Extraction Arms and Collection Elements
Extraction Arms and Capturing Elements for Pollutant Capture
Capturing airborne contaminants at the source is the most effective way to protect employees, equipment, and production processes. ULT’s extraction arms and capturing elements are designed to collect fumes, vapors, dust, and gases directly where they occur, improving overall filtration performance and reducing contaminant spread in the workplace.
These components can be combined in various ways to match your application, allowing you to build a customized pollutant capture system perfectly suited to your workspace.
Extraction and Filtration Start With Proper Pollutant Collection
An extraction system only performs well when pollutants are captured directly at the point of origin. This allows necessary air volume to remain low, reduces operating costs, and increases system effectiveness. Using a correctly positioned extraction arm, hood, or nozzle enhances pollutant capture and ensures cleaner air throughout the workshop. ULT works with leading vendors such as Alsident System to provide a full range of extraction arms and capturing elements that can be tailored to your process, emission type, and workstation layout.
Legal Requirements and Safety Standards
The selection of capturing elements and filtration components is influenced by legal workplace requirements, exposure limits, and internal safety standards. Proper pollutant capture is essential for meeting occupational health guidelines. The closer a capture element is placed to the emission source, the more effectively contaminants can be removed from the air.
Rule of Thumb: The Closer the Better
Generally, the right collection element or extraction arm makes for a key factor in the quality of air filtration technology. Because the capture rate is the basis for subsequent filtration, this eventually results in an extraction system’s efficiency.
The point of capture also plays a crucial role. The rule of thumb is that doubling the distance between the emission source and the collection element requires at least four times the collection airflow of the extraction and filtration system.
This leads to the conclusion that energy needs are exponential. Especially in times of energy transition and sharply rising electric prices, this is worth noting at least in the long term.
The closer the better
Optimized Solutions for Your Application
ULT provides a wide range of extraction arms suitable for diverse workplaces and emission sources. These systems offer:
Smooth, stable adjustment
Multiple lengths, diameters, and joint configurations
High durability with corrosion resistant materials
Modular components adaptable to nearly any workstaion
Extraction arms and capturing elements are essential parts of an effective filtration solution, enabling precise pollutant capture for welding, soldering, laboratory processes, chemical handling, and general industrial use.
Alsident extraction arm
Advice and service are important to us
Advice and Support
We provide a variety of different collection elements that we can suggest to you given your application, contaminant type, and on-site conditions.
But most importantly: We are your personal advisor when it comes to picking the right collection element for you or the proper extraction arm suited to your application. Experienced engineers are standing at your side, as partners.
Standardized collection elements (selection)
Special capture solutions (examples)
Information on pollutant capture and extraction arms
Extraction Arm Use
Laser fumes, soldering fumes, welding fumes, vapors, gases, or dust – all of these airborne contaminants need to be covered by a special filtration method. The “right” collection system is affected by a set of factors. The volume of air, airflow behavior, and contaminant type play just as crucial roles as selecting the right material for the extraction arm (aluminum, antistatic, chemically resistant, explosion-proof, etc.), the size or the type (hose, jointed arm). The place of use and workplace parameters should also be considered.
ULT provides a comprehensive assortment of extraction arms (Alsident/Flextractor) that are selected by skilled experts in close consultation with users. We generally recommend advisory discussions on using the collection solution that is the most suitable. This is the only way to guarantee that efficient and optimal workplace extraction always occurs. Extraction arms should not disturb workflow. There are a large number of extraction arm variants that have been designed respectively for special operating conditions (in health hazards, antistatic, etc.).
Please remember that do-it-yourself solutions and incomplete knowledge on extraction arms and their use often isn’t prudent, and in fact can negatively impact extraction and filtration performance.
