Worker safety and environmental impacts are always key factors to be considered when working within the Emissions Industry. There are many potential hazards to both workers and the environment that need to be considered when working with Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF), Catalysts, and related equipment.
The following pages highlight some areas of concern with respect to both worker and workplace safety, and the environment. At FSX we are continually looking for ways to make our products safer and reduce our environmental impact, and we welcome feedback from our customers, partners, and environmental and safety agencies.
Diesel Soot and Ash are known byproducts of diesel exhaust. They have been determined to be a health hazard, and the requirements surrounding worker safety vary between Federal, State, and local regulations. As a minimum the same precautions should be taken while cleaning DPFs that are used when working on any other part of the exhaust system. Consult your local emissions authority for more information.
Primary Hazards to Employees when handling DPF are:
Breathing Particulate Matter (PM), Absorption of PM through the skin, Eye hazards, Lifting and dropping hazards, Hearing hazards.
While every shop is unique, all share some common characteristics and risks. Equipping your shop with the proper tools and equipment in the long run makes the cleaning of your DPFs a more effiicient process, improves worker safety, and allows you to process more DPFs in a given space while maintaining the highest processing quality. Below are some of the items you may wish to consider to make your shop as productive, safe, and efficient as possible.
As with all safety recommendations, consult your local authorities for additional requirements.
Check with your local or state environmental agencies before disposal. Dispose of cleaning byproducts in accordance with your local regulations.
Ash and Soot removed from the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) is considered low level hazardous waste in some states such as California. Check with your local or state environmental agencies before disposal.
Free Soot & Ash Disposal Program
As a customer benefit you can now ship your ash and soot to FSX and we will recycle it at no charge! FSX has set up complete recycling programs for soot and ash to take care of the large OEM DPF remanufacturing contracts. LEARN MORE
One of the many advantages of the SootSucker is that around 300 DPFs can be cleaned before the primary filter needs to be cleaned or replaced. We encourage you to check your local area for industrial filter cleaning company that can provide this service.
When primary filters need to be disposed, you need to follow local environmental regulations since they contain the same diesel soot and ash found in all other exhaust system components.
The ash collected in the random samples likely came from DPF distributed by:
Caterpillar |
Cleaire |
Cummins |
Detroit Diesel |
DCL |
Donaldson |
Ford |
Huss |
Paccar |
Volvo |
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Testing conducted at: Corning, NY |
* Palladium (Pd) is one of the precious metals used in the washcoats. There was no measurable amount of Platinum (Pt). These metals can be released by the DOC upstream or from DPF cell walls if coated. The quantity of Pd found (.048%) was considered inconsequential by the testing lab and the lack of any measureable amount of Pt indicates that the FSX cleaning process does not damage the precious metal washcoats. |
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