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erate under positive pressure indoors without an enclo- sure. Air flows from the inside to the outside, leaving the drum through the entire filter surface. The fine filter media is continuously cleaned with anti-static suction nozzles in- side the drum with little air required. Conventional filters ancillary equipment must conduct proper testing and maintenance to avoid accidents and
“I said, ‘Andy there’s got to be a better way to do this,’” Carver said. “The process to change the filter media was still too time consuming.” Their efforts resulted in the first patent for a filter media changeout that took remarkably less time. Carver said what previously took eight hours was shaved down to two hours or less. Today, ERS has three more patents pending to further improve the filter and they are working on a new design in their test lab. The CCM® OCT filter is gaining momen- tum with more than 70 units, in box plants alone, installed throughout North America. “We have been expanding and finding new applications for CCM® OCT filter. We recently started marketing to the filter tissue industry and expect our first tissue project to be completed later this year,” said Carver. “ERS supplies size reduction and separation equipment that is used to recycle scrap metals like alumi- num and copper. We have seen fantastic results with the CCM® OCT filter in this application as well,” said Carver. Thinking Outside The Bag House Having an innovative product meant they would also need to change the conventional ways of thinking when it came to dust collection rules and standards. “The CCM® OCT filter does not require ancillary equip- ment such as explosion venting, abort gates or any of the other ancillary equipment that a bag house or cartridge filter require,” Carver said. They are stationary and can op-
explosions which carries a huge liability. Since ERS’ filter technology is new and not yet classified specifically, the company spends considerable time explaining the capa- bilities and the safety of their filters and have been suc- cessful doing so. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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