Instant quoteFor almost 30 years, FRUTIGER Company AG has been a constant and leading figure in the global market with its MobyDick Wheel Washing Systems. The Demucking Systems for cleaning badly soiled construction vehicles are also becoming increasingly popular. But the latest addition to the family is the MobyDick Dust Control Cannon Line.
It was back in 1986 that the first Wheel Washing System was successfully commissioned at the premises of a Swiss customer, Kies AG Aaretal. During the following years, FRUTIGER concentrated initially on the German-language market and within a very short period of time as many as 50 systems were in use in Switzerland and southern Germany. However, the ‘Wheel Washing System’ was hardly a brand name suitable for international marketing. It was the current CEO, Urs Frutiger, who came up with the special brand name ‘MobyDick’ while playing with his daughter and a water-squirting rubber whale. In December 1995, FRUTIGER had its international breakthrough with the first drive-through installation worldwide. This innovation meant that the truck no longer had to stop to be cleaned. It is driven through the washing area at walking speed, while being washed by a system of nozzles spraying from the sides and from underneath. Over the next few years, international demand increased steadily and required a worldwide expansion of the group of companies. The Demucking Systems for cleaning badly soiled construction vehicles were also becoming increasingly popular. Now, these systems are in use in locations such as the largest borax mine in the world in California and in the middle of the desert in a phosphate mine close to the Dead Sea.
Dust Control as the perfect addition to the MobyDick range
The Dust Control Cannon Line is the latest addition to the MobyDick product portfolio. In parallel with the increasingly stringent regulations on air pollution control in many Western countries and new findings about the harmful effects of dust on the human body and the environment, the demand for effective dust control solutions has increased as well. For this reason, Wheel Washing Systems were also increasingly being used for the purpose of suppressing dust; but this did not always solve all the problems caused by dust emissions. Therefore, the decision was taken at FRUTIGER to collaborate with the leading supplier of dust control solutions, the Belgian company SAVIC Engineering, resulting in the MobyDick Dust Control Cannon Line.
The modern dust binding systems marketed under the MobyDick brand name operate on the principle of binding dust using minute water droplets. Unlike conventional systems that generate large or different size droplets with low-pressure pumps, MobyDick dust binding systems use a special high-quality pump (20-25 bar) and suitable nozzles to create water mist with a large number of minute water droplets (MD Cannon 50: 50 μ to 150 μ outdoors and 20 μ to 80 μ indoors). Experts know that smaller water droplets work more efficiently because, in addition to being produced in greater numbers and in a homogeneous size, they also stay in the air longer due to the lower velocity and rate of fall. This generates a lower suction effect around the droplets, enabling them to bind more frequently to dust particles and bring them down to the ground. This tried and tested technology also makes it possible to use water very efficiently in dust control. Following detailed analysis, FRUTIGER also develops tailored all-in-one solutions for a very wide range of applications for indoor and outdoor use. Typical areas of application for such solutions are material handling sites, recycling yards, quarries, mines, steel and cement plants. One such example is an all-in-one solution comprising a total of 10 dust control cannons for a recycling yard that was recently commissioned in Switzerland.
Whatever their requirements, customers can rely on highly trained employees, the global MobyDick service network and over 30 years of industry experience.
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