Metal fabrication & machining
This is our own industry. DCG is a fabrication shop, so the capture problems in a metal shop are ones we live with rather than read about.
What we design for
- Weld fume at fixed stations and on articulating arms
- Plasma and laser table downdraft exhaust
- Oil mist and coolant aerosol over CNC machining centers
- Grinding and deburring dust, frequently combustible when it is aluminum or titanium
How we approach it
Weld fume capture fails for a predictable reason: the hood is somewhere the welder does not want it, so it gets moved or ignored. We design capture around how the work is actually done, because we have watched our own people work around a badly placed hood.
Every system is sized to your process rather than pulled from a catalog. We supply the collector, fabricate the ductwork and hoods in our own shop, and handle the mechanical install in-house — one crew from drawing to start-up.