The Challenge: Controlling Dust, Angel Hair, and Peroxide Fumes in Blow-Moulded Bottle Production
This Netherlands-based manufacturer produces custom and standard blow-moulded plastic bottles and containers. Its facility sits directly adjacent to its largest customer, separated by a single shared wall. Because rejected material pickup points were located on the customer’s side of the wall, peroxide fumes from the customer’s cleaning process were drawn into the conveying system alongside dust and angel hair generated by both facilities.
With no filtration on the cyclone outlets, contaminated air was discharged directly into the waste-handling room, creating measurable health and safety risks.
Key challenges included:
- Peroxide fumes entering cyclones from an adjacent facility
- Dust and angel hair released into the indoor waste-handling area
- No filtration on existing cyclone outlets
- Severely limited installation space
The Facts: Material, System Requirements & Production Parameters
- Material: HDPE, PP, and PET
- Contaminants: Dust and fumes
- Airflow requirement: 24,000 m³/h (across 4 cyclones)
- Suction points: 4 cyclones connected to a single filter
- Conveying distance: Up to 90 meters horizontal and 7 meters vertical
The Solution: Space-Efficient Pneumatic Dust and Fume Filtration
Kongskilde designed and installed a pneumatic conveying system using cyclones, pipelines, and custom top-outlet boxes to extract dust and peroxide fumes within the constraints of the available space.
How the System Works
- An MMBF-4M filter with rotary valve removes dust and airborne particles from the extracted air before it re-enters the facility.
- An MCK 60 blower with an external frequency controller, installed in a sound-insulated booth, delivers stable and energy-efficient airflow across all four cyclones.
- FK 500 and FK 600 high-pressure piping provides reliable material transport over distances up to 90 meters horizontal and 7 meters vertical while maintaining consistent system performance.
- Custom top-outlet boxes allow the system to fit within the constrained layout of the existing waste-handling room.
Advantages & Benefits: Cleaner Air, Higher Efficiency, Lower Energy Costs
Improved Air Quality
Dust, angel hair, and peroxide fumes are captured before they can be released into the waste-handling area, delivering a measurably cleaner working environment.
Enhanced Employee Safety
By eliminating unfiltered contaminant discharge at cyclone outlets, the facility significantly reduced occupational health risk in the waste-handling room.
Reduced Maintenance Demands
Less airborne dust means reduced buildup on equipment and surfaces, lowering the frequency and cost of cleaning and maintenance interventions.
Space-Optimized Installation
The ceiling-mounted system configuration frees up valuable floor space, making it well-suited to facilities where space is a primary constraint.
Tailored System Performance
The solution was engineered to fit the exact layout and airflow requirements of this facility, demonstrating Kongskilde’s ability to deliver application-specific pneumatic systems rather than off-the-shelf configurations.
In blow-moulded plastic productions unfiltered dust, angel hair, and chemical fumes pose direct risks to employee health and equipment reliability, making effective air filtration a critical operational requirement.
The pneumatic solution uses cyclones, pipelines, and custom top-outlet boxes to extract dust, angel hair, and peroxide fumes from the waste-handling area.
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