FABRIC
FILTER
NEWSLETTER
July,
2020
No. 537
CORONAVIRUS
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A Proactive Filtration
Industry Can Vanquish COVID and Boost Revenues by Hundreds of Billions of
Dollars
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Filtration Revenues Could
Triple by 2022
·
Air Treatment Tools to
Deal with Coronavirus
COAL-FIRED BOILERS
·
Doosan Lentjes Is to
Supply Another Fabric Filter To The Czech Republic
·
RWE Invests in New
Control System for Power Plants
CEMENT
·
Hamon Helps to Reduce CO2
Emissions
IRON AND STEEL
·
ITK Envifront AB Has
Been Awarded A Major Order by Skeppsviken to Deliver Turnkey Process Ventilation
for Volvo Foundry Flow 2.0 in Sweden
COMPANY NEWS
·
Wallstein Group Takes
Over the Filter Business from Balcke-Dürr GmbH
·
CECO Environmental
Announces CEO Succession
PRODUCT NEWS
·
Gold Series X-Flo
Industrial Dust Collector from Camfil Reduces Costly Compressed Air Usage
CORONAVIRUS
A Proactive Filtration Industry Can Vanquish COVID and Boost Revenues by
Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
Even though COVID travels as small aerosols it is not invincible. It is just a
matter of choosing the right weapons. The filtration industry has developed and
is improving these weapons. If the filtration industry is proactive these
weapons will be available in the quantity and time frame needed. The evidence
continues to mount that asymptomatic individuals transmit the virus just by
talking or breathing. What is needed is to treat the COVID space as one big
cleanroom or one big air pollution stack. Semiconductor cleanrooms and waste to
energy plants remove 99.99 percent of particles in the virus size range.
If
every transmitter and every recipient wore a mask as efficient as a cleanroom or
air pollution filter there would not be a problem. Back in the 1960s the major
air pollution source was foundry cupolas. There were no national regulations. In
fact, there was no EPA. But, states passed regulations to prevent the
emission of the large particles that fell on nearby cars and destroyed the
paint. So, an inefficient device called a multi tube cyclone was mandated.
It worked well. The big particles were captured, and the small particles
were invisible and blown down wind into the next state.
A
cloth face mask is the equivalent of the multi tube cyclone. It is efficient on
100 micron particles but captures little below 10 microns. Today every foundry
cupola has efficient filters with nonwovens or membranes with efficiencies
exceeding an N95 mask. By wearing no masks or inefficient masks we are blowing
the virus downwind.
Another challenge in operating a foundry cupola is fumes which may escape
through the charging door. This is solved by good engineering which assures a
flow of inward air at a velocity sufficient to overcome turbulence within the
cupola. Air velocity and direction are also important in the transmission of
COVID.
We
used foundry cupolas as an example. But the challenges in a semiconductor or
pharmaceutical cleanroom are much greater and have been met with very robust
technology solutions. Now is the time for the filtration industry to use its
capability and take a proactive stance to solve the COVID problem.
The
rewards will be immense. The difference between a reactive and proactive program
is hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue in 2021. With a proactive program
the air filter and room air purifier sales will increase by $60 billion per
year. Mask and respirator sales will increase by over $155 billion per year.
Disinfection, wipes, monitoring, and anti-microbial coating revenues will
increase by over $60 billion per year.
In
the reactive program the decisions are made by governments and researchers. In a
proactive program the filtration industry becomes a full partner and leader. The
position by governments that efficient masks were not needed by the public
represents a failure by the filtration industry to communicate the basic
knowledge which it has.
This basic knowledge has led from the simplistic concept of one large
semiconductor or pharmaceutical cleanroom with all the air of the same purity to
a concept of many progressively cleaner rooms within the main room.
The
new classifications are more complex and deal with particles of various sizes.
