Can Every Laboratory Benefit from Energy-Efficient Extraction?
Why choosing the right engineering solution is more important than choosing the latest technology. Whenever a new technology enters the market, it’s easy to assume it’s the right solution for every application. In engineering, that rarely tells the whole...
How Much Energy Does Your Laboratory Extraction System Really Use?
When organisations invest in a new laboratory extraction system, it’s easy to focus on the upfront investment. However, the purchase price is only one part of the overall cost. For many laboratories, the largest expense isn’t the installation. It’s...
Controlling Welding Fumes: A Guide to LEV Compliance for Metal Fabrication
Metal fabrication processes naturally generate significant health hazards, particularly when heating, cutting, and joining materials. Welding fumes are a complex mix of toxic gases and fine particles created during high-temperature joining tasks on the workshop floor....
Is Your Laboratory Extraction System Costing More Than You Think?
Why smarter LEV design is becoming just as important as compliance. When most organisations think about Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV), their priorities are usually straightforward: protect employees, comply with COSHH regulations and ensure hazardous substances are...
What the HSE Data Is Telling Us: Importance of LEV
Every year, the Health and Safety Executive releases new data about workplace injuries and illnesses across the country. While many people focus on immediate safety hazards like trips and falls, the numbers regarding industrial health paint a much more serious...
Top 5 LEV Mistakes: Why Your Extraction System May Be Failing
Manufacturing workshops can generate serious volumes of dust, fume, and vapour during normal operation. Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV), the general term for dust, fume, and mist extraction systems, isn’t there to simply “keep the air moving.” Its...
Beyond Ventilation: Why LEV is Critical for Clean Air in Manufacturing
Manufacturing factories naturally generate large amounts of dust and fumes during their daily operations. While these busy workspaces have always needed good airflow, there is a huge difference between just moving air around and actually clearing it out completely....
Why Pharmaceutical LEV Systems Require Specialist Design & Competent Engineering
The pharmaceutical industry presents some of the most demanding environments for Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems. From powder handling and dispensing through to laboratory processes and production environments, pharmaceutical facilities often involve hazardous...