Industrial Mist Collectors for Machine Shops and Manufacturing Plants
Air Solutions offers a wide selection of mist collectors to meet plant indoor air quality, health, safety, and air pollution control needs for a variety of industries in a multitude of applications. We represent the best names in mist collection equipment to offer you dependability, quality, and industry leading innovation.
Mist collectors are designed to remove airborne oil mist, coolant mist, smoke, and fine particulate generated by machining and forming processes. Air Solutions represents leading mist collection manufacturers to help facilities protect indoor air quality, reduce residue buildup, and maintain safer work environments.
Key Highlights
- Capture oil mist and coolant particulate
- Source capture and ambient options available
- Configurations for machine-mount or stand-alone use
- Designed for machining and forming processes
- Support for smoke and submicron mist control
Air Solutions provides you with the benefit of decades of experience and industry expertise to help you develop the right mist collector system to meet your needs.
- United Air Specialists
- APC Tech
- Smog-Hog® SHN/SG Series electrostatic mist collectors use an ionizer to charge contaminants and a collection cell to remove them from the air stream
- Modular ESP mist/fume collectors are a sophisticated electronic system that removes virtually all grease and hazardous particles, leaving only clean air
- Smog-Hog® MSH electrostatic mist collectors capture three to four times more machine mists, fumes and smoke than other mist collectors
- Smog-Hog® PCN portable mist collector can easily move to reach all areas where smoke and fume source capture are necessary
- VCC light-duty dust and oil mist collectors can be installed directly on a machining center or located next to it
- DA, DB and DBM media bag dust and mist collectors are multi-purpose systems designed to remove smoke, dust, oil mist and other pollutants from your facility
- F series high performance mist collectors are free-standing systems designed to be positioned on or adjacent to machine operations
- Ultra High-Efficiency Filter systems (UHF®) offer control efficiency of up to 99% in the removal of fine condensed and solid particulate emissions
- Systems manage oil mists, oily/sticky dust, smoke, haze, submicron particulate, and odors
- Designed to perform reliably, consistently, and to the highest standards in a variety of applications and demanding environments
- Simple, efficient, low-cost design requires a minimum of floor space
- Filter replacement is fast, simple and performed while the system is on line
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Mist Collectors Product Applications
We assist a broad variety of industrial customers in selecting the right mist collection equipment to meet particular application requirements. Our process starts with a review of application site data, such as temperature, location, and available power. We discuss the type of particulate to be captured – smoke, fume, or mist – as well has the contaminant characteristics. Through our detailed application analysis and manufacturer partnerships, we have been able to specify mist collection solutions for a wide range of applications and industries:
- Asphalts – coatings, hot mix plants and saturators
- Brazing
- Casting
- CNC processes
- Cold forming
- Coolant smoke capture
- Forging
- Fume from forming process
- Fume from metal forming
- Gear cutting
- Heat treating
- Industrial cooking – coffee and peanut roasters, hot oil fryers, smokehouses
- Induction heating
- Lathes
- Machining operations
- Manufacturing processes – oily weld fume, furnaces, laser etching and cutting, metal sintering, oil mist or smoke, soldering, wax vapors, wire drawing
- Plastic and rubber forming
- Plasticizers – blown film, calandaring, curing oven, coatings, extrusion, nylon, plastics, polyethylene, polystyrene, texturizing, vinyl
- Quenching
- Rubber – buffing, curing, grinding, recycling
- Screw machining
- Soldering
- Textiles – tenter frame ovens, yarn coating and extrusion
- Threading
- Vacuum pumps
- Welding
- Wet grinding
- Wire drawing
How Do Mist Collectors Improve Indoor Air Quality in Machining Environments?
Machining operations generate airborne mist that can settle on equipment, floors, and ventilation systems. Mist collectors use filtration or electrostatic technology to capture fine droplets and smoke before they spread throughout the facility.
- Electrostatic and media-based filtration options
- Designed to capture fine condensed mist droplets
- Systems for source capture or ambient air cleaning
- Compact units for direct machine integration
- Configurations for welding, forming, and cutting
Mist collection systems are commonly used in CNC machining, cold forming, gear cutting, metal grinding, screw machining, heat treating, and industrial cooking applications.
Why Choose Air Solutions for Industrial Mist Collectors?
Selecting the right mist collector requires understanding mist type, airflow volume, and equipment layout. Air Solutions works with plant managers and engineers to align machine output with the appropriate mist collection technology.
Air Solutions is your source for trusted mist collection solutions, known for performance and application flexibility.
- Smog-Hog® electrostatic mist collectors
- Modular ESP systems for oil and smoke removal
- Ceiling-mount and machine-mounted options
- Portable units for localized capture
- Multi-stage filtration for high-efficiency removal
United Air Specialists systems are commonly selected for high-efficiency capture of oil mist, smoke, and submicron particulate in demanding manufacturing environments.
- Ultra High-Efficiency Filter systems
- Media-based mist collectors
- Designed for oil mist, coolant mist, and haze
- Floor-standing and machine-mounted configurations
- Simplified filter replacement access
APC Tech systems are often used where consistent performance and straightforward maintenance access are priorities.
- Application-specific mist collector selection
- Matching electrostatic or media filtration to process
- Equipment scaled to machine airflow output
- Improved housekeeping and reduced residue buildup
- Coordination with qualified installation contractors
What Should Be Considered When Selecting a Mist Collector?
Proper mist collector selection depends on evaluating both process and facility factors.
- Type of mist, oil-based, water-soluble, or smoke
- Airflow requirements at the machine source
- Machine enclosure design and duct routing
- Maintenance access and filter cleaning method
- Space constraints near equipment
- Electrical and compressed air availability
Air Solutions reviews these details to determine the appropriate technology and configuration.
Frequently Asked Questions About Mist Collectors
What is the difference between electrostatic and media mist collectors?
Electrostatic collectors use ionization to charge and collect mist particles, while media collectors rely on filter cartridges to capture droplets mechanically.
Can mist collectors be mounted directly to CNC machines?
Yes, many mist collectors are designed for direct machine mounting or localized source capture configurations.
Do mist collectors handle smoke as well as oil mist?
Certain systems are designed to capture both oil mist and fine smoke generated by machining or heat-related processes.
Are mist collectors used only in metalworking?
No, they are also used in industrial cooking, plastics processing, forming operations, and other applications that generate airborne mist.
Request a Mist Collector Consultation
Effective mist collection improves indoor air quality and supports cleaner manufacturing environments. Air Solutions helps evaluate process conditions and match your facility with the appropriate mist collector technology.