The older classification suffices as an illustration. It is based on particles
0.5 micron and larger. Relatively clean ambient air is rated at Class 500,000 or
500,000 particles in each cubic foot of air. When a few HEPA filters are added
you can achieve Class 100,000. Many semiconductor operators opt for lots of
Class 10,000 space with Class 1 space for the most critical operations.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers opt for Class 10,000 general space with Class 100
space for vial filling operations. Isolators with Class 1 rating are used for
the most critical operations. The COVID battle plan can use the same concept.
The
world is one big cleanroom in a pyramid of smaller spaces. Each local space has
its own more restrictive efficiency criteria and then the individual represents
the smallest cleanroom within the pyramid.
Class 500,000: Let’s start with the Class 500,000 cleanroom or ambient air. The
problem is that the ambient air at traffic intersections in the cleanest cities
and the air throughout many cities and even the rural areas in many countries
contains many millions of 0.5 micron particles per cubic foot. This is why
Germany is supplying ambient air filtration systems at some traffic
intersections. This is why in India, China, and many other countries efficient
masks are worn by many citizens.
Small air pollution particles are not stopped by cloth masks. So, there is
already a large market for efficient masks in many countries. The masks which
stop small dust particles will also capture the small virus particles. In fact,
research in the Lombardy region in Italy as well as other studies show that the
virus can be attached to air pollution particles.
The
need to protect against the air pollutants will be there long after a vaccine to
prevent COVID is made available and will be there until the next virus comes
along. This means that the filtration industry has the promise of a large and
continuing revenue stream in the Class 500,000 space.
The
individual is the ultimate cleanroom within a cleanroom. He can change the
cleanroom class in the air around him with a mask. When he is far from others,
he may be safe with no mask and willing to breathe in the 500,000 particles with
every cubic foot inhaled.
Class 100,000: Many industries making small parts operate in Class 100,000
cleanrooms. Food processing plants strive to keep general space at this
cleanliness level. Pork processing plants have found that the shelf life of
their product is increased by more than one week if they have cleaner air in the
production facilities. The combination of improved HVAC and filtration combined
with the use of efficient masks would eliminate much of the virus transmission
presently occurring in these facilities. Partitions without air control can make
matters worse not better.
The
general space in hospitals should be at least Class 100,000. Hospital
acquired infections result in millions of deaths per year. Visitors
account for some of this transmission. PathO3Gen Solutions found that their foot
sanitizer used by all those entering a hospital makes a big difference.
Train stations, airline terminals, nursing homes, apartment complexes, office
buildings and other areas of congregation should be kept in this class range.
The air in many office buildings contains VOCs generated from plastic furniture,
floor coverings etc. Efficient masks are needed in these areas but in addition
relatively pure air should be provided.
An
N30 mask will ensure maintenance of a Class 100,000 atmosphere but in situations
where people congregate the individual should convert his inhaled air to Class
100 with an N95 mask.
Class 10,000: There have been
initiatives to eliminate pharmaceutical and semiconductor Class 10,000 space.
Since people generate the contamination, the concept was to use isolators and
robotics and keep people out of the production space. In practice some human
intervention is necessary, and no matter how well sealed a Class l cleanroom is
it helps if it is surrounded by relatively clean air.
This principle can be applied to COVID. Luxury hotels are willing to spend lots
of money to make their accommodations safe. In addition to requiring guests to
wear masks it can create general space with Class 100,000 air purity. Elevators,
gyms, and restrooms can be designed as Class 10,000 space.
In
the case of an individual you have a two-step process Step 1 is filtering
out viruses being transmitted. Step 2 is filtering out viruses being inhaled.
Step 1 can be the filter in an HVAC system, or it can be a mask. In each case
the amount of virus inhaled is a function of the combined efficiency
For
example, if the transmitter and recipient each have N95 masks then the virus
inhaled by the recipient is only 0.25 percent.
Compare this to the N30 mask where the combination results in the recipient
inhaling 49 percent of the virus.
