News and Events
News Releases
- Gold Series High Vacuum Dust Collector (March 2010) - Camfil Farr APC introduces an industrial dust collector designed for controlling emissions in high pressure applications.
- FarrVac Industrial Portable Vacuum (February 2010) - FarrVac heavy duty industrial vacuum minimizes clogs and operates without compressed air.
- Farr APC Changes Name to Camfil Farr APC (January 2010) - Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) announces that it has changed its name to Camfil Farr APC.
- New Premium Efficiency Fan Motors bring Cost, Energy, Green Benefits (November 2009) - Camfil Farr APC has become the first dust collection supplier to introduce a line of premium efficiency fan motors that offer operational and energy cost saving and green benefits.
- Portable Pulse-Cleaned Dust and Fume Collector Offers Three-Stage Filtration (October 2009) - The updated Zephyr III portable dust collector combines three-stage filtration with versatility and ease of use.
- Camfil Farr APC Publishes Sustainability Brochure (July 2009) - The new six-page brochure summarizes the company's industry-leading green and sustainable initiatives.
- New Dust and Fume Collector Delivers High Performance for Small Airflow Applications (June 2009) - The new collector controls emissions from small airflow applications up to 2,000 CFM and incorporates the best features of Farr's premium Gold Series cartridge collectors.
- Camfil Farr APC Appoints Goodspeed to Thermal Spray Market Manager (June 2009) - With 36 years of sales, managerial and technical experience in this industry, Scott will oversee all aspects of Farr's growing thermal spray dust collection business.
- Camfil Farr APC Launches New Industrial Dust Collection Web Site (September 2008) - The new content-rich site provides viewers with easy-to-navigate paths to help guide and simplify dust collection decisions.
- New Self-dumping Hopper Simplifies Disposal of Dust from Cartridge Collectors (July 2008) - Designed to provide easy dust disposal while protecting against unwanted dust leakage between the collector and hopper.
- FDC Dust Collector Controller Ensures User-friendly, Reliable Pulse Cleaning (January 2008) - The unit monitors pressure differential across the filters to ensure more efficient pulse cleaning, reducing compressed air energy usage and extending filter life.
- Gold Series Cartridge Dust Collectors Now Offered with High Performance Explosion Vent (June 2007) - The multi-ribbed X-vent is NFPA approved and CD and ATEX certified for European use, and delivers a very high negative static operating pressure rating of -80"WC.
Notable Highlights
- Camfil Farr APC Appears on Norman Schwarzkopf's World Business Review TV Series (March 2007) - Company president Lee Morgan discusses the new technologies that Camfil Farr APC has developed to clean dust and fumes from factory air. (Video posted for viewing.)
- HemiPleat® Retrofit Cartridges Offered - Camfil Farr APC develops a full line of HemiPleat retrofit cartridges which may be used to upgrade performance or solve problems of existing dust collector systems.
- John Dauber Appointed as North American Sales Manager (July 2006) - Promotion follows 15 years of sales engineering and sales management experience in the dust collection industry.
- HemiPleat HE Filter Media Offers Maximum Efficiency, Double the Service Life (June 2006) - The HemiPleat HE offers an unsurpassed MERV 15 efficiency rating, coupled with twice the service life and half the pressure drop of standard dust collector cartridge filters.
- Lee Morgan Named President of Farr Air Pollution Control (June 2006) - Joining Farr in 1997, Lee has held a variety of management positions in the company's air pollution control business unit leading up to his promotion.
Meetings and Lectures
- NFPA Seminar on Explosive Dust Hazards (November 2008) - Technical training on explosion protection for dust collection systems was led by a speaker from the NFPA and held at Camfil Farr APC headquarters.
- Camfil Farr APC 2007 International Sales Meeting (November 2007) - Sales representatives from around the world attended a training seminar in Jonesboro, AR about combustible dust and industrial explosions.
- Camfil Farr APC "Lunch-n-Learn" Events - These events provide a casual, yet effective way to meet with engineering firms and other customers to provide a demonstration of the Gold Series and discuss technical issues regarding industrial dust collection.
Alerts and Advisories
- OSHA Requires Compliance with NFPA Standards for Combustible Dusts - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration warns of the dangers from combustible dusts, sending thousands of letters to business owners across America.