Hanging shop air cleaner

Carbon Filter 5sq ft Silver 4. Some shop air filters come with hooks on top, but most have eye bolts. Air filtration systems are outfitted with continuous duty motors and high surface-area filters that make them uniquely suited for cleansing woodshop air of fine dust particles. They’re fairly simple, unobtrusive machines.

They hang form the ceiling of your shop , out of the way of you and your work. This ceiling mounted air filter system can clean up to of airborne contaminates without affecting existing room temperatures. Features continuous duty, low noise motor, easy clean double filter design and heavy gauge steel cabinet.

All my tools such as: Table saw, wood Lathe, wood planer, drill press and sanders have dust collection built in and are connected to a dust collection system. In a rectangular shop , position the air cleaner along one of the long walls, about one third of the way along the wall to the intake filter. Hang the unit from six to inches out from the wall. To determine the size or required air flow , use this formula: Volume of your shop (Length x width x Height) times Number of air changes per hour (typically - 8) divided by 60. This will give you an answer in Cubic Feet per Minute which is how air cleaners are measured.

For me an overarm would do much more than any air cleaner. Look at the machines that make the fine dust, tablesaw, router table and band saw. Big gulps are great and do more than overhead air cleaners. Active Filtration has solutions to cover the spectrum of small to large commercial areas utilizing hanging air filtration and rolling units.

Makes the air in your shop to cleaner without using exhaust fans. The MAX 2workshop air cleaner is supplied with a change filter indicating gauge, 4-eight foot lengths of chain for hanging , a washable pre- filter and axial filter. Wash the pre- filter and axial filter after each 6-weeks of use. Replace the primary bag filter annually. To figure the airflow needed for your shop , multiply the length x width x ceiling height.

The result is the cubic foot of your shop. This is the cubic feet per minute needed for your shop. Then divide this number by ten. A lot of ultra fine dust will escape and float freely about your shop.

A secondary shop air filter will get a lot of that free-floating dust, but it will not get it all, either. To really clean the air in your shop , you need a tertiary air cleaner … one expressly made to clean the air , not just filter it. I just bought another hanging air cleaner for my shop. The turnbuckles allow a little adjustment to perfectly level the unit once installed. Somewhere on some blog post someone mentioned using vacuum cleaner belts to hang an air cleaner , citing a reduction in noise and vibration.

Seemed like a good idea, but without supplemental safety chains, I would be a little afrai. The high air velocity (CFM) stands up to any competitive specifications and the industrial controls are. Grizzly, Laguna Tools, and Penn State Industries also make air quality of shop air, and might even make things worse. The speeds of 30 3and 4CFM will clean the air of an average 4square foot shop seven times in one hour. Maximize workshop space by hanging the unit with the included hardware.

I’m going to make myself an air cleaner for the shop soon, but I’m not sure if I want to mount it on the ceiling, or mount it a mobile base. I’m in a standard finished garage, so I’m afraid it may hang down too low if I place it on the ceiling, but I’m not sure how effective it will be on the floor. MMedia Air Cleaner. The WEN Air Filtration System collects and releases the air in your workshop after filtering it through both a 5-micron outer filter and a 1-micron inner filter.

Easily switch between three speeds of 30 3and 4cfm depending on what the situation calls for. I deal with air cleaners on an everyday basis in HVAC. From an air circulation standpoint the best location of the filter is in the center of the room, From an air cleaning standpoint the best location is near the source.

The reason you will see so many mounted hanging from ceilings ect, is to make them accessible and keep them out of the way.