A Dust Collection Success Story at Cosmetics Group USA
Background
Cosmetic Group USA is an ever growing developer and manufacturer of cosmetics and skin care for national and international brands.
Cosmetics Group USA is a California-based maker of a range of beauty products, partnering with the world’s most well-known cosmetics brands. The process of cosmetics manufacturing begins with the careful blending of raw materials to create the desired formulations. These powders are then finely milled and sifted to achieve the right texture and consistency.
Scope of Work
As part of their plans to expand and upgrade their Los Angeles factory, Cosmetics Group leadership recognized two main issues with dust collection that needed to be addressed:
- An efficient, central dust collection system with capacity to support planned operations and expansion in the factory.
- The air pressure in the building required balancing, as the dust collection system generated significant negative pressure, resulting in slamming doors, potential dust and particulates being pulled into the building through windows and doors, and inefficient heating and cooling of the facility.
Solution
To resolve these challenges, the company partnered with Baghouse.com to design and install a dust collection system that would satisfy their unique challenges.
“Our team worked efficiently to ensure the new dust collection system was up and running ahead of schedule, minimizing any disruptions to the Cosmetics Group’s operations” —said David Dal Santo, Systems Engineer for this project.
Baghouse.com developed a dust collection system using two 4-32 cartridge dust collectors with high-efficiency nano-media cartridge filters and twin 75 HP ground-mount fans. The various process dust pickup points in the lab and production areas were connected to the dust collectors via galvanized steel, clamp-together duct, an economical duct configuration that is perfect for lighter duty applications like cosmetic powder and dust.
“With high-efficiency nano-media cartridge filters and a robust ductwork design, we’re confident that this setup will exceed expectations for years to come” —said David Dal Santo.
Positioned on the clean air side of the unit, the HEPA after-filter acts as a secondary filtration stage, capturing even the tiniest microscopic particles before the air is returned to the facility.
To address the pressure balancing challenge, Baghouse.com designed the dust collection system exhaust to return to the building. Dual HEPA after-filter units were installed on the return air ductwork to meet compliance requirements and ensure the highest filtration efficiency for the filtered air that would be returned to the building. Baghouse.com also supplied and installed a central vacuum system with 30+ vacuum ports with flap valves for easy plug in of hoses where necessary.
In addition to the dust collection system sizing design, and delivery of the equipment, a Baghouse.com team installed the dust collection system and commissioned the units, successfully completing the project.
Conclusion
Newly installed cartridge collectors, ductwork and HEPA After-Filters
“We were excited to take on this challenge and are thrilled with the outcome. Helping Cosmetics Group USA expand their operations while solving their dust collection issues was truly a rewarding experience” —said Matthew Coughlin, Engineer and Owner of Baghouse.com.
Happy with the results of their new dust collection system, Cosmetics Group USA continues to work with Baghouse.com to support additional future expansion plans for their factory.
