Besides the machinery, the environment and health are more and more important aspects of a production process. Laws and regulations prescribe permissible emission and exposure limits, which companies or production processes have to meet. Often, these limits are becoming stricter during the years which makes it increasingly difficult for companies to comply.

For some production processes it is almost impossible to meet these regulations without the use of special installations. These installations are specially designed and used for e.g. de-dusting or water purification. The use of the installations ensures that, for example:

• the air in a working environment is clean enough for people to safely work in, or
• the water, used in a production process, is clean enough the be re-used or safely discharged.

Overall, the installations are custom designed, depending on the production process and the lay-out of the factory. In these installations certain standard components are used.

Two important environmental and health aspects, where De Boer Machines Nederland B.V. offers a solution for, are de-dusting and water purification. For these two aspects, the most important standard components of the installations will be illustrated separately.