Hitachi EX315 Excavator with Cutting SAW for Sandstone Quarrying Hitachi EX315 Excavator with Cutting SAW for Sandstone Quarrying

Example of the Dust Plume the Excavator operates

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RESPA- Sandstone Quarry- Improves Operator Health + HVAC Operation + Filter Element Life

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Dust exposure to machine Operators in the Sandstone / Quarrying Industries is quite extensive and so protection of the Operators health is paramount.

The QME (Queensland Mining and Emergy)- Mines Inspectorate- Health Surveillance Unit monitored the RESPA SD / SDX installation  over a 5 month period prior and found that  the RESPA Units provided a 4 x times reduction of OEL (occupational Exposure Limits) for RCS Dust to a virtually undetectable level of 0.03 mg / M³. See the QME final evaluation  / trial report at this link.   

Installation of a RESPA SD (External Air) and SDX (Recirculation Air) was completed by LSM Technologies with various modifications that were required to ensure optimum, flow rate, filtration, Cabin pressurisation and thermal cooling of the HVAC /Cabin.

Sy- klone's specialised MERV 16+ Filter Elements were installed in both units that provide optimum filtration and extending service life.

With installation of both RESPA / SDX  PFP (Precleaner +Filtration + Pressuriser) units and secured:

• Increased health for the Operator. 
• Optimum Operator comfort with excellent thermal cooling / heating.
• Expected Filter Element service life  of 500 hours for the RESPA SD and a 1,000 hours for the RESPA SDX.

LSM Technologies / Sy- klone RESPA PFP Units are not only the ultimate control measure for reducing Operator exposure to Respirable / Inhalable Particulate, but also provide enormous costs savings in maintenance and associated productive losses with extension of Filter Element and HVAC service life.

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