Nilfisk Industrial Vacuum Division Hosts Sales Meeting for North America
Last month, we proudly hosted representatives from Canada, Mexico and the United States during our annual sales meeting. Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums‘ direct sales force, along with the Nilfisk Mexico sales company, united to recap key business activities and...Pulp and Paper: Understanding Combustible Dust Risks (Part 2)
Manufacturing 9 million tons of pulp annually, U.S. pulp, paper and paperboard mills produce large amounts of dust that settle on equipment and facility structure surfaces (see OSHA’s Safety & Health Topics). Combustible dust is any finely divided solid...Pulp and Paper: Improve Employee Health with Dust Control (Part 1)
Paper product manufacturing facilities see their fair share of dust. Over the years, mill workers have complained of respiratory symptoms like chronic cough, chest tightness and wheezing and blame their prolonged exposure to paper dust for these health issues. In...What’s new with Combustible Dust?
Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums has been watching and posting about the Combustible Dust issue since 2008. FIVE years! But, there has been plenty to say. Combustible Dust standards, events and unfortunate fires are happening every day. Below, we’ve compiled a list of...Grain Mills: Combustible Dust Housekeeping (Part 3)
The potential for explosions to occur from dust collections made of flour, sugar, cinnamon or grain particles, for example, poses a significant risk to employee safety, facility maintenance and food purity. Traditional plant maintenance methods like sweeping and...Grain Mills: Beyond Dust, Spill Response Takes Priority (Part 2)
Food manufacturers are faced with many types of obstacles when it comes to cleaning and maintenance. While dust and general maintenance are well-known challenges for milling facilities, by-products of production like liquids and oils create hazardous conditions on and...Dan Peterson Joins Nilfisk Industrial Vacuum Division as Product Manager
We are pleased to welcome Dan Peterson to Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. as our new Product Manager! Dan will be responsible for directing product strategy and driving sales efforts in North America. In this role, Dan will primarily focus on identifying customers’ application...Nilfisk and Schubert Donate Over 400 Pounds of Food and Supplies for Local Families
In the winter of 2011, as part of our annual Nilfisk Morgantown Team Week festivities and holiday contribution we kicked off a food drive – raising about 200 lbs of food and supplies. This past holiday season – joining forces with our marketing agency,...Grain Mills: Preventative Maintenance and Dust Control (Part 1)
Every week, we see news about grain mills with dust control and maintenance issues. Simply by the nature of their processes, grain mills have difficulty keeping a clean and safe environment. This series of blog posts will review solutions for general maintenance, oil...New Video: Nilfisk Accessory Tool Caddy
We created a solution that could efficiently store Nilfisk CFM accessories while helping our S series vacuum customers meet their Six Sigma, 5S and other internal operation requirements! The Nilfisk CFM accessory tool caddy is designed to store the hose and a...Today’s Top Post
Is Your Combustible Dust Risk Greater Than You Think? What You Need to Know About Particle Size
As part of our effort to identify knowledge gaps surrounding combustible dust, we asked several experts what they see as the biggest misconceptions about this hazard. By far the most common answer we heard was that companies don’t understand the hazards present in...
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