lathe operational now. This week we moved both machines to
a more permanent location in the plant.
The exhaust fan and flexible duct hose moved with them.

Eventually we will have rigid vent hoods at the machine spindles, but for right now, goofy works great.

Rick

 

[hopeless]

oops fooled me ;D I took it the wrong direction as usual. I thought I was going to see machines the electrics had failed :big: but it was a health & safety issue ....
Pete