Filtrabit signs two new pre-agreements to improve client circular economy

Large international companies in heavy industry have chosen Filtrabit to help with improving the recycling rate in their material handling.

Applications for both companies include an aspect of enabling the immediate reuse of captured industrial dust as raw material in the process. Offsetting the need to use virgin resources by this circular approach has a considerable CO2 emissions impact.

With Filtrabit’s unique solution, a wide range of materials can be processed by the same equipment. Collected particles can be easily directed to different containers depending on the material running through the process at any given time. Even continuous separating of fractions from mixed dust based on particle density can be achieved in suitable applications.

One of the various elements included in the pre-agreement applications is mitigating fugitive dust from conveyor belts. Providing a solution to this exceedingly common problem has implications beyond the immediate environmental benefit and raw material recovery. Additional benefits include:

• improved worker safety by mitigating exposure to harmful substances,
• reduced maintenance costs from various issues with tracking and alignment, mechanical component failure and operational strain,
• reduced housekeeping costs from high-volume vacuuming.

Dust control improvements in material handling in general are increasingly being sought after by industrial companies not only because of environmental regulations but because of gains in operational efficiency.

Dr. Kim Fagerlund, CEO of Filtrabit:

“We are extremely pleased to announce these new engineering agreements from highly regarded global players, which signal a growing market interest in our modular dust extraction units.

The pre-agreements cover the basic engineering phase for the specific client solutions, and the importance of this phase is hard to overstate. Even though our solution is highly adaptable and serially produced, careful planning for integration into the customer’s process is essential.

These solutions are proving their value not only by recovering valuable raw materials but also by significantly improving workplace hygiene and emission control.”

About Filtrabit
Filtrabit is a Finnish manufacturer of industrial-scale dust extraction systems. Filtrabit’s solution effectively extracts microparticles from industrial dust-laden gas streams, which helps reduce air pollutants from industrial sources and accelerate emissions reductions through the reuse of recovered raw materials.

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Article photo by Alex Inkiläinen.