Printing Indoor Air Quality
Overview
Printing applications produce written texts on paper and are used widely by a number of different industries, businesses and organizations across the globe. Commercial printing industries print on a grand scale and manufacture a vast range of products. Newspapers, magazines, labels, business and hospital materials, catalogs and booklets are all made by commercial printers. But printing is also done on a much smaller scale in most offices, businesses, hospitals and even in many residential homes. It’s an application every one of us use at some point in our daily lives.
Health Hazards of Printing
While printers are an indispensable tool many of us rely on each day, they also have a negative impact on indoor air quality (IAQ). Printing produces a number of harmful chemicals such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that pollute indoor air and can adversely affect our health. VOCs contain toxic compounds including gasses and ultrafine particles (UFPs) such as soot, dust and sulfur dioxide. The quantity of these toxins can be significant as a typical printer emits somewhere between 10 to 70 times the UFPs found in ambient air.
Hand soldering is of particular coExposure to VOCs and UFPs has serious consequences on human health and can cause conditions such as asthma, neurological issues and even cancer. Investing in a high quality air purifier with HEPA filtration helps protect workers and family members from the airborne contaminants produced by printers.ncern because of the close proximity of the worker’s head to the fume source, directly exposing nasal passages, throat and lungs. Local ventilation systems such as solder fume smoke extractors are an effective way to capture harmful solder fumes and protect worker health.
Indoor Air Quality Solutions for Printing
AF 1000
HEPA Air Purifier
Enhanced protection against airborne pollutants including chemicals, gases, odors and particles. 600 nominal CFM.
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AF 2000
HEPA Air Purifier
Designed to handle high concentrations of chemicals, gases, odors, particles and biological contaminants. 1000 nominal CFM.
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CSA 600 Series
Heavy Odor/Duty Fume Extractors
Eliminate heavy odors and fumes generated by laser applications with the CSA 600 Fume Extractor series.
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SPH 400 Series
Heavy Odor/Duty Fume Extractors
Compact and portable, the SPH 400 Fume Extractor series is designed for heavy duty laser applications.
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