A
MERV 13 filter in an HVAC system can provide a 30 percent reduction in viruses
or equivalent to an N30 Mask. So, if you have a building with MERV 13 filters
providing 10 or more air changes per hour to each space and if each transmitter
and recipient wears N30 masks the virus level is reduced in three steps.
Seventy percent is reduced in the first step another 21 percent reduced in the
second step and another 15 percent in the third step leaving 35 percent of the
virus to be inhaled.
Let’s take the example of a hotel elevator with a HEPA filter delivering Class
10,000 air. The transmitter rides to his floor but is wearing an N30 mask
So the elevator air contains only 70 percent of the virus from the transmitter.
The elevator HVAC system removes 95 percent of the virus leaving only 3.5
percent in the elevator when the recipient enters. He is wearing an N30 mask, so
he inhales only 1.2 percent of the potential transmission.
If
a HEPA filter is installed in a robust HVAC system and laminar air flow prevents
the transmitter from directly exhaling to the recipient then 99 percent of the
virus is captured even if the recipient has no mask. In reality it is
prohibitively expensive to create a space with the ceiling covered with HEPA
filters discharging at 100 fpm and air return systems below a perforated floor.
So, some air will flow from transmitter to recipient without being first
filtered.
So,
the recipient will be contaminated by the general viral load plus any virus from
a transmitter circumventing the HVAC system.
Class 1000 to Class 1: Drug preparation areas of hospitals are often designed
for Class 1000 but with Class 100 enclosures around actual filling operations.
Isolation rooms in hospitals are designed to be Class 100 but also to be under
negative pressure.
The
decision to invest in a Class 10 or Class 1 space is a function of risks to
products or people. When applying this to COVID it is a consideration of risk to
the general population as opposed to the risks to a specific individual. N30
masks may be sufficient to reduce the number of cases in the general population.
But if the new cases are 100 today and 99 tomorrow it is not positive news for
the 99. If by wearing N95 masks the new cases drop from 100 to 5 this is very
positive for 95 individuals.
The
weapons to fight COVID are reduced levels of virus in the local space plus
reduction from individual transmitters and efficient elimination of viruses by
the inhaling recipient. Every cleanroom operator would prefer to operate in a
Class 1 space, but the cost exceeds the value in most cases. So, there is always
a risk. Whether it is pharmaceutical products, chips, or individuals the risk
and rewards need to be analyzed and the proper level of investment made.
Information on Coronavirus Technology Solutions is found at: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/air/82ai-coronavirus-market-intelligence.
Information on relevant market reports is found at
www.mcilvainecompany.com and then click on markets.
Filtration Revenues Could Triple by 2022
The
filtration industry can be proactive and provide solutions to mitigate
COVID or it can be reactive and face the possible consequences of reduced
economic activity for years to come.
The
present market is $97 billion and is segmented into seven product areas.
The
cartridge filter market is $20 billion. Twenty-five percent is pharmaceutical
and health care which will not be negatively impacted by COVID. Fifty percent is
in metals, electronics, power, oil and gas and other industries where COVID is
lowering activity. Twenty-five percent is in commercial and residential use
which could be negatively impacted by acceleration of the pandemic.
Air
filtration is a $10 billion market with most areas negatively impacted by COVID.
The pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors are the exceptions. A proactive
approach will substantially increase revenues in commercial and residential air
filtration.
Fabric filters (air pollution control) represent a $13 billion market which is
mostly adversely impacted by COVID. The major purchasers include steel, mining,
power, and cement companies.
Liquid filtration is an $8 billion market and includes large filter presses and
belt filters used in mining, chemicals, and wastewater. Most of the applications
are negatively impacted by reduced economic activity
Crossflow membranes (RO, UF, MF) is a $13 billion market with one third of the
market in desalination. Pharmaceutical and health care are growing segments.
The
mobile filter market is a $30 billion market which is negatively impacted by
loss in new automobile production. Upgrading of cabin air filters to deal with
COVID is a minor offsetting factor.
