Air Filtration Industry Articles, News And Resources
MistBuster® Training Video
October 25th, 2019 | Posted in Air Cleaners
The following video goes over the ins and outs of a MistBuster®, maintenance, and general troubleshooting. Video Transcript Know what you need? Click on your topic to go directly to that part of the transcript: Coolant Selector Switches Troubleshooting Lights out/flashing Continuity check Lights on, w/ bypass (blow-by) – change to oil mode Excessive zapping Handling of cell Contact boards Power supplies Interlock switch Fan Speed controller Capacitor Charring on contact board Shorting test (2…
Continue Reading »MistBuster® Accessories
October 18th, 2019 | Posted in Air Cleaners
The MistBuster® Series offers many solutions for the metalworking industry. Our industrial air cleaning systems capture harmful airborne machining application contaminants by using electrostatic precipitation and media filtration technologies. Machine shops, plants, and other facilities vary in size and available space for an air filtration system. That’s why we’ve designed several different mounting and ducting accessories for the MistBuster® product line. Read on to see the possibilities. Mounting Each mounting solution we provide offers unique…
Continue Reading »New & Improved Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Purification Systems
June 11th, 2019 | Posted in Air Cleaners
Air Quality Engineering, Inc. is excited to announce the release of our new and improved commercial kitchen exhaust purification systems. Chief among the many improvements is the addition of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), which is standard on AUTOCLEAN® and available as an option on Smokemaster® F72 models. We have also added an optional Human Machine Interface (HMI). The integration of these controllers has greatly simplified the installation and user experience. Below we will highlight…
Continue Reading »Why Machine-Tool Mist Should Matter
May 10th, 2019 | Posted in Air Cleaners
There are a multitude of CNC machine tools on the market, and all of them have capabilities that would leave many an old-school machinist in total awe. Back in the 1980’s, I worked with some of the most skilled machinists that 3M had on staff. Their work was impeccable, but many parts took days or weeks to produce due to the many manual steps involved, from set-ups, tweaking, re-work, etc. Today’s high-speed CNC machines are…
Continue Reading »New Additions To Our Air Filtration Unit Lines
March 13th, 2019 | Posted in Air Cleaners
MistBuster® and MX-Series Air Quality Engineering, Inc. manufactures a wide variety of products to filter machine-tool mist, smoke, dust and other airborne contaminants associated with machining operations. The MistBuster® product line provides source filtration, and the MX-Series provides centralized filtration. The photo on the left shows a MistBuster® 500, which provides variable airflow up to 500 CFM. On the right is an M466O unit, which provides airflow up to 8,000 CFM. Whether your need is…
Continue Reading »Kitchen Exhaust PCU/Exhaust Scrubber
January 21st, 2019 | Posted in Air Cleaners
Kitchen Exhaust Scrubbers (or Pollution Control Units (PCUs)) are becoming more and more popular as urban areas continue to grow and mixed-use construction becomes increasingly more popular. But just what are these units and how do they work? There are several different technologies on the market for capturing the grease, smoke and odors from commercial kitchen exhaust, but let’s look at the two most popular technologies that are used today. Mechanical Media Filtration Mechanical Media…
Continue Reading »MERV Rating
August 6th, 2018 | Posted in Air Cleaners
One common term used when discussing air filtration is the MERV rating. Take a moment to understand what MERV ratings are, and how they applied to your application. Before delving in, it helps to know that MERV is an acronym for Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, and it is a standard scale used to rate the effectiveness of air filters in terms of filtering particulate from the air. MERV Scale The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration…
Continue Reading »Mechanisms Of Filtration
May 30th, 2018 | Posted in Air Cleaners
Need a brief overview of the basic five air filtration mechanisms that are used to remove particulates from the air? Then this is for you. This particular overview is tailored to mechanisms utilized on systems manufactured by Air Quality Engineering. Each air filtration mechanism, including straining, interception, diffusion, inertial impaction and electrostatic attraction, is employed to capture specific range of sizes of the particulate being filtered. The straining, interception, diffusion, and inertial impaction mechanisms rely…
Continue Reading »Breathe Purer Air In Industrial Environments
May 16th, 2018 | Posted in General
Do you want to breathe pure air? Or give your employees cleaner air to breathe while working? Of course you do. One of the unfortunate truths about today’s world is that the air we breathe is not pure. It contains many contaminants, pollutants and irritants. Most of the time we don’t notice they are there. It’s nice to breathe freely, but it can also offer a false sense of comfort in thinking that the air…
Continue Reading »Carbon Air Filtration
April 19th, 2018 | Posted in General
There are times when one’s air cleaning process may require the use of a carbon post filter. Let’s get a brief overview of carbon, how it works, and when you should consider using it. What is Carbon and Carbon Filtration? Carbon (sometimes referred to as activated charcoal) is typically used to address Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOC’s. VOC’s include odors and other gaseous pollutants. There is also impregnated carbon that is used to increase the…
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