Compact solution for exhalations from casting and annealing furnaces: fume extraction in goldsmiths’ laboratories

The extraction of fumes in goldsmiths’ laboratories is fundamental for safety at work of craftsmen, exposed to possible health risks resulting from the inhalation of fumes and gases produced in enclosed spaces during daily goldsmith processing.

In detail, the reference standards, su tutte il Lgs 81/08, o Testo Unico sulla sicurezza, provide that inside the goldsmith’s laboratory operators are protected from fumes and exhalations through the installation of:

• Central air suction systems
• Local extraction systems

In addition to the precision welds that cause small amounts of fumes that can be treated by centralized systems, goldsmith laboratories require specific local aspiration on furnaces for casting and annealing for fume suction, thus respecting the safety at work of those who work in the laboratory and is daily exposed to these vapors. To prevent the health risks caused by these furnaces it is necessary to suck the fumes directly from the source, that is, from the opening present in the upper part of each furnace for casting and annealing.

Simple and innovative solution: mobile and compact smoke extractor for localized suction on furnaces for casting and annealing

Following the experience gained in the industrial field, which provides for the optimal solution the local extraction of fumes and dust, our technicians have developed a mobile and compact fume extractor equipped with suction arm able to capture emissions directly at the source and filter them with final efficiency HEPA H13, in order to retain the pollutants with particles of particle size PM30 and reduce odors thanks to the integrated active carbon.

Welding fumes of MFU family has a high suction capacity with only 1500W of power used and the single-phase power supply makes it easy to connect anywhere with a simple Shuko socket, without needing expensive structural changes.

Its primary purpose is to capture dust and fumes before they can be inhaled by the workers damaging their health, but many of the potentially dangerous substances used in goldsmiths’ casting and annealing ovens also cause annoying and persistent odors especially in confined environments as are often goldsmiths’ laboratories, which is why it is also integrated with activated carbon.

Contact our technical department for more information or other solutions for your goldsmith laboratory.

Sources:

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) – ISS
• Confindustria Federorafi / Federazione Nazionale Orafi Argentieri Gioiellieri Fabbricanti