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There was a time in the lumber industry when chains and tensioning sprockets powered warehouse conveyor systems to move pallets or boards from fabricating to packing and shipping. Sawdust would cling to boards and sink onto the sprockets, where the lubricating oils or...
Using Commercial Filters to Reduce Airborne Viruses
With the right commercial filters in place, you can greatly reduce the spread of airborne virus particles. Virus particles tend to be smaller than many other particles, and are easily transmitted by coughing, sneezing and even breathing. Droplets containing infectious...
Industrial Air Filters for Effective Mist Collection
Industrial air filters have a wide range of applications. Take the case of the automotive manufacturer that found their current air filters weren’t filtering petroleum-based mist-born particles effectively. The resulting air contained too many contaminants for worker...
How to Measure for Custom Air Filters
Whether you need a residential or commercial filter, sometimes the filter size you need is no longer made, or perhaps you have a unique manufacturing situation in which standard filters won’t provide enough filtration for the job. Then it’s time to consider ordering...
Commercial Filters Can Mean Success or Failure in Precision-Manufacturing Industries
In precision-manufacturing industries such as the semiconductor industry, even a few gas or other particles remaining in the air, uncollected, can harm the end product. Cleanroom manufacturing facilities depend on their filters. Choosing the appropriate commercial...
Can Upgrading Commercial Filters Save Money?
It may seem improbable, but upgrading the type of commercial filters used in commercial buildings can, in the long run, save your company considerable money. One firm saved $17,000/year by changing air filters. The building itself is a large office tower with a marble...
Lowering Disposal Costs When Installing Replacement Filters
If your business changes filters frequently, or runs equipment with numerous filters, you know that the cost of disposing old filters when you install replacement filters can be high. Depending on the size and shape of the old filters, you may need to hire a...
Changing Industrial Filters May Significantly Reduce Chemical Exposure
Sometimes, just changing one industrial filter material for another can greatly reduce the output of harmful chemicals into systems and the environment. One such example comes to mind from Gore, a manufacturer of bag filters. A company was using an old shaker-style...
Industrial Air Filters and Mold
Industrial air filters encounter and contain all sorts of particles. But one they may inadvertently spread instead of contain is mold. Mold is a type of fungi that thrives in warm, humid conditions. Mold spores, on the other hand, can survive even dry conditions, and...
Testing Fibrous High Efficiency Filters
Fibrous high efficiency filters offer the unique ability to trap both small and large-sized particles efficiently, while allowing mid-sized particles to pass through. In tests using aerosol disbursement, particles smaller than 0.1 µm and larger than 0.4 µm were...
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For over 70 years Twin City Filter has been a family business providing both filter service and filter sales. We began serving the Greater Twin Cities Metro Area and grew into a coast to coast, border to border business.
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