Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014

Two common types of ventilation used in spray painting are: Local exhaust ventilation captures the overspray and solvent vapour as close to the source of release as possible by drawing the contaminants into a capture hood. They should be fitted with a particulate filtration system to filter overspray. Wherever possible, local exhaust ventilation should be used when a spray booth cannot be used. It may be necessary to use it in combination with other control measures. Information on local exhaustRead More …

You should ensure that the plant and spray equipment used in spray painting or powder coating activities is well maintained, operational and clean. This includes: regular visual checks of equipment and plant, including engineering controls and ventilation systems regular monitoring and testing of ventilation flow rates regular servicing of all equipment and plant procedures for reporting and repairing faulty equipment records of servicing, maintenance, repair and testing of plant and equipment should be kept for future reference. When undertaking maintenanceRead More …