Filtermist - LATHELAND

About

Established in Shropshire in 1969, Filtermist’s ethos is to protect people by ensuring cleaner, safer, more productive workshops. The company, part of the Swedish Absolent Group, designs, manufactures and installs industrial air extraction and filtration solutions, including the provision of maintenance contracts and LEV services. Filtermist also distributes a range of process fluid filtration consumables and coolant control equipment throughout the UK.
Filtermist is best known for manufacturing a range of compact, quiet and efficient oil mist filters which are trusted by world leading manufacturers in more than 60 countries.

Located near the Iron Bridge that marks the first industrial revolution, Filtermist makes the factory safer and cleaner for Industry 4.0.

Mist Extraction

Exposure to airborne oil mist can cause a number of health issues, as well as posing a slip and fire hazard.

Where is Oil Mist found?

- - - Oil Mist is generated when oil or coolant is sprayed onto parts to aid the manufacturing process - often using compressed air to atomize the oil.
    - In metalworking industries such as automotive, aerospace, medical device manufacturing, power generation and general precision machining there are four basic types of metalworking fluids used to keep metal cool during manufacturing processes: Straight Oils, also known as ‘cutting’ or ‘neat’ oils; Soluble Oils; Semi-synthetic Fluids and Synthetic Fluids. Each has its own specific properties and is more suitable in certain applications, but they all have one thing in common – when sprayed, they all generate airborne mist particles known as oil mist.

Why do I need Filtermist for oil mist extraction

Filtermist protect operator from:

- - - Oil mist is a hazard to human health and can increase susceptibility to several types of cancer as well as causing other health problems such as extrinsic allergic alveolitis (also known as Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis), contact dermatitis, asthma, bronchitis and lung fibrosis to name but a few.
    - Oil mist particles which are larger than 3.5 microns in size are separated in the nose and throat, whilst particles smaller than 1 micron are absorbed into the bloodstream. Particles between these sizes are retained by the throat, bronchial tubes and lungs, causing a variety of occupational diseases. To put this into perspective, the diameter of an average human hair is between 10 and 50 microns.
    - Oil mist is also a fire risk and is flammable if exposed to a source of ignition. Our oil mist filters remove this risk by capturing and containing the oil within the filter before returning clean air to your workshop.
    - Oil mist escaping from your process can also settle on floors and other surfaces and can cause slips and falls if droplets are allowed to build up on surfaces where workers walk. Accumulation of oil mist on sensitive electronic apparatus can also cause equipment to fail, interrupting production and resulting in costly downtime

Filtermist applications

Applications of Filtermist extraction include but not limited to:

Filtermist
in turning

Filtermist and Absolent oil mist filter systems can be used to extract coolant mists produced by turning and machining metals on CNC lathes, whilst Filtermist Systems provides a comprehensive turnkey dust control service for the woodworking industry, including dust particles generated by using wood turning lathes.