Category: Fume Extractors

Content that focuses on Sentry Air System’s line of Fume Extractor configurations, choice of efficiency, and applications.

Compact Solutions for Working from Home

Cities across the United States have been ordering shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. These measures have drastically changed the way people work requiring more workers to be able to work from home. Non-essential businesses and factories have been closing but employees still want to work to maintain… Learn More

NIOSH Re-evaluating Inorganic Lead Standard

inorganic lead exposure

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced in August 2018 that the agency intends to re-evaluate and possibly update the recommended exposure limit (REL) for inorganic lead (Ref. 1). NIOSH currently recommends the same exposure level for inorganic lead as OSHA, 50 µg/m3, which was set in 1978 and has not been changed… Learn More

Hazards of Welding Fumes

Welding produces hazardous fumes that must be controlled to safeguard employee respiratory and overall health. Welding exposes metals to high levels of heat creating gaseous fumes and nano-particles. The hazards of welding fumes depend on the contents of the metal, the type of welding process, and the frequency of welding. Fume extractors must be utilized… Learn More

Particulate Control for Eyeglass Lens Production

Eyeglass Lens Particulate Control

Reflective surfaces have been used to magnify and enhance vision since the early 1200s with the discovery of the magnifying glass made of quartz and beryl lenses1. Glasses were introduced to the general public by Alessandro di Spina. Due to high demand, quartz and beryl lenses were quickly replaced with glass. Modern day eyeglass lens… Learn More

Plasma Cutting Fume Extractor

At Tulsa Welding School, located in North Houston, test pieces for student use are cut using a plasma cutting system. These test pieces are 3” x 6” and are cut all day during two shifts from 8 AM to 11 PM. Because of the high use of cutting, the plasma cutting room is very dirty… Learn More

What is a fume extractor?

A fume extractor is a system utilizing a fan to pull fumes and particulate into a filtration system cleaning the air of harmful chemicals and particulates. Industrial processes create fumes or particles such as welding, sanding, grinding, spraying, powder filling, and chemical applications. Fume extractors use a variety of filters while some systems, depending upon… Learn More

Very clean, compact workspace for electronics repair and data recovery

Among our most daring and entrepreneurial customers are those willing to throw wide the doors to civilization’s sacred objects — our phones and computerized devices. When these smarties repair a tablet screen or restore a hard drive within one of our Portable Clean Room Hoods, they expose the devices’ inner workings to a clean, ISO… Learn More

Custom solution for acetone cleaning station fumes

A customer contacted Sentry Air because their work involved multiple parts cleaning stations each using shallow acetone baths. They requested a fume extraction solution that would help protect their employees from acetone vapor as well as reduce noxious chemical odor. The plan was to install multi-operator fume extractors that would filter the acetone before exhausting… Learn More

Mobile laboratories need modular, compact fume extraction solutions

Portable labs have unique needs when it comes to outfitting their trailer with equipment and tools. While space is tight, technicians and researches still need most of the same supplies found in brick and mortar labs. Items in particular are fume hoods and clean spaces. Fume hoods and fume extraction units help filter out hazardous… Learn More

Occupational Exposure to Trichloroethylene

According to chemical summary published by the EPA, trichloroethylene (TCE) is a volatile organic chemical used primarily as an industrial solvent. TCE is a colorless or blue liquid with a sweet, chloroform-like odor. The most common use of TCE is to remove grease from fabricated metal parts and some textiles. It is also an ingredient… Learn More