Masks and respirators: the market for masks was less than $3 billion at
the start of 2020. Assuming that N80 masks are required in the future and
assuming there is a washable version reducing mask cost to $0.25 per person per
day and that 2 billion people are using these masks, the daily mask revenue will
be $500 million and annual revenue would be $182 billion
With a reactive filtration industry 2022 revenues could be slightly higher based
on increased mask sales offsetting shrinkage in other segments.
With a proactive filtration industry revenues could triple by 2022. Most
of the major filter companies including those who have never been involved with
masks are now involved. New media materials can assure increased comfort and
efficiency at affordable cost. Use of directional air flow and high efficiency
filters can result in efficient COVID mitigation in commercial, residential, and
industrial facilities.
The
filtration industry needs to be proactive. It has taken six months for WHO to
even concede that small COVID aerosols are a major transmission source.
Partitions are being mandated without regard to related air turbulence.
Governments, suppliers, and the public all need access to the latest insights
and developments. McIlvaine is providing a program entitled Coronavirus
Technology Solutions with this goal in mind.
Click here for more information.
For more information on McIlvaine Market Reports in each filtration area click
on markets at www.mcilvanecompany.com.
Bob
McIlvaine can answer your questions. You can reach him at 847 226 2391 or
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com.
Air Treatment Tools to Deal with Coronavirus
We
are in the midst of the worst economic crisis in more than 80 years and unless
countries stop ignoring mask and other COVID mitigation opportunities we could
face a worse situation that we did in the 1919-35 period.
For
those involved in the air treatment industry there are two initiatives which are
now relevant. One involves masks and filters to combat COVID and the other
has to do with climate change.
The
magnitude of the problem was conveyed in the latest International Monetary fund
forecasts that World GDP will fall by nearly 5 percent this year. This will be
in part due to an 8 percent decline in the U.S.
The
global economy will contract the most since World War II this year and emerging
nations’ output will shrink for the first time in at least six decades due to
the Covid-19 pandemic, reducing incomes and sending millions of people into
poverty, the World Bank said.
The
air treatment industry can be proactive with mask and filter programs which will
allow return to near normal life without viral spread. Filtration experts
have heretofore not been influential. The first government advice was that masks
were not necessary. Now the advice is that the masks are necessary but without
appreciation of the differences between masks. When both the transmitter and
recipient wear masks there is a huge difference in virus particles inhaled.
When both wear a 30 percent efficient mask 49 percent of the viruses are
inhaled. When both wear a 95 percent efficient mask the percentage is only 0.25
percent. So with inefficient masks the viral inhalation is 396 times greater
than with efficient masks.
We
now know that small aerosols are the main transmission route for COVID. So,
wearing masks which virtually eliminate aerosol transmission will go a long way
solve the problem. This situation is analyzed on a daily basis in Coronavirus
Technology Solutions
Click here for more information.
Relative to climate change there is pressure being exerted on developing
countries, e.g., Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India and others to abandon
coal fired power projects. Many lenders are refusing to fund them. These
projects are a quick route to electrification which will in turn lead to better
living conditions for citizens of these countries.
Masks to combat COVID will cost hundreds of dollars per year per person.
Upgrading hospitals with more isolation units and ventilators is costly.
Expanded hospital capability also means expanded electricity requirements.
Reliability needs to increase. For a hospital with many patients in critical
condition 12 hours without electricity can be a death sentence.
Delaying electricity supply for a few years until wind and solar can be
implemented will result in deaths and disabilities. In a country such as India
the resources to fight COVID need to be prioritized.
The
basis for abandoning coal fired projects is the tipping point theory. This
theory states that there is a tipping point for CO2 levels and once
that level is reached all sorts of dire events will occur. This would not be the
case if there were a way to actually remove CO2 from the air.
Fortunately that is now the case
Opportunistic Biomass - CCS Program is the Route chosen by the UK and Japan.
Developing countries can build coal fired power plants with the potential to
switch to biomass and sequestration in twenty years and remove as much CO2 in
each of the following 20 years as they emitted in the first twenty years.
