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Thousands of British workers contract occupational asthma and other occupational lung diseases each year. They develop them because they breathe in too much dust, fume or other airborne contaminants at work. Even though the number of accident related deaths are reducing over the long term, deaths due to exposure remain stubbornly high. Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) is a common and important way of controlling exposure to hazardous dusts and fumes. Work by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has shown that these LEV systems are often poorly designed and maintained and do not effectively control exposure to particulates.

Advances in high speed finishing and converting equipment has lead to the need for continuous extraction of waste materials to improve production efficiencies, increase floor space, increase profit on recycled materials, and reduce materials handling activities. Waste extraction technology is crucial for the efficient management of waste materials in the print, paper, corrugated, carton, board, and can industries. Waste extraction systems are designed to entrain waste materials at source, chopping if necessary, and conveying to a centralised collection point, using air as the conveying medium.

Ventilation and air conditioning systems play a key role in the effective operation of any plant. Ventilation and air conditioning systems will not only improve air quality, but also ensure that any remaining air systems (such as dust, fume and pneumatic conveying) operate efficiently and at their correct design duties. Improving the state and quality of the air within a facility will result in potential savings due to reduced employee absenteeism, improved production efficiencies, and improved product quality, resulting from the comfortable environment.

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Legislation states that the sweeping of dusts from surfaces must be avoided at all times. The use of vacuum cleaning technology prevents surface dusts from becoming airborne and subsequently inhaled via a trouble-free process. This means that as well as bringing health benefits to your employees and improving cleaning times, vacuum cleaning systems are now a legal requirement. From chemical plants, laboratories, clean rooms, food facilities, aggregate plants, packaging plants, and general factories, MECHON are able to provide centralised vacuum cleaning (CVC) systems that are designed to meet the specific requirements of individual clients. A centralised vacuum cleaning system comprises a series of interconnected hose connection points, located in optimum positions throughout the workplace. The operator simply connects carefully selected tools to the intake points, allowing rapid cleaning of surfaces or extraction from piles. The vacuum cleaning systems may be designed to extract from any number of points simultaneously, improving feasibility when compared to individual mobile units for each area.

Noise is one of the most widespread and underestimated of industrial hazards: exposure to excessive noise can cause deafness or ringing in the ear (Tinnitus). The Control of Noise at Work Regulations came into force on 6th April 2006, applicable to the majority of industry sectors within the UK. This new noise control legislation strengthens the protection of employees against the hazardous effects of noise. The MECHON team are able to undertake a two phase action plan to resolve your industrial noise issues. The first step is to conduct an in depth noise assessment to determine the exact causes of high noise exposure levels. Equipped with this information, MECHON experts are able to select from a wide variety of sound reduction techniques to ensure improved working conditions of employees.