Bad habits are blown away

Despite being warned not to use compressed air to clean their overalls, workers at the Whitwell Works of Steetley Dolomite continued in the risky practice. The problem has now been eliminated thanks to the installation of a blower powered 'JetBlack' personnel cleaning unit from Air Control Industries (ACI).

"Everyone is really pleased with the ACI JetBlack," said John Collins, Steetley Dolomite's senior electro technician. "It cleans down effectively and is safe. It eliminates all the health hazard risks present when using compressed air. By providing the JetBlack as an alternative we have broken the bad practice of using compressed air for cleaning down." The blower powered system delivers high volumes of air at low pressure that can even be applied directly to exposed skin. There are none of the risks of associated with compressed air, yet effective personnel cleaning is still achieved.