Details on this program are provided in Utility Tracking System
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/42ei-utility-tracking-system
These two air treatment initiatives can be instrumental in dealing with COVID.
Bob McIlvaine is available to answer your questions at 847 226 2391 or
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com.
COAL-FIRED BOILERS
Doosan Lentjes Is to Supply Another Fabric Filter to the Czech Republic
Doosan Lentjes is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract to supply a
fabric filter for the power station in Chvaletice, Czech Republic. It is the
second contract for the supply of filters for this plant that Doosan Lentjes has
received from the owner, Sev.en Energy, who will act as the main contractor for
the new project.
The
current order includes the retrofit of boiler 2 of the 4x205=MWe power plant
with a new low-pressure pulse-jet bag house filter.
Doosan Lentjes’ scope of work in the project will include the engineering, the
delivery of key filter internals and the flyash transport system. Completion is
expected in the second half of 2021. An extended scope including plate work for
filter, bypass heating system and a complete flue gas duct system is currently
under discussion and will be awarded separately.
The
new filter systems will remove solid particles from the flue gases and ensure
full compliance with the relevant emissions legislation. The plant will thus
help to reduce drastically the effects of dust emissions on human health. In
addition, the retrofit measures will enable a more efficient fly ash transport,
which will reduce the operation costs of the conveyors.
The so far fruitful cooperation with Sev.en Energy is reflected in the second
order we have now
received from them in the last 12 months”, says Daniel Borke, Product Manager
AQCS at Doosan Lentjes. “With this current project, we have further demonstrated
our capabilities as a reliable and experienced partner for filter technology and
further strengthened our position as a competent partner for large power plant
projects in Eastern Europe.”
In
August last year, Doosan Lentjes had received the order to equip the boilers 3&4
of the Chvaletice power plant with fabric filters. The project is currently
under execution and expected to be completed and handed over to Sev.en Energy at
the end of this year.
RWE Invests in New Control System for Power Plants
RWE
is making its power station control system fit for the future by adopting a new
technology. Optime, a new SCADA system based on Siemens Spectrum Power, gives
RWE a uniform control technology. SCADA stands for “Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition” — in other words monitoring and managing technical processes using
a computer system. Previously, there were two separate systems: one for power
plants in Germany and another for the Netherlands and Belgium. The new solution
combines the two, while integrating RWE’s renewable energy assets in Europe. It
can also accommodate additional units such as battery storage systems and
diesel-powered backup generators.
The
new technology will be used in the RWE Supply & Trading Dispatch Center on
Europe's largest trading floor, which is located in Essen. This is where the
central command and control operations of all RWE plants in Europe are located.
A wall of monitors several meters high and wide shows in real time which RWE
power stations are feeding power into the grid, the feed-in levels, and which
plants are being ramped up or down. Engineers sit in front of the screens and
optimize all of RWE's conventional power generation assets around the clock. A
powerful command and control system is crucial to this task.
By
connecting numerous small units, RWE aims to create a virtual power plant in
order to advance the energy transition. The conventional power stations and
pumped-storage plants offset the volatility of renewables, and thanks to
state-of-the-art technology, can be controlled down to the second. Even the
requirements of transmission system operators with respect to system services,
grid disturbances and minimization of balancing energy are optimally met.
Guido Hommelsheim, Head of Dispatch at RWE Supply & Trading, is pleased: “Optime
gives us automatic control in real time as well as improved control performance.
In addition, it allows us to better coordinate our portfolio, which consists of
renewable energy plants, the existing flexibilities of our industrial customers,
and conventional power stations. In view of the expansion of renewable energy,
this is becoming increasingly important.”
