Bless all those on the East Coast

I find it difficult to post anything this week.  All We can think about is all the pain and suffering due to the flooding.  Bless all of you.

Chemistry In Use

I can not tell you how important chemistry is in our day to day filter cleaning operation.   I try to tell young people not to take the easy way out.  Study hard.  Work hard. Play Hard.

Others in filtration look down their nose at people that clean filters.  Yes it is a very dirty job. 
Nothing bad, Just dirty.
It take a well educated person to clean a filter.  One must know what dust or dirt is trying to be removed from a filter (chemical make up).   Also a filter cleaner must understand, and have the knowledge to understand how the solvent works to remove the dust, and concentrations required to do a good job.
One method or type of  filter cleaning can be used to get all the different types of dirt out of a filter.

You have to use chemistry to figure out what is in the filter, what the filter is made of,  and what will give you the best results.
We also use physics to understand the timing, and the methodology, and the effects, and bio-science to understand the destroy  mold, mildew, and viruses to the DNA level.

We urge our people to continue their education to post secondary.  Close to 30% are in advanced course level work, and half of this is post graduate work

I would like to challenge those in new filter manufacturing.  When is the last time you had  an employee who studied physics, and chemistry as a emphasis.  Next time you meet a guy that cleans filter maybe you should consider that he quite possibly could be brighter that you.

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Just because we do a dirty job does not equate to our people being "stuuupid", As my father in law used to say.

Innovation

We are very lucky to have a very innovative person on our team.  Playing around this week with a small tool a brand new technology is found.  This is what sets us ahead.

Carbon Impregnated Filters

Carbon Impregnated filters are used to dissipate static discharge.  Huh?
When static electricity builds up  across a filter (because if the partials passing by the filter) there is a chance that a spark may occur from the fabric of the filter to the nearest steel ground.  This happens much as wearing socks on the carpet and touching metal.  The spark can cause disastrous results in and explosive environment.  A dust as simple as wood can explode into a huge fire.
There are various methods to prevent this.  Screen printing a carbon film on the filter media, weaving in stainless, or carbon wires into the media, or spraying a conductive material on the filter.  The the theory is that the discharge will travel up the filter which is grounded through a separate ground wire or tail.

Don't take a chance.