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Above: Richard Stewart, Clean Air Consultant from Egmont Air, pictured with the ATEX Dust Extractor System. The Challenge: Outdated Equipment Hampering Educational Excellence At a renowned College in Auckland, an aging 1980s static baghouse dust extraction system was creating significant operational challenges in their Hard Materials workshop. The primary issues were two-fold: poor airflow due to dust accumulation on static filter bags, and excessive fan noise disrupting the learning environment. Despite replacing filter bags two years prior, the workshop continued…

The Importance of Clean Air in Workshops and Schools With growing awareness of air quality and workplace safety, it’s time for small joinery workshops and schools to adopt better dust extraction solutions. Wood dust is more than just a nuisance—it can pose serious health risks, including respiratory issues and long-term exposure hazards. Many workshops struggle with outdated or poorly designed extraction systems, leading to high levels of airborne dust that affect both workers and students. As schools introduce more hands-on…

Egmont Air understands that each industrial workspace has unique challenges when it comes to managing dust and fumes. To help you identify and resolve potential air quality issues, we follow a 9-step process for analysing dust problems in your workplace. Our process ensures that your dust and fume extraction system is tailored to meet your specific needs and provide a long-term solution to improving air quality and worker safety. Why Analysing Dust Problems is Crucial Dust problems in industrial environments…

Parkwood Products, family owned and renowned in the industry for their innovation in door technology, recently extended their factory to accommodate increased production, and dedicated areas for research and development. This created an undercover 600m2 canopy area,  and an additional 1160m2 of factory area. To ensure the space would be safe and compliant, Parkwood required a new dust extraction system. Egmont Air Onsite Evaluation and Bespoke Dust Extraction Design Having already supplied a large dust extraction system for Parkwood’s existing…