by Zachary Fausnaught | May 22, 2017 | Dust Collection
Commissioning of new systems can be a trying experience. Preparation before start-up can alleviate that angst with a few steps. Often the operation of newly installed dust collection systems is delayed, due to issues that arise during system startup. Most of these...
by John Conley | Mar 9, 2017 | Fans/Blowers
On February 6th through the 9th Hartzell Air Movement and SysTech drove a product trailer to several engineering firms to show the quality and project applicability of their industrial fans and blowers. Presenters were Chad Ewing of Hartzell and Adam Conley, Matt...
by Adam Conley | Dec 21, 2016 | Air Pollution Control, Explosion Protection
A recent project in Philadelphia, PA required a replacement of a Donaldson explosion vent. It happens – plastic membrex media gets old and fragile and needs to be replaced. Or maybe there’s a product shift and the Kst and Pmax change due to material...
by John Conley | Dec 6, 2016 | Fans/Blowers, News
Earlier this week, Hartzell Air Movement announced the industry’s first five-year limited warranty. Here are some key points from the announcement: “You have high expectations. So does Hartzell Air Movement. We know you expect the most reliable and durable...
by Adam Conley | Nov 22, 2016 | Dust Collection, Fire Protection
At a recent Lunch and Learn in greater Philadelphia, PA, I was asked about moving a dust collector to a new location within a plant and the attendee wanted to know what questions needed to be asked to satisfy applicable Codes and safety in general. I answered it...
by Matt Glover | Nov 7, 2016 | Fans/Blowers, News
SysTech Design has been assigned responsibility for marketing and servicing Hartzell Air Movement products in Maryland, Metro DC and the Northern counties of Virginia. This agreement expands upon SysTech’s existing partnership with Hartzell, adding to our sales area...
by John Conley | Jun 27, 2016 | News
Join us in welcoming Patrick Kane to SysTech We are pleased to have Patrick on board as an intern to learn and support our sales and engineering activities at SysTech. His enthusiastic personality and technical interests will help to propel our constantly...
by John Conley | Apr 15, 2016 | Dust Collection
Before going any further, DO NOT BUY a replacement dust collector filter until you ask yourself these questions: When you talk about your dust collector is there always a sigh of frustration? Are you satisfied with how long the filters last? Is the air flow at the...
by Zachary Fausnaught | Nov 30, 2015 | Dust Collection, Explosion Protection, Fire Protection
Combustible Dust Testing Made Easy Explosion protection systems are designed based on dust testing and Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) to confirm specific parameters for mitigating a deflagration. What we’ve seen is that almost every combustible dust is different and that...
by John Conley | Feb 24, 2015 | Dust Collection
SysTech Design Inc. has issued/posted their “Seven C’s of an Air Pollution Control System”. The 7Cs is a video depicting a typical dust collection system wherein the importance of equally important “key” components of a dust collection system design are presented....
by John Conley | Jan 28, 2015 | News
Welcome our third satellite office in Pittsburgh! On January 1st, SysTech Design Inc. opened an office in Jefferson Hills, PA. From this location in South Hills we will be able to service the Pittsburgh Region, which includes Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and...
by Zachary Fausnaught | Dec 1, 2014 | Dust Collection
SysTech attended a Donaldson Company sales meeting from September 8th to the 10th where we were introduced to the latest dust collector technology, the Donaldson Torit Downflo® Evolution (DFE) cartridge dust collector. You’ve got to see this! “40% fewer filters...
by Zachary Fausnaught | Nov 24, 2014 | Dust Collection
“Out with the old, In with the new.” Over the years, there have been numerous product developments that have changed their respective industry, or even the world as we know it. A few come to mind; the automobile, the airplane, the personal computer...
by Bob Shipe | Aug 22, 2014 | Noise Control
“This gives us the noise relief we needed and flexibility as we grow.” A large furniture manufacturer in upstate New York installed a state-of-the-art, computer controlled planer/saw/jointer machine. As their production increased, so did the plant noise, with...
by John Conley | May 21, 2014 | News
Seeing is believing! We have found that no matter how much literature you hand out, how many articles you write or videos you present, there is just nothing as good as a “show and tell” display. Just like we all learned in grade school! SysTech visited regional...
by John Conley | Dec 19, 2013 | News
Thank you, Dan and Evelyn! Those of you who worked with Dan will be disappointed to learn that he announced his retirement in October. After 24 years at Systech (couldn’t have done it without Evelyn) he was ready to spend more time with family. He and his wife Evelyn...
by Zachary Fausnaught | Dec 18, 2013 | Fans/Blowers, Noise Control
Ambient plant noise levels are under the scrutiny of OSHA as well as plant Health and Safety departments. Knowing that normal speech is almost impossible at 85-95 dBA and OSHA permissible worker exposure is 90 dBA over an 8 hour period (see Table 1) we need to select...
by John Conley | Oct 28, 2013 | Explosion Protection
SysTech has been proud to partner with the Fenwal Explosion Protection Division in the development of explosion protection solutions for a variety of processes, facilities, and equipment. We are now pleased to announce the expansion of our capabilities through a new...
by John Conley | Sep 13, 2013 | News
Zach will be working out of our Lancaster, PA office and will cover central and western PA. Zach will be responsible for assisting engineers in industrial companies addressing their industrial ventilation challenges. Zach is a graduate of West Chester University with...
by John Conley | Jul 9, 2013 | News
The optimization of a dust collector’s filter cleaning technology ensures that the life of the filter media is maximized while minimizing the amount of energy needed to achieve the best possible cleaning cycle – a double win for dust collector owners and...
