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Frequently asked questions
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Why is it important to clean the air?
Indoor air is often two-to-five times more polluted than outdoor air and can be up to 1,000 times as dirty. The EPA estimates that most workers are exposed every day to indoor air contaminants than can lead to serious health problems, respiratory ailments, and fatigue, along with causing cancer and headaches.
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Why Choose Clean Air America?
• Clean Air America builds long lasting business partners, not just customers.
• We use and offer environmentally friendly materials like: 100% recycled steel, LED Lights, High Efficiency motors, Variable Frequency Drives, and Sound Deadening materials
• We always choose and offer the most efficient, lowest cost, highest performing applications for our partners.
• We always listen to what you want first before recommending what we feel will be the best application.
• We always listen to what you want first before recommending what we feel will be the best application.
• Over 40 years of industrial air filtration experience
• Offer 100% turnkey service, from the initial site visit to complete installation.
• Our filtration equipment is 100% American made.
• We offer factory direct pricing.
• We have a full staff of engineers to show each application in detail so you can understand our design before your purchasing decision is made.
• Our recommended applications always protect not only the workers health but the environment as well
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What is an Air Filter?
Device used to separate out contaminants from air.
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What is an Air Cleaner or Air Purifier?
A device containing a filtering mechanism (filter), which is designed and used for collecting dusts, gases, smokes and fumes through the use of filters, electrostatic cells and/or absorbents.
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What are HEPA, ULPA, SULPA and Ultimate ULPA Filters?
HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Aerosol) - HEPA filter has a minimum particle collection efficiency of 99.97% for particles 0.3 microns in diameter.
ULPA (Ultra Low Penetration Aerosol) - ULPA filter has an efficiency of 99.999% for particles in the most penetrating particle size at the specified media velocity. The most penetrating particle size is the particle diameter when penetration through the media is highest.
SULPA (Super ULPA) – At an efficiency of 99.9999% these filters are based on the same standard as the ULPA filters.
Ultimate ULPA - At an efficiency of 99.9999999% these filters are based on the same standard as the ULPA filters.
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What is a self-contained air filtration system?
Typically refers to a system that has both a filter and a motor blower to move the air.
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Why is it important to select the right air filtration system?
There are many factors influencing the cost and effectiveness of filters. Clean Air is able to retrofit existing equipment or provide you with a new solution or equip your facility with a custom fit or ducted systems. Clean Air America can engineer a cost-effective solution and be responsible for installation, even custom engineered systems.
Contact Clean Air America at 866-665-1829. We can get information from you regarding your specific application and assist you with your selection, or Clean Air America can analyze the factors for you.
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What is an ambient cleaner?
A filtration system designed to clean/filter the entire volume of air in a room (as opposed to source capture).
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What is source capture?
A product intended to draw in the pollutant directly at the source creating the contaminant (for example, using a small flexible arm to draw away the smoke from a soldering iron or arc welder).
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How do I size an air cleaner properly?
Call the helpful staff from Clean Air America, tool-free at (866)665-1829 and we can help you.
