Food Processing Ducting
Food dust generated from manufacturing, processing, and packaging operations creates serious health and safety hazards in production environments. These fine organic particles are continuously produced during food preparation, mixing, and packaging processes, creating both contamination risks and explosive dust hazards that require specialized handling.
Food dust is exceptionally fine and travels easily. Traditional cleaning—vacuums, mops, brooms—won’t meet sanitary or regulatory standards.
Flour dust from baking operations and grain milling, spice and seasoning powders from mixing and packaging lines, sugar from blending and packaging processes, salt from processing and handling, powdered milk from dairy operations, nutraceuticals from supplement manufacturing, and food particles from various processing applications all pose significant health and safety risks when airborne.
Exposure to these contaminants mainly occurs in food processing facilities where employees work near mixing, packaging, and processing equipment. Food dust can cause respiratory irritation and contribute to occupational asthma. These particles settle on machinery and flooring, increasing the risk of food cross-contamination, slip and fall injuries, and equipment malfunction.
These fine contaminants travel easily through entire facilities, making them particularly dangerous and difficult to control. Traditional cleaning methods like vacuums, mops, or brooms cannot meet regulatory sanitary and food handling requirements. Many food processing operations handling sugar, wheat starch, powdered milk, and tapioca are at risk of combustible dust explosions when particles reach critical concentrations.
Industrial dust collection systems capture these contaminants directly at the source using food processing ductwork mounted on mixers, blenders, packaging equipment, and processing machinery. The captured airstream moves contaminated air into dust collectors where it's filtered and cleaned to prevent both health risks and explosion hazards while maintaining food safety standards.
Nordfab® Quick-Fit® ducting provides solutions for food dust collection across bakeries, food manufacturers, and processing facilities. The system is engineered to meet regulatory sanitary and food handling requirements with smooth interior surfaces and an easy-clean design that facilitates compliance with food safety standards.
QF® ducting's leak-free, clamp-together construction prevents fine food particles from escaping back into the workspace, maintaining system efficiency and preventing cross-contamination. The modular design allows for easy disassembly and cleaning, which is crucial for sugar, sweetener, and other food processing applications requiring frequent sanitation.
Available in food-grade stainless steel, Nordfab® QF® ducting is built to withstand high air pressure while minimizing air resistance and reducing static pressure loss. Contact our team for solutions tailored to your specific food dust application.
