[geeks] Dust control in the workshop...

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Wed Feb 1 11:13:02 CST 2006


Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
>>Michael Kaegler wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Short story:
>>>I need to pull concrete dust out of the air in my [computer] 
>>>workshop. Neighbor is a concrete factory; this is a *lot* of dust. 
>>>Cost and noise are factors. Ideas?
>>
>>
>>I would suggest using an air cleaner that uses a water bubbler to do the 
>>cleaning.  That should be good enough to clean concrete dust out of the 
>>air (but not much else -- won't take pollen, flux, heavy metal vapors or 
>>anything else out of the air), and should be very cost effective.
> 
> 
> For a "dry" dust, a water filter could work well, yeah, but I'd think
> it'd be a poor idea for cement dust unless you wanted to be replacing
> the unit every couple of months.

I don't think you'd have to replace the whole thing.  You'd definitely 
have to change the water fairly frequently, though.

Peace...  Sridhar



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