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at the baler. G.F. Puhl’s pressure balancing system, devel- oped over 40 years by degreed electrical engineers, is one of best in the industry. The balance fan is positioned on the “clean air side” of the Farr Filter, putting the filter under a negative air condition that prevents nuisance dust from escaping the system. The obvious benefit of real-time pressure balancing is a cleaner baler room. The new system incorporates several components from the first trim collection system G.F. Puhl installed
now organized on a mezzanine so tooling managers can set up jobs for the day. Incoming materials can enter via six different dock doors. Now that they have room, Lau- ren said the next machine they expect to add will be a pre-feeder to be used for the productivity of their folder gluer. Though it’s too early to start talking about it, she says that they are open to different suppliers.
A large room dedicated to waste handling contains machinery by BloApCo and Balemaster.
for the company in 2010, including blowers, sequencer valves, and inlet hoods. Features of the new system G.F. Puhl installed include: • Transforming a 5-foot by 11-foot footprint into a 2-foot by 2-foot footprint at the baler room floor level. • The baler includes a feed chute diverter for occasions when the baler is on maintenance, which allows unin- terrupted system operation. • All blowers apart from the shredder blower are above- roof mounted with mufflers for noise suppression and floor space conservation. • The ductwork is set low to the roof for easy step over and high at the blowers to facilitate walk-around ac- cess for blower servicing. Of course, safety was a major consideration. The sys- tem is NFPA and OSHA compliant, featuring through-the-
The expansion also prompted Wasatch Container to do some things differently. One of them was the installation of its own in-house ink kitchen to have better control of col- ors, including metallics, to custom match their customers’ corporate colors. “If we’re going to be the best printer in Utah, we’ve got to bring it in-house,” Lauren says. The expansion also includes a large room devoted to waste handling and dust control. Lauren said that all the new machines will connect to an air conveying system us- ing the advanced technologies from BloApCo and Bale- master. G.F. Puhl: Scrap And Dust Collection When Wasatch Container made the decision to expand, they turned to G.F. Puhl, a trusted long-term vendor who has designed and installed several scrap and dust collec- tion projects for the company. The new system, commis-
The above roof duct and blower system at Wasatch Container was installed by G.F. Puhl
sioned in 2022, consists of a real-time pressure balanced separator positioned over a remanufactured baler, reverse pulse jet cartridge dust collector, BloApCo shredder, Puhl heavy duty material handling blowers, ductwork, PLC Touch Screen Controls, and one sequencer system. Real-time pressure balancing, known as a “negative air system,” is the best available technology for dust control
wall explosion venting and an integral secondary safety filter. With no moving parts, these passive safety devices are virtually maintenance free. In the rare event of a fire or deflagration (subsonic explosion), the explosion vent burst detector and sprinkler flow switch instantly shuts the system down. The system also includes fire sprinklers in-
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