Air Pollution Control Available In Any Colour You Like

Air Pollution Control In GreenWhether to blend with surroundings, meet a corporate colour or simply to be in vogue, the only essential requirement of any environmental installation is that it must be ‘green’.

Yorkshire based specialist paper makers, Weidmann Whiteley Ltd used to ship their paper to the USA to be printed with a diamond pattern before being shipped back to Europe for finishing. When a print line became available within the group the opportunity was seized to bring the printing process in-house, safeguarding existing UK jobs.

However, the print line required an air pollution abatement system to allow it meet EU regulations and be operated in the UK. Turning to local supplier, Spooner Anguil, an economic and environmentally friendly thermal oxidiser system designed to reduce the harmful VOC emissions was engineered and manufactured at Spooner’s headquarters down the road in Ilkley.

The 2 chamber RTO is designed with 97% thermal energy recovery to dramatically reduce gas consumption to only 3% of the total energy required and with more than 99% destruction efficiency the system complies with the solvent emission directive. An additional feature included in the RTO was Supplemental Fuel Injection (or SFI ) which offers a 25% additional saving on the gas consumption compared to operating a gas burner.

The only remaining decision Weidmann Whiteley Ltd faced was to select a colour that would blend in to the area of natural beauty surrounding the facility. The site is also overlooked by many Otley residents so the oxidiser had to look unobtrusive and also operate without disturbing the neighbours.

Following discussions and the offer from Spooner Anguil to paint the oxidiser any colour they required, Weidmann Whiteley Ltd decided the most appropriate colour choice was British Racing Green.

Steve Newell, Director at Spooner Industries commented, “All our environmental solutions are custom designed and engineered to suit our customer’s needs, covering everything from the concept to the colour scheme.”

Spooner Anguil’s ultimate goal is to reduce air pollution as well as energy consumption for our customers, often achieving a payback of less than two years for them.”

The Spooner Anguil Partnership formed in 2008 when Spooner Industries Ltd became the European licensee of Anguil Environmental Systems Inc, USA. Anguil has over 30 years of experience providing VOC and HAP abatement technologies to companies around the world.

Based on Railway Road in Ilkley, Spooner is a global provider of drying, curing, baking, cooling and web handling solutions to industries including paper, converting, food and metals. For 80 years Spooner has worked in partnership with many of the world’s leading manufacturers, providing unique technology solutions for a vast range of process problems