Cuts the amount of oil mist carryover
December 1st 2005

Many manufacturers use vacuum pumps in their production process and have them sited near to the production machine or in a purpose-built enclosure.

Many lubricated pumps contain oil-moist separators to remove or reduce the oil carryover that occurs when air is exhausted from the pump.

Separators are not there just to reduce oil top-up costs, but are a requirement of the HSE. Workplace Exposure Limits, shown in EH40/2004, state that exposure to oil mist must not exceed 5mg/m3 during an 8h TWA, and must not exceed 10mg/m3 during a 15min STEL.

Many businesses are shocked when they measure the breathable oil mist concentration near a worn or badly maintained lubricated vacuum pump.

Filterworld makes drop-in oil-mist separators to fit lubricated vacuum pumps.

Every element uses high efficiency media to reduce oil-mist carryover to a minimum. As well as reducing oil carryover, the separators could help to cut maintenance costs.

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