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Air purifiers for printing environments?
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SE SignSupply
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http://www.islandcleanair.com/
or something from Captive Aire, which I can't seem to located their website.
or something from Captive Aire, which I can't seem to located their website.
Letterbox Mike
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You need something with an activated charcoal filter. Finding one with a large enough capacity at a retail store is tricky, they have them but they're typically not big enough to move the volume of air you'll need to move.
Look around on line for air scrubbers, you can find good prices on them here and there. Island Clean Air in my opinion is way overpriced. If you find companies that are suppliers to the water damage restoration business they make good portable scrubbers that will do what you need for a fraction of an ICA unit.
Look around on line for air scrubbers, you can find good prices on them here and there. Island Clean Air in my opinion is way overpriced. If you find companies that are suppliers to the water damage restoration business they make good portable scrubbers that will do what you need for a fraction of an ICA unit.
FatCat
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Not to thread hijack, but I also have been looking into an air purifier. (More to get rid of dust from getting on my prints than fumes.)
Anyone have experience with this company?
http://www.betterlivingalpineair.com/
Anyone have experience with this company?
http://www.betterlivingalpineair.com/
Letterbox Mike
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Fat Cat, how big of a problem is dust? If it's significant, I'd be looking at an industrial-grade air cleaner, those residential things don't really do much. I've seen some pretty nice ones intended for wood working shops that hang from the ceiling and flow a good bit of air.
Gino
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Colin.... I know you mentioned this thing is going in your apartment, but is this housed in your bedroom as well... or some other living quarter space ??
With Eco inks, while they still have some toxins, they aren't near as bad as true solvent. Usually air flow will work and unless your printer is going like 10 hours a day, usually cracking a window nearby or ventilating the air will do wonders for you. If you have small children or pets, then I'd say you are doing them all a great dis-service by bringing that machine into your abode.
There does come a point of where responsibility must take over. Here is a decision that you must make for others that can't talk as well as for your business. Just because its easier to bring this into your apartment, mean its safer than finding a proper location and housing the unit there, thus solving two problems.... health and space confines ??
With Eco inks, while they still have some toxins, they aren't near as bad as true solvent. Usually air flow will work and unless your printer is going like 10 hours a day, usually cracking a window nearby or ventilating the air will do wonders for you. If you have small children or pets, then I'd say you are doing them all a great dis-service by bringing that machine into your abode.
There does come a point of where responsibility must take over. Here is a decision that you must make for others that can't talk as well as for your business. Just because its easier to bring this into your apartment, mean its safer than finding a proper location and housing the unit there, thus solving two problems.... health and space confines ??
Colin
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Eco-Sol, (Roland SP300i). And of course the "Eco" stands for "Economical" not "Ecoligical".
I plan on buying a hood to sit over the machine (or have one custom made) with a 4" flex-pipe running up to my 10' ceiling to a high-volume bathroom fan.
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Colin
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Uh, no, I didn't. It's going in my 700 sq. ft. detached shop (10' ceiling).
SE SignSupply
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Remember, solvent is heaver than air, it will take some serious airflow for that design to work.
Gino
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Sorry, my bad. Then the rest of my story can be used for the others that bring that stuff into their little abode and expect the fish in the bowl to not be affected. :ROFLMAO:
Colin
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Hmmmm, that is a good point. *scratches head*
FatCat
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Not terrible as my printer room is separate from from the rest of the shop. So far I've been religiously wiping down my media with a Swiffer when I load it up. As long as it's printing I don't seem to have too much trouble. However, if the printer sets an hour or so I need to wipe the exposed surfaces again before resuming printing.
I agree, not sure how much help one of those smaller units will be - but I can't afford several grand for one of the big industrial units.
Colin
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Does anyone know to what degree the above factoid will render a hood design as I've shown........useless?
Gino
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As spoken quite often in many threads here and other sites. Just because you can't smell them or they put some smell-goods in the package to cover up........ does not mean they still don't exist.
Colin is doing the responsible thing here and trying to make his environment as safe as possible.
Colin
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Indeed! All of the sales reps and manufactures of these machines are not accountable in any way, shape or form should a person develop cancer (or whatever) from breathing this crap. As David Suzuki has said: "We are the air we breathe".
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SE SignSupply
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We run a PAT in our demo room for full solvent/mild sovent machines. Does a great job if your machine has provisions for venting.
Otherwise I would look into the IslandCleanAir, http://www.islandcleanair.com/units/1000.html, we use the larger version to scrub the room whith eco-solvent machines because most have no venting.
Otherwise I would look into the IslandCleanAir, http://www.islandcleanair.com/units/1000.html, we use the larger version to scrub the room whith eco-solvent machines because most have no venting.