Shop Equipment recommendations

While every shop is unique, all share some common characteristics and risks. Equipping your shop with the proper tools and equipment in the long run makes the cleaning of your DPFs a more effiicient process, improves worker safety, and allows you to process more DPFs in a given space while maintaining the highest processing quality. Below are some of the items you may wish to consider to make your shop as productive, safe, and efficient as possible.

1. High quality dust collection system - The proper dust collection system will not only efficiently gather the cleaning byproducts, but will also prevent material from entering the dust collector exhaust stream and discharging it outside or back into the shop. FSX dust collectors such as the SootSucker 2 or SootSucker 5 also have a much lower frequency between changing the internal paper filters, lowering your cost and exposure to Particulate Matter (PM).
2. Overhead cranes or jib booms with an electric hoist and FSX TrapTongs - This solution can be huge improvement to your operation in a number of ways. DPFs are heavy - some wieghing over 70 lbs. Using a crane or jib boom with a winch and TrapTongs prevents injuries, protects your TrapBurner kiln, and protects your customer filters from inadvertent damage during handling.
3. Roll carts - There are several varieties of rolling carts available to help make handling your DPFs easier. While it may seem trivial and un-needed, one broken flange on a customer DPF can make the cost of a simple cart a stronger consideration. Here at FSX we use one that has a hydraulic scissor table that allows easier lifting of particularly heavy filters.
4. Conveyors - In particularly large DPF cleaning operations where multiple cleaning machines cover a large area, some customers utilize conveyor or roller-rack systems to efficiently move DPFs from storage areas to (and between) the cleaning machines.
5. Forklifts / pallet jacks - While a rolling cart is helpful in many instances, DPF are frequently shipped and/or stored within the cleaning facility on freight pallets. Having a forklift or a pallet jack handy can make life in the cleaning center a lot easier to manage.