Kubota Materials Corporation, located in Orillia, Ontario, is a world-class manufacturer of high quality alloy-steel castings and assemblies. The company was looking for a solution for dealing with welding smoke and grinding dust being generated from their finishing work on sand-cast products. To better protect workers, it was critical to find a way to eliminate the dust and fumes produced by grinding and welding stainless steel pipes.
Many of these products are used throughout the Oil & Gas, Steel & Aluminum fabrication and the Mining industry. For Kubota, it was critical to find a way to eliminate the dust and fumes from grinding and welding stainless steel pipes to better protect workers.
Kubota has earned world renown in its manufacturing of high-quality steel and alloyed castings and products assembled from these castings. Many of these products are used throughout the Oil & Gas, Steel & Aluminum fabrication and the Mining industry.
Diversitech visited Kubota’s facility and spoke to operators and engineering to develop a custom solution for their unique application. A custom downdraft table was chosen as the optimal solution to remove welding fumes and grinding dust from the workspace.
After careful evaluation, Diversitech’s engineering group designed a reinforced 3′ x 6′ downdraft table rated for heavy parts (1000 lbs.). The machine was equipped with a low-profile table having a height of 32” for ergonomic operation along with an electronic height adjustment system including 4 hydraulic pistons. These actuators allow workers to operate the table at the preferred height, depending on the dimensions of their work-pieces. A custom side-shroud was incorporated to capture and direct grinding sparks and dust down into the table. Two front cut-outs provide suction – even when work is performed above the ventilated table surface.
After initially installing two of these 3′x6′ custom downdraft tables, Kubota realized an improvement in plant air quality as well as an increase in operator comfort. So that more operators could benefit from such improvements, they ordered an additional four 3′x6′ downdraft tables for their other workstations.
“Diversitech was very helpful in providing useful information to solve our particular Dust Collection problem.
Our users have all had good things to say about the product and working with Ron Morris was a pleasure.
He provided all the support we needed in getting our system up and running.
I would recommend Diversitech to anyone that needed a similar product.
It is very well made and easy to use and maintain.”
« As a repeat customer, and owner of both wet and dry downdraft tables, we cannot say enough about the products, and the people at Diversitech…….both are a pleasure to work with! »
« The tables are now fully functioning! The students were on them yesterday, and the instructors were so impressed. One instructor even said that he’s “old school” and wasn’t sure about the downdrafts, but he was very impressed. »
« We love the downdraft table and are using it full time. We will probably be looking for another one in 6 months to a year as well. Thanks for a nice product. »
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