The
RWE control team keeps constant watch over developments as they unfold because
power supply and demand can deviate from projections, for example in the event
of unusual weather conditions or major events. In such cases, the engineers
working in the Dispatch Centre must respond quickly. Up to 500 optimization runs
are performed every day using the power plant dispatch optimization program
developed specifically for this purpose by experts at RWE. This program
determines the most economical use of all power plant units and machines and
uses that data to create current target schedules. These are then transmitted
via Optime as a target figure to the corresponding unit or machine control
system of each power plant location.
Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Digital Grid, says “The success of this
project hinged on the close cooperation between RWE and Siemens. The new control
technology for Europe’s largest trading floor enables Siemens to combine
state-of-the-art control software and SCADA tools on a single platform. This
helps RWE to better coordinate generation capacities in Germany, the Netherlands
and Belgium. At the same time, high-quality, virtually disruption-free system
services can be provided. In the future, it will be possible to optimize the
integration of fluctuating levels of renewables-based energy. This holistic
approach to power plant management will contribute to accelerating the energy
transition in Europe and the world.”
CEMENT
Hamon Helps to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Hamon is taking part in the Circular Economy of Cement Industry with its fabric
filter. Cement is the most widely used man-made product worldwide and the second
consumed resource after water accounting for 8 percent CO2. global
emissions. The World Cement Association is making efforts to reduce the
emissions drastically but is facing many difficulties such as the lack of policy
incentives to convince cement manufacturers to invest in new technologies.
They are proud to launch their Movable, Modular and Reusable Dust Filter in
collaboration with Sinoma CBMI. With 60,000 m3 up to 250,000 m3/h
polluted gas treated, this special design will follow its cement mill plant
through several jobs and continuously clean the air from particulate matters.
Assembled with only bolts and moved by conventional truck, there is no need to
remanufacture the equipment and this will save up to 5000 tons of CO2
per equipment. Hamon has already received orders for projects in China,
Philippines and Zombabwe.
IRON AND STEEL
ITK Envifront AB Has Been Awarded A Major Order by Skeppsviken to Deliver
Turnkey Process Ventilation for Volvo Foundry Flow 2.0 in Sweden
Volvo AB invests approximately 1600 million SEK in a new foundry located in
Skövde, Sweden. The new building, approx. 11,000 m2, is located on
the existing premises and will be fully integrated in the existing factory. ITK
Envifront has been awarded the complete turnkey scope for delivery of the
process ventilation. The scope of supply includes amongst others suction points,
ducting, bag filters, heat exchangers, fans and two chimneys. One of these is
100 meters tall and a landmark at the south entry to Skövde.
They are very pleased to have been selected as a partner to Skeppsviken, who is
the main EPC supplier for the new factory including ventilation. The project
duration is more than three years.
ITK
Envifront has supplied many bag filters to the Volvo foundry in Skövde since the
late 1960’s. This project, with a total worth of approximately 60 million SEK,
consists of six complete bag filter systems including installation and
commissioning.
Volvo makes the investment in order to future-proof the production, create more
flexibility but also to reduce the environmental footprint with a reduced usage
of non-recyclable materials. Skeppsviken, being the contract partner to ITK
Envifront, is a long-term collaboration partner to Volvo in Skövde. ITK
Envifront brings its vast experience and knowledge to deliver filter solutions
to foundries world-wide.
ITK
Envifront is pleased to be selected as partner to this project and look forward
to delivering a design to order solution improving the environmental footprint
of the new foundry.
COMPANY NEWS
Wallstein Group Takes Over the Filter Business from Balcke-Dürr GmbH
The
Wallstein Group continues its steady growth course and takes over Balcke-Dürr
Polska retrospectively as of January 1, 2020 as part of a share deal. The
company, headquartered in Warsaw, generated sales of around €30 million in 2019
with approximately 60 employees. It is a leading global supplier of filter
systems for conventional power plants and industrial applications and will
continue to operate under the new name "Wallstein Rothemühle" with the current
management team.
