Perfect extraction and filtering units on gluing stations – optimum safety
for users and equipment

Health-hazardous glue vapours arise during the gluing process on a production line for electronic components. These flow into the room air and endanger both the health of the staff and safety at the work place. To rule out these risks, the company needs an effective extraction and filtering system. The solution must also operate efficiently, space-savingly and without disturbing the work process.

On the gluing station of a production line for electronic components, the bottom parts of housings are glued to their lids. Vapours, mainly of volatile organic compounds (VOC's), occur in the process.

Although the station is shielded, released, harmful glue vapours can escape into the ambient air and threaten both the health of the staff and the safety at the work place.
Larger glue webs lead to higher emission quantities which demand the appropriate adsorption capacities of the activated carbon. The limits values (MAC) of the organic compounds often approach critical ranges hereby. The highly volatile and highly inflammable vapours also present an explosion risk.

• High emission quantities demand high adsorption capacities of the activated carbon.
• The limit values (MAC) of the materials are often critical.
• Since the glue vapours are usually highly volatile and highly inflammable, explosion limits (LEL = lower explosive limit of the materials according to the ATEX directive) must be observed.

The customer's first contact is already with the engineers of Fuchs Umwelttechnik. The focus here is on sound advice which takes all specific conditions and requirements into consideration. Project planning begins already here, where the specialist engineers of Fuchs Umwelttechnik develop the requirement specification for the optimum extraction and filtering unit together with the customer.

• In order to find the best solution to the problem, the first talks take place directly between the customer and a specialist engineer from Fuchs Umwelttechnik.
• The analysis of the customer's requirements as well as the existing working and space conditions are important prerequisites for the tailor-made extraction system and exactly the right filtering unit.
• The application for a gluing unit is considered with regard to the emission quantities and the optimum collection parameters as well as addressing the possibilities of the different activated carbon types.

Based on the information acquired from the customer, the engineers from Fuchs Umwelttechnik design the perfectly adapted extraction and filtering system: Specifically aimed at the gluing station, the specially adapted capture, the efficient transport and the corresponding extraction and filtering unit integrate smoothly into the existing system and guarantee maximum safety.

In detail:

 

1. Complete capture: The direct extraction and, if necessary, room extraction ensure the highly efficient capturing of all glue vapours directly at their source.
   
   
2. Efficient transport: The completely captured emissions on the inside are transported to the filter unit with the air stream.
   
   
3. Efficient filtering: To remove the solvents from the air stream and to minimise the odour pollution, the gas is adsorbed through activated carbon.
   
   
4. Energy efficiency as a cost saver: The intelligent flow control reduces the energy consumption and therefore sustainably saves running costs.
   
   
5. Intelligent control: The extraction and filtering unit communicates directly with the laser via the integrated interface for trouble-free extraction.
   
   
6. Space-saving behind the scenes: The compact design allows the extraction and filtering unit to be operated without disturbing the process.

Fuchs Umwelttechnik supplies the made-to-measure extraction and filtering units for glue vapours with technical competence and customer orientation. The manufacturer gets an optimum solution for targeted removal and filtering of pollutant emissions from the working environment and for feeding the cleaned air back into the environment. This modern extraction and filtering unit therefore contributes not only to protecting the health of the staff but also improves the process safety and prolongs the machine service lives.