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2400mm wide extraction hood
protects personnel working at
the aerosol fi lling station.
Extraction ductwork is
confi gured to discharge via the
back wall of the building…
outside, the ductwork is capped
with Swedish cowls.
This large unit is divided vertically by a
galvanised steel wall to create two identical,
adjacent work areas; allowing concurrent
production of different coatings with no
cross-contamination. Each side of the
dividing wall provides fume extraction for
a number of production processes and
the work area is illuminated with integral
fluorescent lighting. Transparent PVC strip
curtains at each end of the unit allow clear
visibility around the entire working area.
Gallito Paint Kitchens are designed to
provide a safe environment for storing,
mixing, thinning and blending paints, and
are individually manufactured to meet
customers’ specific needs. To minimise VOC
emissions, Ultrimax actively work on reducing
the use of solvents in their products and,
as Filtermist’s sales engineer, Mike Lodge,
explained: “For more demanding situations,
Gallito Paint Kitchens can be double-skinned
and insulated but, at Ultrimax, a single-skin,
galvanised steel panel construction was
sufficient for their needs. We laser cut and
fold the steel sheet to ensure accurate
alignment of the finished panels, and an
airtight seal is achieved by the simple
application of sealant during construction.”
Clean air enters the room by way of an inlet
filter in the ceiling, and a roof-mounted
extraction fan completes a full air change
every minute; with extracted air being
discharged to atmosphere via dedicated
ductwork. Internally, the Gallito unit is fitted
with 500mm deep steel workbenches along
each side, leaving a central work area which
is accessible from either end via self-closing,
double-skinned and glazed doors.
A further bespoke extraction hood was
installed above a section of standard
workbench to remove any noxious emissions
resulting from the charging of aerosol
containers. The hood is 800mm deep and
covers a 2.4 metre length of the worktop.
The open front face is 1.2 metres high,
Arran Slingsby, Ultrimax’s
Quality Manager, is delighted
with the Gallito Paint Kitchen.
and clear strip curtaining again provides
good visibility as well as offering some
protection to the work area. The project at
Ultrimax’s new facility was completed with
the installation of a 1500mm wide Gallito
Dry Filter Bench-type Spray Booth that had
been dismantled and transported from the
old building. Gallito engineers installed
the re-built booth and configured new
extraction ductwork to discharge at the
rear of the building.
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Gallito is a Filtermist brand and part
of the Absolent Group which operates
globally, through subsidiary companies,
manufacturing products for collecting oil
mist, oil smoke and dust within almost
all industrial sectors.
Contact Filtermist on 01952 290500
or email sales@fi ltermist.com
For more information visit
www.fi ltermist.co.uk
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