June/July 2009 - PAWPRINT PUBLISHING

HEALTH & SAFETY
Triplar: Phase 2
by Dustraction
PHASE 2 of the new wood waste extraction and management system
by Dustraction at the also new location of Triplar, one of Britain’s
premier names in store design and fit-out, is now complete. At a topping
out ceremony at the newly refurbished premises at Finedon
Road Industrial Estate in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on
May 21, managing director Mike Rodwell said: “There is great satisfaction
in knowing that our flammable waste now becomes a reliable
energy resource and a benefit to the company rather than a
costly burden for landfill disposal.”
The factory Triplar is moving to is smaller because the precision timber
joinery work that is central to the image plans of blue-chip customers
such as Nokia, Levi Strauss and Nike is now more specialised than in the
past. Internal ducting and connections to around 16 specialist joinery
machines plus a Zerbrik chipper is taking timber and board waste via the
Dustrax SRV Series tubular sock filter installation, handling almost 20,000
m 3 /hr.
A Zerbrik PZ 63/1 chipper will also make a major contribution towards
economic disposal by Triplar of waste materials including hardwoods,
softwood, particleboard, MDF, cardboard, plastics and other materials
regularly used in the creation of highly image-specific displays for companies
whose dedication to point-perfect precision in the representation
of their brands is absolute.
A fully programmable logic controller and touch screen controls for
quick reaction to problems highlighted by the troubleshooting monitor
are part of the robust technology of the Zerbrik, which will reduce all solid
off-cuts to cyclo filter-manageable material, eliminating any further need for waste disposal by
mechanical means.
The fully automatic WT15A incinerator is at the leading edge of waste incineration and factory
heating technology, having been designed with fewer moving parts and more efficient
combustion features to out-perform and out-last incinerators of more traditional type. Dust
and off-cut waste is transported to a storage silo and then fed directly into the combustion
zone via a temperature controlled screw feed system. As well as being state of the art in combustion
technology terms, WT15A incinerators also effectively address issues of noise, safety
and power consumption.
The new ducting
layout by Dustraction
includes
inspection doors
on suction mains
and on all machine
connections
with blastgate
shut-off
dampers on droppers
to individual
machines to allow
Offcuts lined up for disposal at Dustraction’s new Zerbrik chipper.
Ducting by Dustraction includes inspection doors on suction
mains and on all machine connections with blastgate shut-off
dampers on droppers to individual machines to allow the system
to alternate.
Mike Rodwell (right) receives a gift from the
staff, via the DJ at the topping out party, to
commemorate the completion of works at
the new Triplar factory.
the system to alternate. The extraction function encompasses two
630 mm diameter spray booth stacks with jet cowls to exhaust fumes at
high level from the paint finishing shop and the system overall is designed
for noise and vibration-free operation to fall within Regulation 9
of current HSE COSHH requirements.
Managing director, Mike Rodwell, and his son, Tim, new business
development manager at Triplar, jointly acknowledge their role in controlling
waste emissions and are determined to avoid any contribution
towards global warming. By re-investing profit resources back into their
business, the partnership aims to help to build the next climateconscious
generation of management while also ensuring that the standards
of their globally powerful client base are met in full.
Dustraction
Tel 0116 271 3212
Email steve.matuska@dustraction.co.uk ● www.dustraction.co.uk
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