Managing dust in the food manufacturing industry is critical for ensuring both food safety and worker health
Processing common ingredients including grain, flour, starches, nuts, sugar, cocoa, milk powders and numerous spices and additives, produce airborne dusts that could lead to sanitation issues, cross-contamination, combustible dust and health risks if not properly controlled. Therefore effective dust collection systems are essential to safeguard both product quality and workplace safety.
As the world's leading provider of industrial air pollution control equipment, Nederman is your total solution provider of dust collection in food manufacturing and food processing. With our broad solution range, experience and expertise we guide you through the challenges and help you improve the efficiency and safety of your workers, product and facility.
Energy efficiency is a growing need for many manufacturers to offset rising costs and meet sustainability goals. From how the dust is extracted, filtered and maintained, the dust collection system has a significant impact on sustainable operations.
Food processing is often using organic materials which in most cases are combustible. According to the Dust Safety Science Mitigating annual report, the food and agricultrual industry experienced the most combustible dust incidents. Therefore, risks in the dust collection system in accordance with ATEX and NFPA standards is essential for worker and facility safety.
The food manufacturing industry is highly regulations. Standards for worker health and safety regarding dust exposure limits and combustible dust need to be understood. Product materials and maintenance/cleaning procedures also may be important to maintain food safety.
Food processing facilities often operate continuously so the reliability and ability of the dust collection system to handle those demands and avoid downtime is critical. With today's technique, you can monitor your filtration system performance whenever, wherever. Our digital monitoring module and digital service offering help you to always keep your productivity and efficiency on top.
According to Dust Safety Science's 2022 Annual Combustible Dust Incident Report, the Agriculture & Food Products had the highest incident rate of any industry.
Whether mixing, conveying, bulk material handling, house cleaning or other, we have the solutions for simple and complex food processing dust needs. Find out more to fit your needs in the categories below.
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