Mutares acquired Balcke-Dürr Polska from the American SPX Corps as part of the
takeover of the Balcke-Dürr Group in 2016. As a global center of competence for
fine dust separation, the company was able to more than double its overall
performance and almost quadruple its profitability. With its excellent e-filter
technology, it contributes in particular to lowering the dust emission values of
large power plants and other large combustion plants below the stricter limits
in the EU and Asia.
With the acquisition of this highly specialized company, the Wallstein Group is
specifically expanding its product portfolio in energy and environmental
technology with electrostatic precipitators, fabric and hybrid filters, thereby
ideally supplementing its existing range of heat exchangers and heat utilization
systems for flue gas flows. In the future, it will also be able to offer its
customers air preheaters and gas heaters in the Ljungström design.
The
synergies of the takeover will further strengthen the Wallstein Group not only
in Germany but also in Eastern Europe as one of its most important core markets,
where highly qualified engineers work out innovative solutions for local and
international customers. The consequent expansion of the international presence
remains in focus, after the Wallstein Group founded a joint venture in China in
2012 and has successfully developed it into the regional market leader.
The
integration into the Wallstein Group will open up a multitude of new application
possibilities to the excellent technical know-how of the Polish company. The
management of the Wallstein Group expects to be able to use their new company as
a perfect platform to improve the market access to Eastern Europe of the
business area E- and maintenance technology. It is planned that in future the
innovative services of Wallstein Service Polska for cleaning and maintenance of
electrical systems will be offered locally under the roof of Wallstein
Rothemühle.
Wallstein group: Wallstein is a family-owned group of companies founded more
than 30 years ago, which operates in three business areas. The area of energy
and environmental technology supplies heat utilization systems for flue gas
cleaning systems as well as gas scrubber systems for production plants. The area
of pharmaceutical and medical technology designs, manufactures and assembles
plant components made of stainless steel. The electrical and maintenance
technology division builds charging infrastructure for e-mobility and provides
services for electrical systems and facilities. With around 300 employees in
several companies, including a joint venture in China, the Wallstein Group
generates annual sales of around €90 million.
CECO Environmental Announces CEO Succession
CECO Environmental Corp. announced that Todd Gleason has been appointed to
succeed Dennis Sadlowski as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
The
appointment concludes a comprehensive search that began in early 2020, in which
CECO's Board of Directors, together with a leading executive search firm, worked
to identify the right leader for CECO's next phase of growth.
Mr.
Gleason joins CECO from Scientific Analytics, a private equity-backed,
predictive analytic technologies and services company, where he served as
President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Scientific Analytics,
Mr. Gleason served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer at Pentair, a
global water treatment company. Mr. Gleason held a number of senior leadership
positions earlier in his career at leading diversified industrial companies
including Trane Technologies and Honeywell International Inc.
In
connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gleason will
replace Mr. Sadlowski as a member of the company's Board of Directors. Mr.
Sadlowski will remain as an advisor to the company through the end of 2020 to
assist in the transition.
PRODUCT NEWS
Gold Series X-Flo Industrial Dust Collector from Camfil Reduces Costly
Compressed Air Usage
Producing the compressed air necessary to power the pulse cleaning function of
an industrial dust collector is extremely expensive. The Gold Series X-Flo (GSX)
industrial dust collector from Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) is able to
reduce compressed air consumption up to 70 percent because it provides more
airflow and usable filter media. Superior airflow means filter cartridges are
cleaned more thoroughly with each pulse, enabling the system to pulse clean less
frequently.
GSX
dust collectors are designed in individual modules that handle airflows up to
6,000 cfm using four Gold Cone X-Flo (GCX) filter cartridges, which contain more
pleated media to move more air and process more dust without increasing the
collector’s overall footprint. The collector creates a more uniform airflow,
which extends the life of the filters.
The
GCX filter cartridges feature specially designed inner cones with more
downward-facing media than traditional filters. These cones evenly distribute
the pulsed air along the outer pack of the filter and through the inner cone,
ejecting more dust straight into the hopper. The result is a more thorough
cleaning with each pulse, and the vertical filters are cleaner, safer and easier
to change out.